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X-Series PB-7910T Gas-Engine Backpack Leaf Blower. Echo’s yard machines rarely lack for power, but the PB-7910T backpack gas engine leaf managed to exceed expectations, maxing out with an air ...
This kind of protection was used by turret gunners during the Iraq War, to protect them against small arms fire and fragmentation. To increase overall protection, separate accessories can be added to the OTV: Collar device that is divided in two parts, a neck and collar protector and a throat protector; Groin protector.
Bird scarers is a blanket term used to describe devices designed for deterring birds by startling, confusing or otherwise repeling them, typically employed in commercial settings by farmers to dissuade birds from consuming and defecating on recently planted arable crops. Numerous bird scarers are also readily available to the public direct to ...
Electronic pest control is the name given to any of several types of electrically powered devices designed to repel or eliminate pests, usually rodents or insects. Since these devices are not regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act in the United States, the EPA does not require the same kind of efficacy testing that it does for chemical pesticides.
Tagg had started as a Qualcomm subsidiary in 2010 and released its tracking device one year before Whistle. [1] [15] By 2015, Whistle had distributed 100,000 devices and had about 40 employees. [1] In April 2016, Whistle was acquired by Mars Petcare, the pet product subsidiary of the food and candy bar maker Mars, for $117 million. [16]
The basic issued variant of 6B45 has a weight of approximately 8 kg. The basic issued variant of the body armor includes: a body armor cover (with MOLLE system on front sides and back), a collar protecting against fragments, anti-fragmentation bags on the sides with a fairly large protection area, rear and front class 5A armor plates, an emergency release device and a removable ventilation and ...
A jet blast deflector (JBD) or blast fence is a safety device that redirects the high energy exhaust from a jet engine to prevent damage and injury. The structure must be strong enough to withstand heat and high speed air streams as well as dust and debris carried by the turbulent air. [ 1 ]
There is no evidence in favor of the effectiveness of these devices. A 2006 review by Jon Wieringa and Iwan Holleman in the journal Meteorologische Zeitschrift summarized a variety of negative and inconclusive scientific measurements, concluding "the use of cannons or explosive rockets is a waste of money and effort".