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Habergeon was a sleeveless jacket of chain-mail, shorter than the hauberk, and worn by squires and archers during the Middle Ages.
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Hadrian's Wall was built to prevent the irruptions of the Scots and Picts into the northern counties of England, then under the Roman government. It extended from the Tyne to the Solway Firth and was eighty miles long, twelve feet high, eight feet thick and supplied with watchtowers. It was built in 121 and repaired and strengthened between 207 and 210.
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The hair-brush grenade was a heavy hand grenade so named from its external resemblance to a hair brush. During the early stages of the Great War a number of hair-brush grenades were improvised by using a base board, to which was attached a slab of wet guncotton covered with nails.
Later during the Great War well-constructed hair-brush grenades were brought into use. The explosive , ammonal or amatol was placed in a tin box about 12 cm long by 7 cm wide and 5 cm tall on top of which was a grooved cast-iron plate nearly 1 cm thick, these components being fastened to a base plate by two metal straps. Ignition was effected by a length of safety fuse carrying at one end a detonator embedded in the explosive, and at the other end a percussion cap in a special holder. The holder was also secured to the base plate and carried a spring-loaded plunger which was held away from the cap by a safety pin passing through its rear end. When the pin was withdrawn the cap was fired and the safety fuse ignited.
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The halberd was a medieval staff weapon of predominantly cutting character, but it was possible to use it for thrusting also. The halberd originated in Switzerland where they were used to great effect during the liberation campaign. The basic design of a halberd is of a rectangular shaped axe with a straight cutting edge, elongated into a spike and fastened to a pole or staff. Later, around 1400, a rear spike started to appear in the design. The halberd disappeared from use after 1600 as the musket became increasingly used.
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The 20lb Hales bomb was an early British airborne bomb containing a warhead of 4.5 lbs of Amatol explosive and used during the Great War. The Hales bomb was fitted with a wire handle above the fins to enable the bomb to be hand dropped over the side of an aircraft.
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The half-pike was a defensive weapon composed of an iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff and used in the navy to repel boarders.
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The Hampshire Regiment was formed of the merger of Meredith's Regiment (37th Foot) and the 1st South Hampshire Regiment. The regiment first saw action at Blenheim and later fought in Afghanistan and Burma.
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The hauberk was a jacket of chain-mail with loose sleeves, first introduced by the Normans. There were two models, the small hauberk reached to the hips and had sleeves with extended to the elbow, and the large hauberk which reached down to the knees and had sleeves which extended a little below the elbow and also a hood.
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Haxo's system was a system of fortification introduced by Francois Haxo, a French military engineer, employed by Napoleon to fortify Peschiera, Mantua &c. and who conducted the siege of Antwerp in 1832. His casemented batteries had earthen parapets along their front, and their arches were well covered with earth. They were open to the terraplein in the rear, and had apertures in the front for the guns, opening into embrasures formed in an extension of the parapet at these points, beyond its ordinary retired position. Being open to the rear the circulation of air prevented any inconvenience from the smoke from the guns. Haxo's System was readily adopted by the British army and was in use in many new fortifications at the end of the 19th century.
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The HC Smoke Grenade is a Belgian hexachlorethane smoke grenade which emits a cloud of dense, clinging white smoke for about 90 seconds after detonation. The HC Smoke Grenade has no explosive effect and no danger zone.
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The HdGr 69 was an Austrian fragmentation hand grenade. the HdGr 69 was an egg-shaped plastic grenade packed with approximately 3500 steel balls surrounding a high-explosive core. Upon detonation - four seconds after throwing the grenade - the balls were forced out at a velocity of about 1800 meters per second and with sufficient force to penetrate 12 mm of steel plate around the blast, and with a killing radius of about five meters from the point of detonation.
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The HdGr 72 an Austrian fragmentation hand grenade. the HdGr 72 is an egg-shaped plastic grenade packed with approximately 3500 steel balls each about 2.5 mm in diameter, surrounding a high-explosive core of some 65 grams in weight. Upon detonation - four seconds after throwing the grenade - the balls fly out causing severe damage to any soft targets within a five meter radius.
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The HdGr 73 an Austrian fragmentation hand grenade. the HdGr 73 is an egg-shaped plastic grenade packed with steel balls each about 2.5 mm in diameter, surrounding a high-explosive core of some 37 grams in weight. Upon detonation - four seconds after throwing the grenade - the balls fly out causing severe damage to any soft targets within a three meter radius.
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The HdGrO 69 is an Austrian hand grenade comprising an egg-shaped plastic case containing about 40 grams of high explosive. The HdGrO 69 has a four second delay fuse.
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The HdGr 72 an Austrian hand grenade. the HdGrO 72 is an egg-shaped plastic grenade packed with a high-explosive core of some 65 grams in weight.
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The HdGrO 73 an Austrian hand grenade. the HdGrO 73 is an egg-shaped plastic grenade packed with a high-explosive core of some 37 grams in weight.
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HE is an abbreviation for high-explosive.
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HE MOM is a multirole ammunition in which preformed cubes of tungsten alloy are held in position around the projectile body by steel liners and able to pierce up to 6mm steel. The new proximity fuse makes the projectile very effective also in the anti-ship role. When the proximity function is paralysed, the fuse has a delayed PD action which ensures that the projectile penetrates the hull before bursting.
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The Mecar HE-RFL DELAY BT is a Belgian 35 mm calibre anti-personnel fragmentation grenade that can be fired from any rifle using live ammunition. The HE-RFL DELAY BT is fitted with a four second delay fuse and is intended for use in jungle scenarios where the grenade can travel through the vegetation without detonation. The HE-RFL DELAY BT carries 42 grams of explosive and has a range of 220 meters.
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The Mecar HE-RFL-35 BT is a Belgian 35 mm calibre anti-personnel fragmentation grenade that can be fired from any rifle using live ammunition. The HE-RFL-35 BT detonates upon impact and has an operational range of 100 meters and carries 43 grams of explosive providing a killing zone of about eight meters around the point of impact.
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The Mecar HE-RFL-35 BT LR is a Belgian 35 mm calibre rocket assisted anti-personnel fragmentation grenade that can be fired from any rifle using live ammunition. The HE-RFL-35 BT LR detonates upon impact and has an operational range of 600 meters and carries 158 grams of explosive providing a killing zone of about ten meters around the point of impact.
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A headstamp is a marking found on the bottom of a cartridge case usually denoting the year of manufacture and the originating factory.
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During the Great War, heavy field artillery was defined as comprising all artillery equipped with mobile guns of four inch calibre and upwards.
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The Heimann Hi-Scan 9080TS is an American low power X-ray baggage examination unit capable of viewing objects through 13 mm of steel plate, and displaying the contents in twenty grey tones to give improved definition. A 2:1 magnification facility is also provided for closer examination of suspect items.
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A helm was a large, heavy helmet which encompassed the entire head and face and was worn by mediaeval knights. The helm had slits or perforations to allow the wearer some vision and to be able to breathe.
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In mediaeval armour a helmet was an open-faced armour for the head. The Helmet evolved from the helm, with an opening cut into the front replacing the previous eye slits and perforations.
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In fortifications, a herse was a kind of portcullis, with iron bars like a harrow, set in with iron pikes, placed above gates and lowered to impede the advances of an enemy.
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Early in 1776, the British Government made treaties with various German petty princes, by which it obtained mercenaries for the war in America. Under these treaties, the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel sent 17,000 troops, the Duke of Brunswick 6000, the Count of Hesse-Hanau 2400, the Margrave of Anspach 2400, the Prince of Waldeck and the Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst about 1000 each. In all, England paid the princes about £1,800,000. After the American War of Independence, some of them settled in America and Nova Scotia. About 17,000 returned to Germany.
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The Hg77 is an Austrian fragmentation hand grenade. The grenade consists of a ribbed plastic body lined with 5500 steel balls and containing 75 grams of high explosive. After releasing the firing lever the fuse gives a four second delay to detonation.
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The Highland Light Infantry are a British infantry regiment formed in 1809 from the amalgamation of the 71st Foot, and the 74th Foot.
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HMS Cricket was a secret Combined Operations Camp in the woodlands around Manor Farm beside the River Hamble near Botley in Hampshire. The camp was used to train Royal Marine commandos for the Normandy D-Day landings. Following the end of the Second World War, the camp was used to provide temporary housing to families from nearby Southampton who had lost their homes in the bombings.
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The Hohernzollern redoubt was an intricate trench system extending out 450 m from the German front line at the battle of Loos in September 1915 during the Great War. It was taken by the British during the opening stages of the battle but regained by the Germans two days later.
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Hollow charge is a form of explosive charge utilising a high-explosive shaped into a hollow cone, which then focuses a jet of hot gas onto the target when it strikes.
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A hollow square was a formerly used formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colours, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle.
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A hollow-point bullet is a bullet with a concavity in its nose to increase expansion on penetration of a solid target.
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A holster is a case, usually of leather but nowadays often of nylon or canvas, used to hold a pistol.
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The Honeywell Mark-46 torpedo is an anti-submarine torpedo with active and passive homing and is armed with a 44kg warhead. It has a range of 24 kilometres.
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Hoplites were Greek infantry soldiers who formed a phalanx. They were armed with a three-meter long, iron-pointed thrusting spear and carried a one-meter diameter circular wood and bronze shield called a hoplon.
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A hoplon was a Greek shield made of wood and bronze, about one meter in diameter, carried by infantry soldiers of the phalanx (hoplites).
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In fortification, a hornwork was a form of advanced work consisting of two half-bastions and a curtain, with two long sides called wings, which were flanked by the main works in the rear. Hornworks were extended defensible positions used to occupy advantageous ground or to command ground otherwise unseen.
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Hunter is a British self-powered, tracked, remotely-controlled vehicle developed for reconnaissance and anti-terrorist work. Hunter includes a boom assembly onto which can be attached a variety of tools and a CCTV camera which sends pictures back to the operator through a 100 meter long cable.
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The Hussars were the Hungarian cavalry raised in 1448 by Matthias I. Every twenty houses was obliged to furnish a man, and the word Hussar derives from huszar - husz being Hungarian for twenty. The term Hussar developed to refer to any light cavalry similarly dressed and armed of other European armies.
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