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Ministry of Supply designation of the original Metropolitan-Vickers F.9 Sapphire, derived from the Metropolitan-Vickers F.2/4 Beryl. Design work on this much larger engine started in 1943. ASSa.3 Completed a 150-hour Service Type Test in November 1951 at a sea level rating of 7,500 lbf (33.36 kN) at an s.f.c. of 0.91 ASSa.4 [14] ASSa.5
The British "Victory Bomber" was a Second World War design proposal by British inventor and aircraft designer Barnes Wallis while at Vickers-Armstrongs for a large strategic bomber. This aircraft was to have performed what Wallis referred to as "anti- civil engineering " bombing missions and was to have carried his projected 22,000 lb (10,000 ...
With these acquisitions, Vickers could now produce a complete selection of products, from ships and marine fittings to armour plate and a whole suite of ordnance. In 1901 the Royal Navy's first submarine, Holland 1, was launched at the Naval Construction Yard. In 1902 Vickers took a half share in the famous Clyde shipyard John Brown & Company.
Vickers .50 machine gun; Vickers 1.57-inch mortar; Vickers 40 mm Class S gun; Vickers A1E1 Independent; Vickers Light Dragon; Vickers machine gun; Vickers MBT; Vickers MBT Mark 3; Vickers MBT Mark 4; Vickers MBT Mark 7; Vickers Medium Dragon; Vickers Model 1931; Vickers Vigilant; Vickers VR180 Vigor; Vickers–Berthier; Vickers-Carden-Loyd ...
K.4 April 11th, 1963 26 February 1968 May 7th, 1980 British Overseas Airways Corporation; Royal Air Force; Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom: April 20th, 2022 Aging Airframe, Lack of Air Tanker Conversion, Dismantling for Spares and Research [45] ZA147 K.3 March 1965 October 12th, 1966 September 2013 East African ...
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This strong market position generates substantial cash flows that support shareholder returns. Turning to the specifics, the pharmaceutical giant offers investors a 4.3% dividend yield backed by a ...
The Besa machine gun was a British version of the Czechoslovak ZB-53 air-cooled, belt-fed machine gun (called the TK vz. 37 in the Czechoslovak army [note 1]).. The name came from the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA), who signed an agreement with Äeskoslovenská zbrojovka to manufacture the gun in the UK.