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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  |Ship out of service= ...s Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and provided destroyer escort protection against [[submar
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  |Ship namesake=The [[Bering Strait]], connecting the [[Arctic Ocean]] and [[Bering Sea]] |Ship out of service=
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• USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376)
  ...6) sometime between 1949 and the U.S. Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] marking on its ships. |Ship country=United States
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ...HEC-387, WAGW-387) sometime after the Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the [[United States Coast Guard#Symbols|"racing stripe"]] markings on its ships. |Ship country=United States
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• AT4
  {{About|the unguided anti-tank weapon|the Russian guided anti-tank missile|AT-4 Spigot}} ...an AT-4 produces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments.
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• 30mm DS30M Mark 2 Automated Small Calibre Gun
  The '''30mm DS30M Mark 2''' is the [[Royal Navy]]'s new 30&nbsp;mm Automated Small Calibre Gun (ASCG) system, ...a variety of targets. The safety, reliability and low life-cycle costs of the Bushmaster system added to its overall value."<ref name=globalsecurityMk44/
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...llies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''.
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  :''This article is about the .50 caliber M2 machine gun. For the .30-06 M2 machine gun, see [[M1919 Browning machine gun]].'' |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  |weight=480 kg (without ammunition, including 387 kg of ballast) ..., and widely produced by [[Oerlikon Contraves]] and others. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in us
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pounder naval gun}} <!--SCROLL DOWN IN ORDER TO EDIT THE ARTICLE-->
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...rnia]] allow nitrous oxide as an [[anesthetic]]. Also used in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]]. --> ...ocket]]ry and in [[Auto racing|motor racing]] to increase the power output of [[Piston engine|engines]]. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a pow
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• Airspeed Oxford
  <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Airc |status= Out of production, out of service
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• Petroleum
  ...s first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as Georgius Agr ...es depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716085611/http://www ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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• Basha (tarpaulin)
  ...ng]], outdoor, or [[military]] situations to act as a shelter, in the form of an impromptu [[tent]] and/or groundsheet, usually supported with [[rope]] o ==Military application==
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• Steel
  ...(materials science)|hardness]], [[ductility]], and [[tensile strength]] of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and ...which can contain a small amount of carbon, but it is included in the form of [[slag]] [[inclusion (casting)|inclusion]]s. Two distinguishing factors are
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• Air safety
  ...pplied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ===United States===
  53 KB (7,764 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Emergency management
  ...zational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[business ...gement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom| ...l advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and for connected purposes.</sup>|
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• Mining
  ...in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the [[China|Chinese]] emperor|Daoguang Emperor}} ...ference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]]
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