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• Survivalist Shopping List
  *Matches (a lot of them, strike anywhere best) *Fire extinguishers
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• USS Newell (DE-322)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship out of service=
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• Things That Disappear First In an Emergency
  * Fire extinguishers * Lumber (all types)
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• Soap
  [[Image:Decorative Soaps.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A collection of decorative soaps, usually found in hotels]] ...storically comes either in solid [[molding (process)|bars]] or in the form of a viscous liquid.
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• 8.8 cm FlaK 18/36/37/41
  ...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...he decimal separator in German). <!-- The Allied slang for anti-aircraft fire, ''ack-ack'', does not come from the German, but is a World War I term from
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• Arc Welding
  ...orating filler material. The process of arc welding is widely used because of its low capital and running costs. ...table arc. In 1905 Russian scientist Vladimir Mitkevich proposed the usage of three-phase electric arc for welding. In 1919, [[alternating current]] weld
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• Wood gas generator
  ...ounted on an internal combustion engine, to provide a [[wood gas]], a form of [[syngas]]. These devices are also known as '''gas producers'''. ...than through the town-gas process of destructive distillation (pyrolysis) of coal.
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• Nag missile
  ...ed Missile Development Program]] (IGMDP). Nag has been developed at a cost of [[Rs]] 300 [[crore]].<ref name = "nag induction">[http://timesofindia.india ...ra-red version and a millimetric wave (mmW) version. The cumbersome nature of a wire guidance system had led to plans for this being dropped. Currently,
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• Brimstone missile
  |caption=A triplet of Brimstone missiles on display ...n the [[Gulf War]]. [[GEC-Marconi]] (whose missile interests now form part of MBDA) was originally awarded the contract on November 7, 1996.<ref>[http://
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• Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23
  ...ground attack aircraft. The original intention was to create a gun capable of penetrating German tank armour. ...viation|1941]], TKB-201 was accepted into service as '''VYa-23'''. A total of 64,655 VYa-23 were built.
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• 14"/50 caliber gun
  |part_length= {{convert|700|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibers]]) ...50 caliber guns on {{USS|Tennessee|BB-43}} fire in support of the invasion of Okinawa]]
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• 3.7 cm SK C/30
  ...a mere 30 rounds per minute, far inferior to the 80-100 rounds per minute of its contemporary, the [[Bofors 40 mm]] anti-aircraft gun. The ''SK C/30U'' ...''SK C/30U'' gun. It was a simple pedestal mount with a two-man crew, one of whom trained the gun with the shoulder stirrup; the other used gears to ele
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• 20 mm Becker
  ...mass produced in [[1916 in aviation|1916]] and was installed in a variety of aircraft; the only German autocannon to actually see service in the air dur ...in a [[Gotha G.I]], but proved unsatisfactory. Despite this, the potential of the gun was such that the arsenal at [[Spandau]] was engaged to help develo
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• 2A48 Cobra
  ...Váhom design bureau. It is specially designed to fit many different types of tracked and wheeled IFVs and APCs such as the [[BMP-1]], [[BMD-1]], [[BTR- ...ction of both the crew and the transported troops. It also allows accurate fire in all weather conditions, both by day and at night and while the vehicle i
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  ...s the primary German light anti-aircraft gun and was produced in a variety of models, notably the '''Flakvierling 38''' which combined four FlaK 38's ont ...&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.<ref>[http://www.quarry.ni
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• 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42
  ...on a modified T-54/T-55 MBT chassis. The cannon is also the main armament of BMPT (Tank Support Fighting Vehicle). It is also used for various armament ...ore their ammunition is not interchangeable with the land-based ammunition types, despite the same cartridge case size.<ref name="janes">"Janes Ammunition H
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  ...vweaps.com|quote= Mark 22: −10 / +35 degrees}}</ref> and is designed to fire at surface targets only, while Dual Purpose (DP) means that it is designed ...ctancy was 4600 effective full charges (EFC) per barrel.<ref>Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, P139</ref>
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• 57 Mk3
  ...'''57 Mk3''' is a 57mm all-target gun that can be used against many types of naval threats. It is fully automatic to reduce manning as well as time-cons ...in the hull structure. It is blocked in stealth position until the moment of target engagement.
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• 68-pounder 95 cwt
  |number=In excess of 2000 ...pon that weighed {{convert|95|long cwt|kg|abbr=on}} and fired projectiles of {{convert|68|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. Colonel William Dundas designed the gun in 1
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• Afanasev Makarov AM-23
  ...23''' is a Russian designed aircraft cannon that has been used in a number of planes in the [[Soviet Air Force]]. ...in honour of its designers it received the name AM-23. The [[GRAU]] index of the new defensive turret cannon was 9-A-036.
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