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The prototype Custer CCW-1 single-seat test aircraft displayed at the National Air and Space Museum facility at Silver Hill, Maryland in April 1982 Channel Wing concept testing at Langley The first aircraft to incorporate Custer's concept was the CCW-1 which was fitted with a single-seat and was powered by two 75 horsepower (56 kW) Lycoming O ...
The Lancer Assault Rifle, also known as simply the Lancer, is a fictional class of firearm weapons featured in the Gears of War media franchise. Variants of the Lancer appear in the video game series as well as in related media, beginning with Gears of War .
The 14.5×114mm (.57 calibre) is a heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries.. It was originally developed for the PTRS and PTRD anti-tank rifles, and was later used as the basis for the KPV heavy machine gun that formed the basis of the ZPU series anti-aircraft guns that is also the main armament of ...
The gas-operated PTRS has a tendency to jam when dirty, and the 14.5mm cartridge produces significant residue, blocking the gas port. The 14.5mm armour-piercing bullet has a muzzle velocity of 1,013 m/s (3,320 ft/s) and devastating ballistics. It can penetrate an armour plate up to 40 mm (1.6 in) thick at a distance of 100 m (330 ft). [4]
QF 1-pounder pom-pom United Kingdom: World War I 40: Internal: Bofors 40 mm gun L/60 Sweden: World War II 40: Internal: Bofors 40 mm gun L/70 Sweden: Cold War 40: Internal: Ho-301 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 40: Internal: QF 2-pounder pom-pom United Kingdom: World War I 40: Internal: Vickers S gun United Kingdom: World War II 40 ...
Each individual gun weighed 142,492 lb (64,633 kg) with the breech and measured 53 ft 6.5 in (16.32 m) in length. [3] Each of the original Mark 1 built-up guns consisted of a tube without liner, jacket, eight hoops and a screw box liner. To compensate for the problem of gun drooping, four hoop-locking rings were added to the guns.
Bofors 57 mm anti-tank gun Sweden: World War II 57: 57 mm anti-tank gun M1941 and M1943 (ZiS-2) Soviet Union: World War II 57: QF 6 pounder 7 cwt United Kingdom: World War II 57: 57mm M1 anti-tank gun United States: World War II 75: 75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage United States: World War II 75: 75 K/44 Finland: World War II 75: 7.5 cm PaK ...
Following development of the four-seat Model A the company designed a six-seat aircraft, the Model CW-6. The aircraft first flew in November 1928, powered by a 220 hp (164 kW) Wright Whirlwind J-5 radial engine. The aircraft was displayed at the 1929 Auto Show in Wichita, Kansas. A scaled-down four-seat version, the Cessna DC-6, was also developed.