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2. Fletcher-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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   Anti-submarine armament was two racks for 300-pound (140 kg) depth charges at the stern and six K-gun 300-pound depth charge throwers amidships. Anti-aircraft armament initially was light, with a quadruple 1.1"/75 caliber gun located in an elevated tub between the number three and four 5-inch gun mounts and six Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (two in ...

3. Curling - Wikipedia

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   The curling stone (also sometimes called a rock in North America) is made of granite and is specified by the World Curling Federation, which requires a weight between 19.96 and 17.24 kilograms (44 and 38 lb), a maximum circumference of 914 millimetres (36 in), and a minimum height of 114 millimetres (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in). [31]

4. Comparison of the AK-47 and M16 - Wikipedia

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   For example, a modern French AC58 "bullet trap" rifle grenade is 380mm long and weighs 0.5 kg (1.1 lb), [230] the equivalent of a loaded M16 magazine. [128] An M203 grenade launcher adds 1.4 kg (3 lb) to an M16's weight [ 231 ] and 40×46mm High Explosive (HE) grenades weigh 0.24 kg (0.53 lb), [ 232 ] about half the weight of a loaded M16 magazine.

5. Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

6. Metrication in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In some fields of civil engineering (especially structural engineering), and architecture, large loads and forces (such as the weight of a building or the amount of load applied to a column) are measured in kips (kilopounds or 1000 pounds-force) instead of short tons-force (2000 pounds-force), which are used in virtually all other non-metric ...