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- ...breech together weighed 2250 lb). While other AA guns also had a bore of 3 inches, the term "3 inch" was only ever used to identify this gun in ...fied by the [[War Office]] in 1914. These (Mk I) included the introduction of a vertical sliding breech-block to allow semi-automatic operation. When the17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
- |origin= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] ...ain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]<br>{{flagicon|South Africa|1912}} [[Union of South Africa]]<br>{{AUS}}18 KB (2,680 words) - 19:16, 27 September 2011
- ...measurement of length|calibres]] version at Gyltö, western archipelago of Finland, 1999. Photo by Ove Enqvist ...only {{convert|5000|yd}}. Text Book of Gunnery 1902, Page 337 quotes m.v. of {{convert|1818|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}} and maximum range {{convert|4500|yd}}. 565 KB (663 words) - 21:19, 2 July 2010
- The history of the missile can be traced back to the Swedish missile '''RB 08''' from the Development of the RBS-15 began in the late 1970s under the name '''KSA'''. The first weap9 KB (1,397 words) - 21:21, 2 July 2010
- [[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 ...shed from DU produced as a byproduct of uranium enrichment by the presence of [[uranium-236|U-236]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.un.org/News/Press/do80 KB (11,721 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
- ...rom the Greek word "chrōma" (χρώμα), meaning [[color]], because many of its compounds are intensely colored. It was discovered by [[Louis Nicolas V ...] ([[electroplating]] with chromium) are currently the highest-volume uses of the metal. Chromium and [[ferrochromium]] are produced from the single comm51 KB (7,299 words) - 21:34, 20 September 2010
- ...ropagation|propagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto /> ...cial effects on wilderness areas. Some plant species depend on the effects of fire for growth and reproduction,<ref name=NOVA /> although large wildfires88 KB (12,641 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
- ...ity in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the [[China|Chinese]] emperor|Daoguang Emperor}} ...e:Chuquicamata-002.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Chuquicamata]], [[Chile]], site of the largest circumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [50 KB (7,414 words) - 21:36, 20 September 2010
- Here is a '''list of eponyms''': ...]] - [[#F|F]] - [[#G|G]] - [[#H|H]] - [[#I–J|I–J]] - [[#K|K]] - [[List of eponyms (L-Z)|L–Z]]'''31 KB (3,671 words) - 21:06, 21 September 2010
- The tactic of [[terrorism]] is available to [[insurgency|insurgents]] and governments. No ...and other measures may focus more on the insurgency than the specific acts of terror. [[Foreign internal defense]] (FID) is a term used by several countr54 KB (7,364 words) - 21:56, 26 September 2010
- ...is derived from the Arabic ابو, ''[[Abu (Arabic term)|abu]]'' ("father of") and ''sayyaf'' ("Swordsmith<ref name="24threlease">[http://www.fbi.gov/pr *Ideology: Abu Sayyaf seeks the establishment of an independent [[Islamic republic|Islamic]] province <ref>{{Cite document51 KB (7,590 words) - 17:27, 27 September 2010
- ...ublisher=Temp. Int'l & Comp. L.J.|pages=231|date=1991|title=Permissibility of State-Sponsored Assassination during Peace and War, The|author=Beres, Louis ...tandard".<ref>Duffy, Helen (2005). ''The 'War on Terror' and the Framework of International Law''. Cambridge University Press. p. 157.ISBN 978-052154735220 KB (3,150 words) - 17:32, 27 September 2010
- ...aph of a [[Gram stain]] of the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis'', the cause of the anthrax disease ...er animals. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment.53 KB (7,798 words) - 17:33, 27 September 2010
