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A field evaluation in 1982 showed that the older Poteet-designed M44 actually performed better, and the M50 was phased out. In 1984, the M44 ejector body and capsule holder were redesigned when it became necessary to replace the dies that had been used since 1967 to cast those metal parts. That model is still produced, with some adjustments [3]
The M44 was an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer based on the M41 Walker Bulldog tank chassis, first introduced in the early 1950s. Flaws in its design prevented it from seeing action in the Korean War, but the type went on to serve in the armies of the United States, West Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom into the late Cold War ...
The M44 was extremely large (51,000 lb combat weight); carrying 24 infantry as well as a driver, bow gunner and vehicle commander. It was evaluated at Fort Knox and Aberdeen Proving Ground after the end of the war, but, ultimately, the army rejected the M44 as being too large - at the time, their tactical doctrine required infantry squads of ...
IBM M44/44X, an experimental IBM mainframe from the 1960s; M44 (cyanide device), a device used to poison predators; Messier 44 (M44), an open star cluster also called the Beehive Cluster; Progress M-44, a spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station; USS Vigor, a U.S. Navy Agile-class minesweeper; The 44th Mersenne prime
M44 cyanide devices are used in the United States to kill coyotes and other canids. [35] Cyanide is also used for pest control in New Zealand, particularly for possums, an introduced marsupial that threatens the conservation of native species and spreads tuberculosis amongst cattle. Possums can become bait shy but the use of pellets containing ...
The M44 had a diameter of 15 inches (380 mm) and a length of 60 inches (1.5 m). [3] Weighing 175 pounds (79 kg) the M44 generator cluster was a cluster bomb which was designed to deliver approximately 39 pounds (18 kg) of the chemical incapacitating agent BZ. [3] The weapon's sub-munitions are a combination of various components.
Vegetable capsules, introduced in 1989, [5] are made from cellulose, a structural component in plants. The main ingredient of vegetarian capsules is hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. In the 21st century, gelatin capsules are more broadly used than vegetarian capsules because the cost of production is lower. [citation needed]
The M1941 Johnson light machine gun was designed by a Boston lawyer and captain in the Marine Corps Reserve named Melvin Johnson Jr. His goal was to build a semi-automatic rifle that would outperform the M1 Garand the US Army had adopted.