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51Little boy — Une réplique de Little Boy construite après guerre Little Boy (« petit garçon » en anglais) est le nom de code de la bombe A qui fut larguée sur Hiroshima au Japon le 6 août 1945 par le B 29 Enola Gay de l armée américaine.… …
52Ordnance QF 18 pounder — Artillerie australienne en action dans le secteur d Ypres, le 28 septembre 1917 (Bataille de Passchendaele). Présentation Pays Royaume Uni …
53cordită — CORDÍTĂ1 s.f. Exploziv preparat din nitroglicerină şi nitroceluloză. – Din fr. cordite. Trimis de IoanSoleriu, 17.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 CORDÍTĂ2, cordite, s.f. (med.; în sintagma) Cordită trofică = afecţiune a coardelor vocale care determină o …
54Smokeless powder — is the name given to a number of propellants used in firearms and artillery which produce negligible smoke when fired, unlike the older gunpowder (black powder) which they replaced. The basis of the term smokeless is that the combustion products… …
55Explosive ROF — An Explosive ROF was a UK Government owned Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), which specialised in manufacturing explosives during and after World War II. Note: In World War I, the name used in the UK for Government owned explosives factories was… …
56List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and atomic particles — This list contains chemical elements, materials, isotopes or (sub)atomic particle that exist primarily in works of fiction (usually fantasy or science fiction). No actual periodic elements end in ite , though many minerals have names with this… …
57HM Factory, Gretna — His Majesty s Factory, Gretna, or H.M. Factory, Gretna as it was usually known, was a UK government World War I Cordite factory, adjacent to the Solway Firth, near Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway. It was built by the Ministry of Munitions in direct …
58Newton 6 inch Mortar — Canadian troops firing the 6 inch (152.4 mm) Mortar in the open at Valenciennes in 1918 Type Medium mortar Place …
59BL 6 inch gun Mk III IV VI — Infobox Weapon name= Ordnance BL 6 inch gun Mk III, IV, VI caption= origin= United Kingdom type= Naval gun Coast defence gun is ranged=YES is bladed= is explosive= is artillery=YES is vehicle= is UK=YES service=1880s 19?? used by=Royal Navy wars …
60Ballistite — is a smokeless propellant made from two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine (UK spelling), nitroglycerin (US spelling). It was developed and patented by Alfred Nobel in the late 19th century.The development of smokeless… …
