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Relikt is the 3rd generation of Russian ERA, and is claimed to be twice [3] [4] as effective as Kontakt-5. It can be installed on T-72B and T-90 tanks and was adopted in 2006. [5] [6] The Russian Army T-72B3M main battle tank incorporates Relikt. [7] Developed by NII Stali, Relikt uses a completely new composition of explosives to achieve ...
A Kunai normally had a leaf-shaped wrought blade in lengths ranging from 20 and 30 cm (7.9 and 11.8 in) and a handle with a ring on the pommel for attaching a rope. The attached rope allowed the kunai's handle to be wrapped to function as a grip, or to be strapped to a stick as a makeshift spear; to be tied to the body for concealment; to be used as an anchor or piton, and sometimes to be used ...
Diagram showing principle behind Nizh ERA against APFSDS Ukrainian T-64BM2 equipped with Nizh. Nizh [a] (Ukrainian: Ніж, lit. 'knife') is a brand of explosive reactive armour designed by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau and manufactured in Ukraine by the state enterprise Fundamental Center of Crucial Technologies (FCCT-Microtek).
Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them. By weapon type. Handheld weapons
Archaeological excavations dated the oldest sword in Japan from at least as early as second century B.C. [2]: 4 The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon Shoki (History of Japan), ancient texts on early Japanese history and myth that were compiled in the eighth century A.D., describe iron swords and swordsmanship that pre-date recorded history, attributed to the mythological age of ...
A Meiji-era depiction of a sōhei (warrior monk) with a naginata It is assumed that the naginata was developed from an earlier weapon type of the later 1st millennium AD, the hoko yari . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Another assumption is that the naginata was developed by lengthening the hilt of the tachi at the end of the Heian period, and it is not certain ...
Samurai women used the weapon as well. [5] The schools of kenjutsu, jūjutsu, and naginatajutsu taught kusarigamajutsu, the art of handling the kusarigama. It combined the aspects of kamajutsu, kusarijutsu, and fundojutsu. Kamajutsu refers to the kama (sickle), kusarijutsu refers to the chain, and fundojutsu refers to the weight. [6]
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