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2. Advanced Arresting Gear - Wikipedia

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   The Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) is a type of arresting gear developed by General Atomics for the U.S. Navy's newest Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers. It was deployed in 2017 on the lead ship of the class, the USS Gerald R. Ford. [1] It replaces the MK 7 hydraulic arresting gear which is in use on the ten Nimitz-class aircraft carriers ...

3. Tow hitch - Wikipedia

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   A tow hitch (or tow bar or trailer hitch in North America [1]) is a device attached to the chassis of a vehicle for towing, or a towbar to an aircraft nose gear. It can take the form of a tow ball to allow swiveling and articulation of a trailer , or a tow pin, or a tow hook with a trailer loop, often used for large or agricultural vehicles ...

4. Arresting gear - Wikipedia

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   Modern carriers typically have three or four arresting cables laid across the landing area. All U.S. carriers in the Nimitz-class, along with Enterprise, have four wires, with the exception of USS Ronald Reagan and USS George H.W. Bush, which have only three. [4] Gerald R. Ford-class carriers will also have three. Pilots aim for the second wire ...

5. Drawbar (haulage) - Wikipedia

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   A large ballast tractor pulling a load using a drawbar General duty tow hitch from VBG on a truck and a drawbar on a trailer, showing a connected drawbar eye Rockinger drawbar coupling, in which the drawbar eye gets locked. A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling vehicle and its hauled load. Drawbars are in common use with rail ...

6. Three-point hitch - Wikipedia

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   The three-point hitch (British English: three-point linkage) is a widely used type of hitch for attaching ploughs and other implements to an agricultural or industrial tractor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The three points resemble either a triangle, or the letter A.

7. List of Ford platforms - Wikipedia

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   Ford announced in 2014 plans to reduce its vehicle platforms from sixteen to nine. [1] In 2014, Ford vehicles were built on fifteen distinct platforms. This only applies to Ford and Lincoln and not to any brands that were previously held by the company (such as Mazda and Volvo), and is expected to cut costs by 20%.

8. Roshel Senator - Wikipedia

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   The Roshel Senator is a wheeled military armoured car produced by Roshel of Canada, based on a Ford F-550 chassis. [2] As an APC , it is designed to protect against small arms fire . [ 3 ] While designed as effectively a highly versatile SWAT platform, for peacekeeping and law enforcement activities, [ 4 ] it is capable of light duty as an ...

9. Boresight (firearm) - Wikipedia

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   The user then adjusts the iron sights or scope reticle to align the point of aim with the projected laser dot. Another more commonly used type of laser boresighter is attached to the muzzle of the barrel, either inserted straight into the bore ("arbor" type) or held in alignment with the barrel via a magnet , and projects a laser beam onto the ...