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A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant. [1] The term is also used metaphorically for something whose primary role is to serve or assist. [1] Depending on culture or historical period, a handmaiden may be of enslaved status or may be simply an employee. The terms handmaiden and handmaid ...
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) formerly used by the British Army, until it was retired from active service in April 2023. [2] It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry.
Soviet military planners organize tanks with the first generation of tanks up to 1950, and four generations of tanks [1] (with the first main battle tank being the third-generation T-64), while American strategists organize main battle tanks into three generations. [Note 1] [2] The military of the People's Republic of China also recognizes ...
On 7 November 1950, the US Ordnance Committee Minutes (OCM), order #33476, ceased utilizing the terms heavy, medium, and light tanks and redesignated tanks by the gun system, e.g. 90 mm Gun Tank M48 Patton, etc. [5] with heavy gun tanks (120 mm or 4.724 in), medium gun tanks (90 mm or 3.543 in), and light gun tanks (76 mm or 2.992 in), although ...
[106] 42 tanks have been retained for training. [107] [108] In January, 2023 4 Leopard 2A4s were donated to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a second batch of 4 was donated in February 2023, for a total of 8 tanks, reducing the number of Leopard 2A4s in Canadian service to 54. [109] TLAV M113A3/MTVL United States: Armoured personnel carrier: 135
An expansion tank or expansion vessel is a small tank used to protect closed water heating systems and domestic hot water systems from excessive pressure. The tank is partially filled with air, whose compressibility cushions shock caused by water hammer [citation needed] and absorbs excess water pressure caused by thermal expansion. [1]
This tank’s design was obviously a natural progression of the P40. The tank only reached the wooden mock-up stage. However, the proposed armaments for the tank did exist in sufficient numbers. Two cannons were looked for the tank as its main armament. The first was the 90/53 mod.41 cannon already found on the M41M.
A carboy, also known as a demijohn or a lady jeanne, is a rigid container with a typical capacity of 4 to 60 litres (1 to 16 US gal). [1] [2] Carboys are primarily used for transporting liquids, often drinking water or chemicals. [3] They are also used for in-home fermentation of beverages, often beer or wine.