The RPG-6 was a Soviet anti-tank hand-grenade (RPG was the Russian designation not the more usual abbreviation of rocket-propelled grenade) operating on the shaped charge principle developed during World War […]
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Smith & Wesson Model 340PD
The Smith and Wesson 340PD is an ultra-light J-frame five shot snubnosed revolver chambered for .357 Magnum.
Casio PB-1000
The Casio PB-1000 was a handheld computer released by Casio in 1987. Revolutionary for its time it featured a touchscreen display which consisted of 16 keys built into the screen […]
W41
W41 was the designation of an American nuclear warhead which was investigated during the late 1950s. Intended for use in the SM-64 Navajo cruise missile the program was cancelled in […]
W21
The W21 was an hydrogen bomb design for the US military. It would have used the physics package of the TX-21 bomb. The TX-21 was a weaponized version of the […]
JL-1
The Julang-1 (Chinese: 巨浪-1; literally Huge Wave-1) also known as the JL-1 and in US nomenclature as the CSS-N-3 is China’s first submarine-launched nuclear ballistic missile.
W82
The W82 was a low yield tactical nuclear warhead developed by the United States and designed to be used in a 155mm artillery shell (sometimes called the XM785 shell). It […]
W74
The W74 was an experimental American nuclear artillery shell.Responding to a 1969 United States Army request for a replacement for the W48 155 mm artillery shell the Los Alamos National […]
Mark 21 nuclear bomb
The Mark 21 nuclear bomb was a United States nuclear gravity bomb first produced in 1955. It was based on the TX-21 Shrimp prototype that had been detonated during the […]
VTech Socrates
The VTech Socrates was an educational video game console released in 1988 by VTech. The console featured a robot character Socrates named after the philosopher. The character is visually similar […]