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  • 11RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun — Infobox Weapon name= Ordnance RML 7 pounder Mk IV Mountain Gun caption=No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery with RML 7 pounder circa. 1895 origin= UK type=mountain gun is artillery=yes is ranged=yes is bladed= is explosive=yes is UK=yes service=1873… …

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  • 12Neck of a gun — Neck Neck (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many… …

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  • 13Pivot gun — Pivot Piv ot, n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe. See {Pipe}.] 1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. [1913 Webster] 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the… …

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  • 14M3 Half-track — Infobox Weapon name=Carrier, Personnel Half track M3 caption=M3 half track with M1919 origin=USA type=Half track armoured vehicle is vehicle=yes length=6.18 m width=2.22 m height=2.26 m weight=9.3 t suspension=half track, vertical volute springs… …

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  • 15artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …

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  • 16State funeral — A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony held to honour heads of state or other important people of national significance. They usually include much pomp and ceremony. Generally, they are held to involve the general public in the mourning… …

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  • 17Ordnance QF 25 pounder — Gun shown mounted on its firing platform, King Street West, Dundas, Hamilton, Canada. Type Field gun/Howitzer …

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  • 18Horse-drawn vehicle — Horse drawn vehicles were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self propelled transport.GeneralA two wheeled horse drawn vehicle is a cart (see various types below, both for carrying people… …

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  • 19Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig — Douglas Haig redirects here. See also Douglas Haig (disambiguation). The Earl Haig Earl Haig Nickname …

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  • 20Mary Rose — For later ships with the same name, see HMS Mary Rose. For the play by J.M. Barrie, see Mary Rose (play). The remnants of the Mary Rose undergoing conservation in Portsmouth …

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