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  2. Hummel (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Hummel (German: "bumblebee") was a German self-propelled gun used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Based on the Geschützwagen III/IV chassis and armed with the 15 cm sFH 18/1 L/30 howitzer, it saw action from early 1943 until the end of the war. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 165.

  3. VMA-331 - Wikipedia

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    World War II * Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Operation Desert Storm: Marine Attack Squadron 331 (VMA-331) was an attack squadron in the United States Marine ...

  4. Bumblebee (Transformers) - Wikipedia

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    When Bumblebee comes in London, England, he is revealed by Sir Edmund Burton that he helped the United States Army Air Force to fight against the Nazis in World War II and transformed into a Mercedes-Benz 770, although Bumblebee doesn't remember this event and his service, and it was retconned in his own movie. When Optimus Prime is brainwashed ...

  5. Topsail Island - Wikipedia

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    With the emergence of Operation Bumblebee it brought about the dredging of the waterway, new buildings of roads, and fresh water being piped into the island. [10] Topsail Island was the third of three widespread test sites established along the Atlantic seaboard in the closing years of World War II, and the first permanent ground for missile ...

  6. Seabee - Wikipedia

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    During World War II they were plank-holders of both the Naval Combat Demolition Units and the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs). The men in the NCF considered these units to be "Seabee". [ 2 ] In addition, Seabees served as elements of Cubs, Lions, Acorns and the United States Marine Corps . [ 3 ]

  7. RPO-A Shmel - Wikipedia

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    'rocket-propelled infantry flamethrower "Bumblebee"') is a man-portable, single-use, rocket-assisted thermobaric weapon. [7] [8] While its name directly translates to flamethrower (and it is classified as such in Russian military documents), the RPO-A Shmel is more accurately described as a thermobaric weapon. [9]

  8. Operation Bumblebee - Wikipedia

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    A major reason for the Bumblebee efforts was the need to engage bombers before they could launch standoff anti-shipping weapons, as these aircraft might never enter the range of the shipboard guns. Bumblebee originally concentrated on a ramjet -powered design, and the initial Applied Physics Lab PTV-N-4 Cobra /BTV (Propulsion Test Vehicle ...

  9. Robert H. Starr - Wikipedia

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    Robert H. Starr (February 6, 1924 – June 15, 2009) [1] was the designer, builder and pilot of The World's Smallest Piloted Biplane Airplane, the Starr Bumble Bee II. [2] The Guinness Book of Records awarded The Bumble Bee the official world record title in 1985 and with the flight of the Bumble Bee II, the record still stands today 2022. [3]