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  2. List of body armor performance standards - Wikipedia

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    The VPAM scale as of 2009 runs from 1 to 14, with 1-5 being soft armor, and 6-14 being hard armor. [1] Tested armor must withstand three hits, spaced 120 mm (4.7 inches) apart, of the designated test threat with no more than 25 mm (0.98 inches) of back-face deformation in order to pass.

  3. British Aerospace Harrier II - Wikipedia

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    Harrier GR.7A ZD469 on the gate at RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England [99] Harrier GR.9 ZG477 on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London, Hendon, England [103] Harrier GR.7 ZG509 on display near Petersfield, Hampshire, England [104] United States. Harrier GR.5 ZD353 on display at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona [105]

  4. M24 sniper weapon system - Wikipedia

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    The M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) or M24 is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988.

  5. List of defense contractors - Wikipedia

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    A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government.Products typically include military or civilian aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems, while services can include logistics, technical support and training, communications support, and engineering support in cooperation ...

  6. 5.56×45mm NATO - Wikipedia

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    The 5.6mm Gewehr Patrone 90 or 5,6mm Gw Pat 90 (5.6 mm Rifle Cartridge 90), is the standard round used by the Swiss military in its rifle, the SIG SG 550. The cartridge is also known as the Cart 5,6mm 90 F (French: Cartouche pour Fusil / Italian: Cartuccia per Fucile ) to the French- and Italian-speaking Swiss militiamen.

  7. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    The marks are either two 5-point stars, two 6-point asterisks, or a 5-point star and a 6-point asterisk. B Wöllersdorfer Werke Berndorf – Berndorf, Bezirk Baden, Lower Austria, Austria. GR Georg Roth AG – Lichtenwörth, Austria. Headstamp is a cypher of G & R combined.

  8. List of equipment of the Hellenic Army - Wikipedia

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    Greece: 5.56×45mm NATO: Equipped with night vision binoculars NS467C by THEON Sensors.The first 750 pieces are available in two versions (Standard) and (PARA). The remaining 2,320 are MINIMI Mk. 2 with the same number of night-vision binoculars of third generation NS 685C made by THEON Sensors. 1,274 more on order.

  9. NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Soon after the code words were developed by ICAO (see history below), they were adopted by other national and international organizations, including the ITU, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United States Federal Government as Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunications Terms [5] and its successors ANSI T1.523-2001 [6] and ATIS Telecom Glossary (ATIS-0100523.2019 ...