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The BL 7.2-inch howitzer Mk 6 (there was a shift from Roman numerals) retained the Carriage M1 of the Mk V but had a new 7.2-inch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) longer barrel than previous marks and a fifth charge was added to the ammunition. The longer barrel and extra charge provided an increase in range to 19,600 yd (17,900 m) and the new carriage also ...
Five foot gauge (1,524 mm) Irish gauge (1,600 mm) Iberian gauge (1,668 mm) Indian gauge (1,676 mm) This list presents an overview of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge. 1435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge. 1600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge.
DARDO. DARDO ("Dart" in Italian) originally known as Breda Type-70, [1] also marketed as the OTO Twin 40L70 Compact, [2] is a close-in weapon system (CIWS) built by the Italian companies Breda and Oto Melara. It is composed of two Breda-built Bofors 40 mm firing high explosive (HE) shells, a fire-control radar (Alenia RTN-10X Orion) and a fire ...
The original 4-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun, M1898, serial nos. 213–254, 257–281, 316–338, was an entirely new high-power design built-up gun with a tube, jacket, hoop, locking ring and screw breech. Gun No. 213 had a liner. The gun was described as a 5-inch (127 mm) gun but with a 4-inch bore in the 1902 handbook, this indicated its higher ...
Completed 10 November, the auxiliary floating drydock was placed in service as Los Alamos (AFDB-7). Assigned to SUBRON 14, Los Alamos began drydock service for the FBM boats. Converted for use by submarines, she had the following characteristics: Displacement: 18,795 long tons (19,097 t) Length: 513 ft (156 m)
A leFH 16 captured on 2 September 1918 by the 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), at Cagnicourt Wood, France. The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 (10.5 cm leFH 16) was a field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and World War II.
Their numbers on the M&GN were 1–7, 11–14, 17, 18, 36–39, 42–57, 74–80, and they formed M&GN Class C. [ 1] Ten more were built to the same design by Beyer, Peacock in 1900, but these were for the MR, where they formed the 2581 class. [ 3][ 4] As built, the engines had round-topped fireboxes, and the boiler barrel had a maximum ...
USS. LCI (L)-449. Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal. USS LCI (L)-449 was an LCI (L)-351 -class landing craft infantry built for the United States Navy during World War II. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and was known only by her designation. The ship was laid down on 17 June 1943 by New Jersey Shipbuilding of Barber, New ...