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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ...ch as ship control, communications, general drills, engineering and damage control instruction, gunnery training, and [[antiaircraft]] and [[antisubmarine]] w ...to Commander, Marianas Patrol and Escort Force, for temporary operational control for [[radar picket]] and air-sea rescue duty. She departed Tanapag Harbor o
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  ...rch planes, ''Barataria'' arrived on the scene at 22:15 hours, lowered her motor [[whaleboat]], and brought the plane crew on board while preparing to fuel ...try and is unattributed.</ref> identified as “Hill 25.” Army Artillery Control contacted ''Barataria'' on 11 April 1945 and asked her to “fire on any av
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  |Ship notes=Served as [[United States Navy]] [[motor torpedo boat tender]] [[USS Willoughby (AGP-9)|USS ''Willoughby'' (AGP-9)]] ...caliber]] Mark 30 Mod 65, 1 x Mark 52-2 Mod 3 director, 1 x Mark 26-4 fire-control radar, 1 x [[Mark 10-1]] [[antisubmarine]] projector, 2 x Mark 32 Mod 2 [[t
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• Casting materials
  molasses] will work. There are many formulas out there. I've used motor oil instead of the syrup as a binder once upon a time. ...mentioned is a man made sand from crushed rock. It is prefered as they can control the size of the grains during the crushing and it has very sharp edges so t
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• Wood Gas
  ...dependent on constant attention due to the use of sophisticated electronic control systems, but it remains difficult to get clean gas from them. Purification ...no particulates, and the gas thus renders very little carbon black amongst motor oil.
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...lifornia, specializing in fitting for [[irrigation]] waterworks, repairing motor-vehicle [[engines]], and rebuilding [[alternators]] to hook up to generator ...C. works to build a device that incorporates two [[solenoids]] and a small motor into a solar tracking device, allowing the solar panels to follow the sun d
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• 9M123 Khrizantema
  |steering=Two control surfaces ...issile to spin during flight with guidance control provided by two pop-out control surfaces at the rear of the missile (four additional surfaces help stabilis
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• 9M133 Kornet
  |steering=Two control surfaces ...issile to spin during flight with guidance control provided by two pop-out control surfaces on the front of the missile (four additional surfaces help stabili
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• 9K121 Vikhr
  a laser beam channel of missile control, a laser rangefinder, an automatic [[proximity fuze]], an air-dynamic control actuator, control electronics, a
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• Spike (missile)
  |caption=''SPIKE ATGM'' launcher control unit (LCU) with [[mock-up]] ''SPIKE LR'' missile mounted on a tripod at [[S • Launch control unit: {{convert|5|kg|lboz|abbr=on}}<br>
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• Brimstone missile
  ...ng's [[AGM-114 Hellfire]], but Brimstone is an all-new design with its own motor, warhead and seeker.<ref>''British Secret Projects; Hypersonics, Ramjets & *'''Control:''' Aerodynamic surfaces on missile
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• ERYX
  ...No other missile in service today uses this type of system to physically control the missile in flight. In addition the "soft launch" is what enables the E ...r of the launcher's cross-hair, sending corrective signals down a trailing control wire. The missile increases resistance to jamming by having a beacon as the
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• 37mm Gun M1
  ...lftrack, resulting in the T28 / T28E1 / M15 / M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages. ...n units were coupled to the M5 [[Director (military)]] using the M1 remote control system. the system was powered by the M5 generating unit. if the remote sys
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  ...y when it was usually under the control of the advanced [[Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System]] which provided accurate and timely firing solutions against surfac ...the hoist, and the hoist maintains the ordered fuze setting from the fire control system as long as the projectile stays in the hoist.<ref name="NavOrdAndGun
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  ...ank gun, it was the weapon featured on the [[M36 (tank destroyer)|90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36]] and [[M26 Pershing|Heavy Tank M26 Pershing]], as well as a n ...in early [[1943]]. The gun was used on the [[M36 (tank destroyer)|90mm Gun Motor Carriage M36]], and the [[M26 Pershing|Heavy Tank M26 Pershing]].
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...zed the platform the gun sat on. All five mounts were operated by one fire control system. ...ed version of the Bofors was with the gun set on the chassis of a [[Morris Motor Company|Morris Commercial]] four-wheel drive lorry. Such guns were used in
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• Chain gun
  ...apon, and does so via a continuous loop of chain similar to that used on a motor or bicycle. "Chain gun" is a registered trademark of [[Alliant Techsystems| ...f a cartridge to power the cycle of action, a chain gun uses an [[electric motor]] to drive the chain that moves in a rectangular circuit via four [[sprocke
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• Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23
  ...t it is [[gas-operated]], rather than externally powered via an [[electric motor|electric]], hydraulic, or pneumatic system. Although the engineering diffic ...AM-23 round, fed via linked cartridge belt or a linkless feed system. Fire control is electrical, using a 27v DC system. The cannon has 10 [[pyrotechnic cocki
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• M242 Bushmaster
  ...ses a 1.0 [[Horsepower|hp]] (750 W) [[Direct current|DC]] [[Electric motor|motor]], positioned in the [[receiver (firearms)|receiver]] to drive the chain an The M242 weapon system has both electrical and manual fire control and can be operated electrically or manually. In doing so, the gunner can c
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• M42 Duster
  ...s the M42. Initially, aiming the 40mm guns assisted by a [[radar]] [[fire control system]] housed in a secondary vehicle of similar design but this idea was ...ers towers (M41E1) with surplus AMX-13M51 hulls. With improvements in fire control for night operations and on original chassis. One AA-Battery +/-10 of conve
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