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According to Cook, Die Glocke was bell-shaped, about 4 metres (12 ft) high and 3 metres (9 ft) in diameter, and incorporated "two high-speed, counter-rotating cylinders filled with a purplish, liquid metallic-looking substance that was supposed to be highly radioactive, code-named 'Xerum 525.'"
Aaron Fechter (born December 22, 1953) [1] is an American mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, voice actor, singer, and musician who owns and operates Creative Engineering, Inc. (CEI). He is best known as the creator of The Rock-afire Explosion , an animatronic show featuring a variety of characters created primarily for Showbiz Pizza Place ...
Also, "directed-energy weapons that target the central nervous system and cause neurophysiological disorders may violate the Certain Conventional Weapons Convention of 1980. Weapons that go beyond non-lethal intentions and cause 'superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering' may also violate the Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1977." [102]
USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), (formerly USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3), and (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1) prior to that) [17] [18] is the first purpose-built expeditionary mobile base vessel (previously classified as a mobile landing platform, and then as an afloat forward staging base) for the United States Navy, and the second ship to be named in honor of Chesty Puller.
Sectional view of the igniter of a Model 1935 grenade. Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare.It comprises the kinds of technology that are distinctly military in nature and not civilian in application, usually because they lack useful or legal civilian applications, or are dangerous to use without appropriate military training.
Engineering has existed since ancient times, when humans devised inventions such as the wedge, lever, wheel and pulley, etc. The term engineering is derived from the word engineer, which itself dates back to the 14th century when an engine'er (literally, one who builds or operates a siege engine) referred to "a constructor of military engines". [7]
Denel GI 30: [6] 30 mm (1.2 in) gun for turrets; Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun: 35 mm (1.4 in) naval gun close-in weapons system; Denel GT4: 76 mm (3.0 in) rifled gun for turrets; Denel GT7: 105 mm (4.1 in) light gun for turrets; Denel 155mm Howitzer Gun: 155 mm (6.1 in) heavy gun for turrets
1× 7.62mm M240 machine gun (2,000 rounds) Commander cupola M19: 1× 12.7mm M85 machine gun (600 rounds) Engine: Continental (now General Dynamics) AVDS-1790-2DR V12, air-cooled twin-turbo diesel engine 750 horsepower (560 kW) Power/weight: 14.1 hp/t: Payload capacity: A-frame crane boom: 9.0 short tons (18,000 lb) hoisting/lifting capacity