pressure-action fuze
1Proximity fuze — A proximity fuze (also called a VT fuze, for variable time ) is a fuze that is designed to detonate an explosive device automatically when the distance to target becomes smaller than a predetermined value or when the target passes through a given …
2PRB 408 — Infobox Weapon name= PRB 408 caption= origin= flag|Belgium type= is ranged= is bladed= is explosive= yes is artillery= is vehicle= is missile= is UK= service= used by= wars= designer= design date= manufacturer= unit cost= production date= number …
35"/38 caliber gun — Infobox Weapon name= 5 /38 Caliber Gun caption= Two Mk 30 single enclosed base ring mounts on a Fletcher class destroyer. origin= United States type= Deck Gun is artillery=yes service= 1934 used by= US Navy, US Coast Guard, Royal Navy, Danish… …
4Artillery — For other uses of the term, see Artillery (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancient …
5Naval mine — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine. The protuberances around the top of the mine, called Hertz horns, are part of the detonation mechanism …
6Ship gun fire-control system — Mk 37 Director c1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 orange peel Ship gun fire control systems (GFCS) enable remote and automatic targeting of guns against ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical …
7Glossary of military abbreviations — List of terms, acronyms, information, related to modern armour, artillery, infantry, weapons, and related military subject matter.* AA anti aircraft * AAA anti aircraft artillery Triple A * AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle * AAD Armoured… …
8United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
9Land mine — For other uses, see Land mine (disambiguation). Minefield redirects here. For other uses, see Minefield (disambiguation). Examples of anti personnel mines. From left to right: an M14, Valmara 69 (a bounding mine), and VS 50 …
10Battle of Albert (1916) — The Battle of Albert, 1 13 July 1916, was the opening phase of the British and French offensive that became the Battle of the Somme. Limitations of sheer artillery volumeThe British concentrated and deployed artillery on a scale unprecedented up… …
