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The Blacker Bombard, also known as the 29-mm Spigot Mortar, [1] was an infantry anti-tank weapon devised by Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart Blacker in the early years of the Second World War. Intended as a means to equip Home Guard units with an anti-tank weapon in case of German invasion, at a time of grave shortage of weapons, it was accepted only ...
1.7 kg (3.7 lb) Guidance. system. SACLOS wire-guided missile. The 9K111 Fagot (Russian: Фагот; "bassoon") is a second-generation tube-launched semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) wire-guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union for use from ground or vehicle mounts. The 9K111 Fagot missile system was developed by the ...
320 mm (12.6 in) The 320 mm Type 98 mortar (Japanese: 九八式臼砲, Hepburn: kyūhachi-shiki-kyūhō, literally "nine eight type mortar"), known by the nickname "Ghost rockets", was an artillery weapon used by the Japanese military throughout World War II. The Type 98 mortar was designed in the late 1930s to support assault on fortifications ...
A spinneret is a silk -spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. [1] Spinnerets are usually on the underside of a spider's opisthosoma, and are typically segmented. [2][3] While most spiders have six spinnerets, some have two, four, or eight. [4]
Soviet/Russian rocket launchers. From top to bottom: RPO-A Shmel, RPG-22, RPG-26, RPG-18. A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual soldier, and are frequently used as anti-tank weapons.
Spigot algorithm. A spigot algorithm is an algorithm for computing the value of a transcendental number (such as π or e) that generates the digits of the number sequentially from left to right providing increasing precision as the algorithm proceeds. Spigot algorithms also aim to minimize the amount of intermediate storage required.
A spigot (or "tap" or "faucet") is a valve for controlling the release of a gas or liquid. Spigot may also refer to: AT-4 Spigot, NATO reporting name for 9K111 Fagot, a Russian anti-tank missile. Spigot, the male end of a pipe designed to be connected with a spigot and socket joint. Spigot, a keyed post in the center of some vacuum tube bases.
Genre (s) Action-adventure. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy is a 2006 Lego -themed action-adventure game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts and TT Games Publishing. It was released on 11 September 2006. Part of the Lego Star Wars series, it is based on the Star Wars science ...