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• USS Wainwright (DD-62)
  ...s steam turbine|Curtis geared steam turbine]]s, {{convert|17000|shp}}<br>4 x [[Yarrow]] [[boiler]]s ...ight'' (Destroyer No. 62/DD-62)''' was a {{sclass|Tucker|destroyer}} built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to the American entry into [[World War I]]
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• USS Porter (DD-59)
  ...steam turbine]]s, {{convert|18000|shp}}<br>1 x cruising steam turbine<br>4 x [[Yarrow]] [[boiler]]s ...rter'' (Destroyer No. 59/DD-59)''' was a {{sclass|Tucker|destroyer}} built for the [[United States Navy]] prior to the American entry into [[World War I]]
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...l/danfs/u1/unimak.htm and http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yakutat.htm for this version of the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictiona
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...ma being used as the decimal separator in German). <!-- The Allied slang for anti-aircraft fire, ''ack-ack'', does not come from the German, but is a Wo ...s the Tiger I, the [[8.8 cm KwK 36]], with the "KwK" abbreviation standing for ''Kampfwagenkanone'' ("fighting vehicle cannon").
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• Mking Charcoal: Indirect by burning inside a barrel
  ..., reliable and efficient method for the small-scale production of charcoal for home use utilizing readily available materials and minimizing the release o ..., more recently, in metal or masonry chambers (kilns). See the links below for more information.
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• Building Your Own Larry Hall Icyball
  ...ammonia can cause serious injury or death. We share these words and photos for information only. We make no claim as to their accuracy usefulness, or safe ...for experimenting. On one charge it can keep an ice chest below 38 deg. F. for 24 hrs."
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• RepRap
  ...Rap - you can print lots of useful stuff, and you can print another RepRap for a friend... | Size ||500 mm (W) x 400 mm (D) x 360 mm (H)||20” (W) x 16” (D) x 14” (H)
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• 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun
  |caliber=25 x 163 mm (.98 in) ...h a triangular base with a two-wheel carriage. This new variant was chosen for mass production, but at the time of the German attack in May 1940, only a f
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• 12"/45 caliber Mark 5 gun
  ...a US [[naval gun]] that first entered service in 1906. Initially designed for use with the [[Connecticut class battleship|''Connecticut''-class]] of [[pr == Design and Development ==
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• 15 cm SK C/25
  ...un used during the [[Second World War]]. It served as the primary armament for the [[German K class cruiser|K-class]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser|''Leipzi ...s had a maximum elevating speed of 8° per second. Each mount was designed for full 360° of traverse, but was limited to much less than that by the ship'
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• 15 cm SK C/28
  ...used during the [[Second World War]]. It served as the secondary armament for the [[Bismarck class battleship|Bismarck class]] and [[Scharnhorst class wa ...iser|K class]] and [[Leipzig class cruiser]]s. It shared the earlier gun's design with a loose barrel, jacket and breech-piece with a vertical sliding breech
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• 3.7 cm FlaK 43
  ...;mm shell from an L/89 barrel. Like the Flak 30, it used a mechanical bolt for automatic fire, but nevertheless featured a fairly good rate of fire, about ...Zwillings-Flak.jpg|thumb|left|[[Germany|German]] soldiers carry ammunition for the 3,7 cm Flakzwilling 43.]]
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |cartridge=[[20 x 138B cartridge|20 × 138 mm. B]] ...n", a 20&nbsp;×&nbsp;138&nbsp;mm belted cartridge that had been developed for the ST-5 and was one of the most powerful 20&nbsp;mm rounds in existence.<r
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• 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42
  ...rs. The design bureau for the 30&nbsp;mm 2A42 cannon is the KBP Instrument Design Bureau. ...ns using this size of cartridge case include the 2A38 and 2A72 autocannons for various vehicle, helicopter and air defence applications, as well as numero
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• 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun
  ...gun''' ('''SK - Schiffskanone (ship's gun), C - Construktionsjahr (year of design)''') was developed by [[Military of Germany|Germany]] in the late 1930s. It ...used a telescoping chain-operated rammer. German manuals quoted 26 seconds for the firing cycle, although ''Bismarck'' averaged less than one round per mi
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• 6"/53 caliber gun
  ...rrel was 53 [[Caliber_(artillery)|caliber]]s long (barrel length is 6 inch x 53 = 318 inches or 8 meters.)<ref>Fairfield 1921 p.156</ref> The gun with These guns were intended for the secondary battery of the [[Lexington class battlecruiser]]s and [[South
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• 8"/55 caliber Mark 71 gun
  ...e barrel was 55 [[Caliber_(artillery)|caliber]]s long (barrel length is 8" x 55 = 440" or 11 meters.)<ref name="Fairfield">Fairfield, A.P. ''Naval Ordna ...ly 15 miles (24&nbsp;km) in comparison to a range of 17 miles (27&nbsp;km) for 260 pound (118&nbsp;kg) projectiles from the [[8"/55 caliber gun]]s of heav
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• 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)
  ...own one enemy plane was 598 rounds. After the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns in a mountainous terrain. ...untry behind the [[Iron Curtain]] received this gun after [[World War II]] for their [[air defense]]. In the Soviet Union itself, these guns were largely
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• BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun
  |caption=An animation representing the loading cycle of the Mark I turret for the BL 15 inch Mark I. ...The barrel was 42 [[Caliber_(artillery)|calibres]] long (i.e., 15&nbsp;in x 42 = 630&nbsp;in) and was referred to as "15 inch/42". The [[built-up gun]]
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• BL 16 inch Mk I naval gun
  ...[Caliber (artillery)|calibre]]s long, /45 in shorthand, meaning it was 45 x 16&nbsp;inches = 720&nbsp;inches long. ...gun]]s had originally been planned for the cancelled [[G3 battlecruiser]] design upon which the ''Nelson'' class drew.
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