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Hesston Steam Museum (2 ft (610 mm) gauge lines and dual gauge lines with 2 ft gauge track also present) (all 3 ft (914 mm) gauge trackage is dual-gauged with 2 ft gauge trackage) (separate 14 in (356 mm) gauge railway and separate 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway also present) (operating)
Description: On a background equally divided horizontally white and red, 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (83 mm) high and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (64 mm) wide at base and 2 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches (54 mm) wide at top, a black block letter "A", 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (70 mm) high, 2 inches (51 mm) wide at base and 1 + 5 ⁄ 8 inches (41 mm) wide at top, all members 7 ⁄ 16 ...
The M1897 guns used the same 75×350 mm R ammunition as the 75 mm gun M2/M3/M6 tank guns of the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, M24 Chaffee, and 'gunship' version of the North American B-25 Mitchell bomber. The M2 was a L/31 gun, the M1897 was L/36, and the M3 was L/40.
USS New Jersey (BB-16) was the fourth of five Virginia-class battleships of the United States Navy, and the first ship to carry her name.She was laid down at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, in May 1902, launched in November 1904, and commissioned into the fleet in May 1906.
The main span of the Newport Bridge is 488 metres (1,601 ft), making it the longest suspension bridge in New England. The overall length of the bridge is 3,428 meters (11,247 feet). Its main towers reach 122 meters (400 feet) above the water surface, and the roadway height reaches as high as 66 meters (217 feet). [3]
The 1st Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment served with the 2nd Armored Division in Germany and at Fort Hood, Texas, from 1957 - 1991, including service in Operations Desert Shield and Storm. After a brief assignment (1991-1992) to the 1st Cavalry Division, the battalion returned to the 2nd Armored Division until inactivated in 1996.
0.2927 in (7.43 mm) Depth of groove: 0.03 in (0.76 mm) Width of land: 0.10 in (2.54 mm) Type of breechblock: Slotted screw Type of breech mechanism: Lever pull Number of handles to operate: 1 Power: Hand Type of firing mechanism: Continuous pull Muzzle velocity, maximum: 2,800 ft (853 m) per second Range, maximum: (Using Shell, H. E., M42 and ...
The carriage's short recoil of 11 inches (280 mm) allowed a higher rate of fire than for AA guns based on long-recoil field guns such as the QF 13-pounder 9 cwt. [ 20 ] By June 1916, 202 3-inch 20 cwt were deployed in the air defence of Britain, of a total of 371 AA guns.