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SS-1 "Scunner" (R-1) and "Scud" (R-11/R-300); SS-2 "Sibling" (R-2); SS-3 "Shyster" (R-5/R-5M); SS-4 "Sandal" (R-12); SS-5 "Skean" (R-14); SS-6 "Sapwood" (R-7); SS-7 ...
Roy Edward Richter (March 16, 1914 – July 28, 1983) was an American businessman who founded Bell Helmets and Cragar Industries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Early life, family, and education
The R-14 Chusovaya [6] (Russian: Р-14 Чусовая, named for the Chusovaya river) was a single stage [7] Intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was given the NATO reporting name SS-5 Skean and was known by GRAU index 8K65. It was designed by Mikhail Yangel. Chusovaya is the name of a river ...
The belt armor (A) is on the exterior, at the waterline. Also indicated is the main deck (B), the sloping deck armor (C), and the torpedo bulkhead (D). Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships , typically on battleships , battlecruisers and cruisers , and aircraft carriers .
This is in contrast with older belt systems which were typically made of fabric and were fed straight through the weapon without disintegrating. MIL-L-63532C stipulates that the force to strip a NATO approved round from the M27 link should be between 5.5 and 16 lb f (24.5 and 71.2 N ) and the belt should have a minimal tensile strength of 33 lb ...
It was intended to replace, or augment, the R-12 Dvina (SS-4 Sandal) and R-14 Chusovaya (SS-5 Skean) missiles deployed from 1958 and 1961 respectively in the USSR and Warsaw Pact states. It entered the development stage in 1966 [ 5 ] and a design concept was approved in 1968 with the task given to the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology and ...
The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1); Ukrainian: 14-та гренадерська дивізія СС «Галичина», romanized: 14-ta hrenaderska dyviziya SS "Halychyna"), commonly referred to as the Galicia Division, was a World War II infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the ...
The 9K34 Strela-3 (Russian: 9К34 «Стрела-3», 'arrow', NATO reporting name: SA-14 Gremlin) is a man-portable air defense missile system developed in the Soviet Union as a response to the poor performance of the earlier 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) system.