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    The Gyrojet is a family of unique firearms developed in the 1960s named for the method of gyroscopically stabilizing its projectiles. Rather than inert...
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    The 2nd Air Division (2nd AD) is an inactive United States Air Force organization. Its last assignment was with Military Airlift Command, assigned to Twenty-Third...
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    The Gold Stick and the Silver Stick are formal bodyguard positions in the British Royal Household, serving as personal attendants to the Sovereign on ceremonial...
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    A robber baron or robber knight (German: Raubritter) was an unscrupulous feudal landowner who, protected by his fief's legal status, imposed high taxes...
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  • USS Carlson (BDE-9/DE-9) was an Evarts-class short-hull destroyer escort in the United States Navy. It was named after Chief Machinist's Mate Daniel William...
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  • The Polikarpov VIT-2 (Vozdooshny Istrebitel' Tahnkov—Flying Tank Destroyer) was a Soviet twin-engined ground attack aircraft developed before World War...
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    The Messerschmitt P.1099 was a two-seat prototype jet plane designed by Messerschmitt for the Luftwaffe before the end of the Second World War. The design...
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    A rescue craft is a boat, ship or aircraft used in rescuing. The most common are lifeboats for inshore and closer-to-shore rescues, with helicopters and...
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  • The Order of Military Merit (Spanish: Orden del Mérito de Militar) is an honour awarded to members of the Military of the Dominican Republic. It was established...
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    The Régiment Royal was a French Army regiment that had been enlarged by renaming and uniting older regiments. At the time, the régiment de l'Altesse and...
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  • Thumbnail for Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee
    The Warriors-Internationalists Affairs Committee is a central organization for participants of local wars of CIS that provides a relationship between public...
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  • Thumbnail for Adhafer-class corvette
    The Adhafer-class corvette is a type of stealth corvette belonging to the Algerian Navy. They are built in China by China State Shipbuilding Corporation...
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    The 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a formation of the Russian Air Force. It was formed on 1 December 2009 from the amalgamation of the 4th...
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    The Brazilian patrol boat Macaé is the lead ship of Macaé-class patrol vessels of the Brazilian Navy. The ship is equipped with a 40 mm cannon, two 20 mm...
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  • Fires is the related tasks and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of Army indirect fires, air and missile defense, and joint fires through...
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  • Flik 10 (German: Fliegerkompanen 10, Hungarian: 10. repülőszázad) was an aviation company of the Austro-Hungarian Airforce during the First World War....
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  • The House-Grey Memorandum was a memorandum prepared by President of the United States Woodrow Wilson's diplomatic emissary to Europe, "Colonel" Edward...
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