The Self Propelled 17pdr Valentine Mk I Archer was a British self propelled anti-tank gun of the Second World War based on the Valentine infantry tank chassis fitted with an […]
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Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) can refer to two related missile defense concepts: Most common: the Raytheon-manufactured interceptor component with subcontractor Aerojet of the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) part of […]
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is the product of a joint venture between the United States Navy and Air Force to deploy a standardized medium range precision guided weapon […]
M45 (missile)
The M45 SLBM is the current standard French Navy’s submarine-launched ballistic missile (In French terminology the MSBS – Mer-Sol-Ballistique-Stratégique (Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic missile).) Forty-eight M45 are in commission in the Force […]
M4 (missile)
The M4 was a French Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) deployed on the nuclear Le Redoutable class submarines (except the Redoutable herself which was not reffited).They entered service on the […]
Yellow Sun
Yellow Sun was the first British operational high-yield strategic nuclear weapon. The name actually refers only to the outer casing; the warhead (or physics package) was known as Green Grass […]
Sexton (artillery)
The 25pdr SP tracked Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle of World War II. It was based on Canadian-built versions of the American M3 Lee and M4 Sherman tank chassis […]
Martini-Henry
The Martini-Henry was a breech-loading single-shot lever-actuated rifle adopted by the British Army combining the dropping-block action first developed by Henry O. Peabody (in his Peabody rifle) and improved by […]
Fragmentation grenade
A fragmentation grenade (commonly known as frag or frag grenade) is an anti-personnel weapon that is designed to disperse small projectiles or fragments on detonation. The body may be made […]
IBM 5120
The IBM 5120 Computing System (sometimes referred to as the IBM 5110 Model 3) was announced in February 1980 as the desktop follow-on to the IBM 5110 Computing System. It […]