antiaircraft device

  • 1antiaircraft missile — Missile Mis sile, n. [L. missile.] 1. A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet. [1913 Webster] 2. A rocket propelled device designed to fly through the air and deliver a warhead of explosive… …

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  • 2rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …

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  • 3T-54/T-55 operators and variants — Infobox Weapon name= T 54/55 caption= US Army recognition poster origin= Soviet Union type= Main battle tank is vehicle= yes is UK= yes service= 1947–present used by= wars= designer= Morozov (T 54), OKB 520 (T 54A and later) design date= 1945… …

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  • 4PT-76 — Infobox Weapon|is vehicle=yes name=PT 76 caption=PT 76 on display near the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev. type=Amphibious Light Tank origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union service=16 August 1952 present used by=See Operators wars=See Combat… …

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  • 5Polish armaments 1939-1945 — Polish Armament in 1939 45AircraftOldest aircraft*SPAD XIII *Fokker D.VII *Oeffag D.III *Ansaldo Balilla *SPAD VII *Albatros D.III *Sopwith Dolphin *Fokker E.V (D.VIII) *Bristol F2B Fighter *Breguet 14 *SVA 9 *Salmson 2A2 *DH 9 *SPAD 61 *Potez XV …

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  • 6BMP-1 variants — This is a complete list of variants and designations of the BMP 1 infantry fighting vehicle. It is sorted by country of origin. Variants Former USSRInfantry fighting vehicles* BMP (Ob yekt 764) Original main prototype of BMP 1 developed by the… …

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  • 7servomechanism — servomechanical /serr voh meuh kan i keuhl/, adj. servomechanically, adv. /serr voh mek euh niz euhm, serr voh mek /, n. an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and… …

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  • 8Lion of Babylon tank — Infobox Weapon is vehicle=yes name=T 72 Lion of Babylon caption=A dug in Asad Babil captured after the Battle of 73 Easting, February 1991 type=Main battle tank origin= flagicon|Iraq Iraq production date=1989 1990 service=1990 Present wars=Gulf… …

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  • 9BRDM-2 — Infobox Weapon name=BRDM 2 caption=Iraqi BRDM at the U.S. National Infantry Museum, Fort Benning origin=Soviet Union type=Amphibious Armoured Scout Car is vehicle=yes service=1962 present used by=See Operators wars=See Service History designer=V …

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  • 10proximity fuze — a design for detonating a charge, as in a projectile, within a predesignated radius of a target. Also called variable time fuze, VT fuze. [1940 45] * * * also called  Vt Fuze, or Influence Fuze,         an explosive ignition device used in bombs …

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