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The first produced version comprised a pair of DR-6-4-2000 demonstrators built in 1945. This, unlike later models, used Baldwin's Inline-8 8VO engine model. These locomotives had a unique cab that featured the same upright, aggressive prow as the 30 Baldwin 0-6-6-0-1000/1DE C-C units built on a U.S. Army order in June 1945 for shipment to the ...
The HK36 rifle fired a 4.6×36 mm round whose bullet has a "spoon point" (German: Löffelspitz) designed by CETME's Dr. Gunther Voss. Low bullet weight and the straight-line layout of the rifle reduced recoil , while the high velocity of the round gave it an almost flat trajectory out to 300 metres (330 yd), which was also the limit of its ...
The 4.6×36 mm is a cartridge developed by Heckler & Koch for its experimental HK36 assault rifle of the 1970s. When the rifle was not taken into service by any ...
The last of the Reserve Good Conduct Medals to be authorized, [3] the U.S. Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (ARCAM), [4] was established by the Secretary of the Army on 3 March 1971 [3] and amended by Department of the Army General Orders 4, in 1974. The Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal was originally awarded for exemplary ...
Munitions Systems specialists assigned to the 388th Munitions Squadron assemble an inert GBU-31 joint direct attack munition at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 2011.. Munitions Systems specialists are enlisted airmen of the U.S. Air Force tasked with protecting, handling, storing, transporting, arming/disarming, and assembly of non-nuclear munitions.
The X-36 was unstable in both pitch and yaw axes, so an advanced digital fly-by-wire control system was used to provide stability. First flown on 17 May 1997, it made 31 successful research flights. It handled very well, and the program is reported to have met or exceeded all project goals.
The Alabama State Defense Force (ASDF) is the state defense force of Alabama, allowed by the Constitution of Alabama, federal law, [3] the Code of Alabama, [4] and Executive Order. It has an authorized strength of 1,000 members and is organized on the United States Army structural pattern.
AT&SF locomotive no. 1300, a 4-4-6-2 Mallet type. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangements, a 4-4-6-2 is a locomotive with two pairs of leading wheels, one set of four driving wheels, a second set of six driving wheels, and a pair of trailing wheels. Other equivalent classifications are: