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  • Thumbnail for Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)
    "You can't send people back to areas that are littered with unexploded ordnance, not to mention a lack of shelter". ICC prosecutor Karim Khan stated he...
    268 KB (23,136 words) - 19:21, 31 May 2024
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    Field stripping is firearms terminology for the act of disassembling a firearm to the greatest possible extent without the usage of any extra tools. A...
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  • Thumbnail for Ordnance QF 2-pounder
    The Ordnance QF 4-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing"), or simply "2 pounder gun", was a 40 mm (1.575 in) British anti-tank gun and vehicle-mounted gun...
    27 KB (2,804 words) - 20:45, 31 May 2024
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    and on pulling the trigger the bolt moves forward from spring pressure, stripping the round from the magazine, chambering it and firing the weapon all in...
    70 KB (8,567 words) - 01:11, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bombing of the Gaza Strip
    The bombing of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force during the Israel–Hamas war. During...
    92 KB (7,329 words) - 09:30, 31 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thompson submachine gun
    semi-automatic civilian versions are still being produced by the manufacturer Auto-Ordnance. These models retain a similar appearance to the original models, but have...
    96 KB (10,735 words) - 14:57, 31 May 2024
  • The Nebraska Ordnance Plant is a former United States Army ammunition plant located approximately ½ mile south of Mead, Nebraska and 30 miles west of Omaha...
    12 KB (1,499 words) - 21:35, 13 August 2021
  • substances like asbestos, heavy metals, fire contaminants, unexploded ordnance, and hazardous chemicals. This statement was echoed by the UN special rapporteur...
    21 KB (1,952 words) - 16:51, 31 May 2024
  • opened in 1942 in Bellemont, Arizona. It was originally designated Navajo Ordnance Depot, and its primary use was the storage of ammunition used in the Pacific...
    4 KB (465 words) - 15:44, 24 August 2022
  • comparable in performance, with the T48 holding an advantage in ease of field stripping and dust resistance, and a longer product development lead time. A Newsweek...
    74 KB (8,200 words) - 21:12, 27 May 2024
  • primarily replaced by the M240H. The M60D is still manufactured by U.S. Ordnance and still used on the SH-60 Seahawk. The M60E3 was fielded c. 1986 in an...
    65 KB (7,412 words) - 16:42, 27 May 2024
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    defined the Kelpies as "one of Scotland’s most complex sculptures" The Ordnance Survey described them as "amazing and dramatic". Tiffany Jenkins on The...
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  • 10, 1944. Harvey Field was also used as Inyokern Auxiliary Field. Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern opened on December 12, 1943 with a 900-square mile...
    14 KB (1,561 words) - 21:35, 21 August 2023
  • 1943-06-03 9349 Possession Relinquished of Plants of Milford Ordnance Company, Inc., and Sussex Ordnance Company 1943-06-04 9350 Conferring Certain Additional...
    401 KB (291 words) - 22:04, 24 May 2024
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    buildings. It is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. Ordnance Survey Geological Survey 1:50 000 Sheet 143. Media related to Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth...
    3 KB (252 words) - 09:02, 23 April 2024
  • of Excellence (SCoE), the U.S. Army Quartermaster School, the U.S. Army Ordnance School, the U.S. Army Transportation School, the Army Sustainment University...
    36 KB (3,981 words) - 18:03, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle
    the standard US .30-06 Springfield (7.62×63mm) cartridge. Colt and the Ordnance Department arranged for a public demonstration of both weapons at a location...
    81 KB (9,625 words) - 14:17, 11 May 2024
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    minimum of training. The ordnance used by the system is based upon a modified GATOR mine. Both live and inert (training) ordnance is available; live canisters...
    23 KB (3,018 words) - 07:48, 7 February 2024
  • archaeology, he spent most of his career as the archaeological officer of the Ordnance Survey (OS) and also wrote a range of books on archaeological subjects...
    67 KB (8,670 words) - 00:23, 27 April 2024
  • comic strip The Ballad of Halo Jones Massive Ornary Air Blimp, a type of Bloon in the Bloons Tower Defense series GBU-43/B MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast)...
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