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In the early stages of World War II the tactic was employed by Soviet pilots, who called it taran (таран), the Russian word for "battering ram". A ramming pilot could use the weight of the aircraft as a ram, or they could try to make the enemy lose control of their plane, using the propeller or wing to damage the enemy's tail or wing.
The SU-152 "Taran" was armed with the 152.4 mm M-69 "Taran" rifled gun, with a barrel length of 9,045 mm, fitted with a powerful muzzle brake. With an overall length of about 10 meters, it is the longest gun of any type ever installed in a fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle. The gun had a maximum direct fire range of 2,050 meters.
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The Textron TAPV (tactical armoured patrol vehicle) is an armoured car currently in use by the Canadian Army. [2] It is essentially a heavier armoured upgrade of the M1117 armoured security vehicle , developed for use by the military police of the US Armed Forces .
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The NTSB says when the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger plane and helicopter occurred, the air traffic control tower had five persons on duty.