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The Mk 6, in its default configuration, is in dark green color. The British Army use covers to camouflage the helmet and adapt it to different environments. Covers include the British Disruptive Pattern Material in temperate woodland and desert patterns, [7] multicam pattern, Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform, a pure white cover for arctic environments and a United Nations blue coloured cover.
Defective, inadequately tested Mark 6 Mod 1 exploder used early in the war. [3] In September 1943, it was replaced with the Mark 6 Mod 5. [4] Early torpedoes used contact exploders. A typical exploder had a firing pin that stuck out from the warhead and was restrained by a transverse shear pin.
Early models of the Mark 6 used the same 32-point implosion system design concept as the earlier Mark 4 and Mark 3; the Mark 6 Mod 2 and later used a different, 60-point implosion system. Various models and pit options gave nuclear yields of 18, 26, 80, 154, and 160 kilotons for Mark 6 models.
The unit cost of the Mk 6 HEAA round is $25,000. [1] The Mk 80 Mod 0 Encased Novel Explosive (SMAW-NE) rocket is effective against caves, buildings, and bunkers. The SMAW-NE has an enhanced-blast warhead with a 4 lb (1.8 kilograms) charge of PBXN-113 and a slightly modified version of the dual mode fuze used by the HEDM rocket, the Mk 420 Mod 1.
Weird Tales' subtitle was "The Unique Magazine", and Wright's story selections were as varied as the subtitle promised; [3] he was willing to print strange or bizarre stories with no hint of the fantastic if they were unusual enough to fit in the magazine. [89]
Vickers Mk.VI light tank, a British tank design from the first years of World War II; 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun, World War II-era U.S. Navy gun used as main armament on six fast battleships; Supermarine Spitfire Mk VI, high altitude Royal Air Force fighter with five-blade propeller; Mark 6 nuclear bomb (1951–1955), an American nuclear bomb
The 203 mm 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun was the US Navy's Major Caliber Lightweight Gun (MCLWG) program. The system was designed and tested in 1975, but the program was terminated in 1978. Gerald Bull and Naval Ordnance Station Indian Head tested an 11 in (280 mm) sub-caliber saboted long-range round [6] in a stretched 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun in ...
The Mk.6 seat was developed from the earlier Mk.4 design by the addition of a rocket pack to enable zero-zero capability. [1] A variant of the Mk.6 was fitted with a compressed air cylinder crew breathing system to provide underwater ejection capability for the carrier-borne Blackburn Buccaneer aircraft.