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• Bow drill
  ...''bow drill''' is an ancient [[tool]]. While it was usually used to make [[fire]], it was also used for primitive [[woodworking]] and dentistry. It consist ...lame. Once the tinder bundle bursts into flame, it is then placed into the fire lay.
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• USS Lipan (AT-85)
  ...in tow, she arrived at Saipan on 15 July and remained under constant enemy fire until 20 July, then rejoined Admiral Reifsnider's group at [[Agat Bay]], [[ ...|km/h}} battered the tug with 55° rolls, snapping the tow, and starting a fire which destroyed the propulsion panel and the lower motor room. After riding
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• Butane lighter
  [[Category:Fire starting]]
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• Welding Rod
  ...able in aqueous solution and in solid form and is used in cements, passive fire protection, refractories, textile and lumber ...especially for applications involving cementing objects exposed to heat or fire. For example, sodium silicate has been provided in home first-aid kits and
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• Wood gas generator
  *They are far cleaner burning than, say, a wood fire or even a gasoline-powered engine is (without emissions controls), producin ...disadvantages of wood gas generators are their large size, relatively slow starting speed, and batch burning operation, that some designs feature. Also, one of
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...structures out of natural materials, growing edible plants, sculpting and fire building. John is typically viewed as an eccentric person. He has been refe ...re of people even more than animals. He is a strong fisherman, can start a fire and hunt. George returned to New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of [[Hu
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• 9K121 Vikhr
  ...0 second period and starting at a range of 10 km, which increases its fire power potential three to four times of earlier systems. counteracted by pilots being encouraged to fire their missiles in pairs.
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• Spike (missile)
  |type=Man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile ...ublisher=Defense-Update.Com |accessdate=1 July 2010}}</ref> Man-portable [[fire-and-forget]] [[anti-tank guided missile]] with [[Tandem-charge]]d [[High ex
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• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  ...ce, QF 105 mm L13 of the [[FV433 Abbot SPG|Abbot self-propelled gun]] as a starting point (it used electrical primers). The outer shell of the gunhouse is buil The new weapon emphasised reliability over a high rate of fire, allowing a switch to a lighter, single barrel mounting and ammunition of a
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• 4.7 inch QF Mark XII
  ...the [[Fuze Keeping Clock]] fire control computer. Typical maximum rate of fire was twelve rounds per gun, per minute.<ref>Hodges and Friedman, ''Destroyer
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• 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3
  ...facing tanks in combat, but unlike the others it could not be depressed to fire against them. On September 11, 1942 the Army issued specifications for a ne ...litary)|Director]] or [[Kerrison Predictor]]s. Radar direction was common, starting with the [[SCR-268]] in 1941, which was not accurate enough to directly lay
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• BL 9.2 inch gun Mk I – VII
  ...page 164</ref>. A total of 19 Mk I and Mk II guns of 26 calibres were made starting in 1881, but after lengthy delays and modifications still proved unsatisfac ...uns]] firing at high angles in order to test the effectiveness of plunging fire on decks of ships. When surplus BL 9.2 inch Mk IV and Mk VI guns became ava
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...stresses of moving the large round was too heavy to move quickly enough to fire rapidly. One interesting attempt to solve this problem used [[zinc]] shell ...40 × 311R (rimmed) shell at {{convert|850|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on}}. The rate of fire was normally about 120 rounds per minute (2.0 rounds per second), which imp
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• Hotchkiss gun
  ...r to different products of the [[Hotchkiss et Cie|Hotchkiss]] arms company starting in the late 19th century. It usually refers to the 1.65-inch (42&nbsp;mm) l ...1826-1885), founder of Hotchkiss et Cie. It was a built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moved in
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...ncerns. The Army wanted something better, combining extremely high rate of fire with exceptional reliability. ...single-barrel revolver cannon while still giving a superior total rate of fire.
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• MG 151 cannon
  ...was a '''15&nbsp;mm''' [[autocannon]] produced by [[Waffenfabrik Mauser]] starting in 1940. It was in 1941 developed into the '''20&nbsp;mm MG 151/20''' canno * Rate of fire: 740 rpm
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  ...thod of operation. This used a 20x70 RB cartridge and had a cyclic rate of fire of 300 rpm. It was used on a limited scale as an aircraft gun and an anti-a ...that fired more powerful 20x100RB ammunition at a slightly higher rate of fire, 350 rpm.
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...ots, it was gradually replaced by the [[Ordnance QF 6 pounder|6-pounder]], starting in 1942, though some remained in service until the end of the war. In its v ...gunshield of the 2-pdr would provide a measure of protection against enemy fire.<ref>Advanced Squad Leader, Avalon Hill Game Company</ref>
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
  ...omatic fuze-setter and an automatic loader. This both improved the rate of fire and eliminated the unavoidable variations caused by manual loading and fuze ...|mm|sing=on}} mount and a longer {{convert|3.7|in|mm|sing=on}} barrel as a starting point, at the [[Royal Arsenal]], [[Woolwich]], Colonel Probert developed a
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ship|USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integrated with missile [[fire-control system]]s and other ship sensors. ...e="NavOrdAndGunV2">{{cite book|title =NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|da
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