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The T1 Tong Feng (known as the CSS-1 to the West) was a Chinese surface-to-surface medium range ballistic missile in service from 1966 to the 1980s. The T-1 Tong Feng carried a 20 kT nuclear warhead and had a range of 1200 km.
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The T2 (known as the CSS-2 to the West) was a Chinese intermediate-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile of the 1970s and 1980s. The T2 carried a 1.3 MT nuclear warhead and had a range of 3000 km.
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The T3 (known to the West as the CSS-3) is a Chinese long-range, two-stage ballistic missile deployed during the 1970s and 1980s and armed with a 2MT thermonuclear warhead. The T3 has a range of 7000 km.
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The T4 (known to the West as the CSS-4) is a Chinese long-range, two-stage ballistic missile armed with a 5MT thermonuclear warhead. The T3 has a range of 13000 km.
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Talos (US Military designation RIM-8E) was an American naval surface-to-air and surface-to-surface guided missile introduced in 1958 after development started in 1945. Talos had a range of 120 km, a flight speed of Mach 2.5 and was armed with a high-explosive continuous rod or nuclear warhead.
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The Tampella mortar is a Finnish 60 mm calibre light mortar. The Tampella mortar has a minimum range of 150 meters and a maximum range of 2550 meters.
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The Skoda Tarasnice or 82 mm Recoilless Gun Type T-21 was a Czechoslovakian 82 mm calibre smooth-bore recoilless gun firing fin stabilised projectiles. The Tarasnice had a 1204 mm long barrel and fired a 2.13 kg HEAT projectile with a muzzle velocity of 267 meters per second to an effective range of 457 meters capable of penetrating 228 mm of armour.
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Tarasque (also known as the 53 T2) is a French, single-barrel, power-operated, towed anti-aircraft gun fitted with a 20 mm F2 cannon (formerly the F1 cannon), also useful against ground targets. Tarasque operates by delayed blowback and fires 900 rounds-per-minute from a dual disintegrating link belt to an effective range of 2000 meters with a muzzle velocity of 1050 meters-per-second.
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The TCM-20 is an Israeli anti-aircraft gun comprising two Hispano-Suiza HS404 20 mm cannons mounted on a pedestal with electric drive elevation and traverse. The
TCM-20 has an effective ceiling of 2000 meters and a muzzle velocity of 844 meters-per-second.
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The Thomson-Brandt 60 MC HB is a French gun-mortar developed during the 1970's for use in armoured personnel carriers. The Thomson-Brandt 60 MC HB is a 60 mm calibre mortar with an opening breech allowing its use either as a conventional mortar, with bombs loaded into the muzzle which then fall onto a fixed firing pin, or like a gun with the bomb loaded into the breech from a position under cover of enemy fire. The Thomson-Brandt 60 MC HB has a maximum range of between 2050 and 2600 meters depending upon ammunition. The Thomson-Brandt 60 MC HB can fire in a straight line and when loaded with an anti-tank mortar bomb can be used as an anti-tank gun with an effective range of 500 meters against stationery targets and 300 meters against a moving target.
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The Thomson-Brandt 60 mm Light Mortar is a French light mortar designed by Hotchkiss-Brandt in 1963. the Thomson-Brandt 60 mm Light Mortar has a 724 mm long barrel and a minimum range of 100 meters and a maximum range of 2000 meters. The Thomson-Brandt 60 mm Light Mortar was designed to fire the Hotchkiss-Brandt Mk 60/61 mortar bomb which contains 31 grams of TNT, and the mortar will also fire other 60 mm calibre mortar bombs including those designed for the Thomson-Brandt Commando Type V mortar and the old type American 60 mm mortar bomb.
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The Thomson-Brandt 60 mm Long Range Mortar is a French mortar designed to combine the firepower of an 81 mm medium mortar with the flexibility of a 60 mm light mortar. The Thomson-Brandt 60 mm Long Range Mortar has a 1350 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 5000 meters.
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The Thomson-Brandt 60mm Gun Mortar LR is a French 60 mm calibre gun-mortar developed for mounting in armoured personnel carriers, river patrol vessels and coastal patrol vessels. The Thomson-Brandt 60mm Gun Mortar LR has a 1800 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 4000 meters when firing long range ammunition, and a maximum flat trajectory of 400 meters when used as a gun. Like the Thomson-Brandt 60 MC HB, the Thomson-Brandt 60mm Gun Mortar LR can be either muzzle or breech loaded.
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The Thomson-Brandt Commando Type V is a French 60 mm calibre light mortar. The Thomson-Brandt Commando Type V has a short barrel and a fixed firing pin which causes the muzzle loaded bomb to be fired as soon as it reaches the bottom of the barrel. The Thomson-Brandt Commando Type V has a minimum range of 100 meters and a maximum range of 1050 meters and a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute.
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The De Havilland Thunderbird (officially code-named Red Shoes) was a large British surface-to-air-missile first issued in 1956 and eventually withdrawn from service in the 1970s. Thunderbird used semi-active radar homing and had a range of 75 km and was armed with a continuous rod packed with high-explosive which upon detonation propelled a big circle of spinning steel at the target, sawing it in half.
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Tigercat was a land-based anti-aircraft guided missile system developed from the proven naval Seacat system during the 1960's and supplied to the British RAF.
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Titan was an American two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile developed from the Atlas missile. Titan had a range of 12875 km and carried a 4 MT thermonuclear warhead.
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A torpedo is a missile which swims through water to its target. They are used against ships and are carried by submarines, helicopters, aircraft and ships.
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TOW is an acronym for Tube-launched Optically-tracked, Wire-guided. The tern TOW refers to an American wire guided type of anti-tank guided missile, designated BGM71A, first developed by Hughes for the American army in 1962 which entered service in 1970. TOW was developed as a crew portable or vehicle mounted heavy assault weapon for use against tanks, armoured vehicles and gun emplacements over ranges in excess of one mile. The TOW 2 missile has a range of 3750 meters and its shaped high-explosive warhead can penetrate more than 700 mm of armour. The TOW missile is guided by the operator who keeps the target centred in a telescopic sight, movement of the sight transmitting signals to the missile to amend its course.
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The trebuchet was a Medieval military engine consisting of a pivoted lever with a sling at one end, and used for throwing heavy missiles.
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A trench howitzer was a piece of un-rifled ordnance of short range fired from a front-line trench and usually known, as a trench mortar.
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A trench mortar was a species of small cannon consisting of a cylinder of cast iron closed at one end, open at the other, and with a roomy touch-hole at the closed end. They were used largely during the Great War for throwing bombs into the opposing trenches. The carriage was formed of two uprights on a base, the mortar being placed between them pointing upwards at an angle of about forty-five degrees. The charge consisted of small packets of gunpowder tied up in paper in measured doses. The bomb was a tin can filled with a bursting charge and fragments of metal, and with an inch of fuse protruding. The piece was loaded by throwing a few packets of powder into the muzzle, poking them with a piece of stick to burst the paper, and sliding the bomb down on top of the charge. The fuse was pushed into the touch-hole and the end lit, sufficient length being given to allow the lighter to get into safety before the discharge took place. A typical example of a trench mortar was the Stokes Gun.
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Trident is the nuclear missile deployed on certain American nuclear-powered submarines. Each missile has eight warheads (MIRVs). The Trident replaced the earlier Polaris and Poseidon missiles.
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The Trident II missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile of 1360 cm length and 210 cm diameter weighing 59 tonnes. The Trident II flies at supersonic speed and has a three stage solid fuel rocket motor providing a range in excess of 11,000 kilometres. Missile guidance is provided by an INS, inertial navigation system, supported by stellar navigation. The missile is stored in its launch canister until firing. The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, SALT, limits the number of re-entry vehicles to eight per missile, but Trident II is capable of carrying up to 12 MIRVs, multiple independent re-entry vehicles, each with a yield of 100 kilotons.
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The Type 2 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher was a Japanese copy of the German clip-on rifle grenade launcher for the Gewehr 98 rifle, modified to fit the Arisaka 38th Year rifle, and was introduced in 1942. The Type 2 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher fired a high-explosive or shaped-charge grenade and could penetrate 40 mm of armour at 100 meters.
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The Type 31 was a Chinese 60 mm calibre light mortar copied from the American M2 mortar, which in turn was copied from the French Stokes-Brandt M1935 mortar. The Type 31 had a shorter barrel, 675 mm long and a shorter maximum range of 1530 meters and a rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute.
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The Type 56 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher is a Chinese version of the Soviet RPG-2 launcher. The Type 56 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher is a 40 mm calibre launcher firing the Type 50 HEAT round, with a range of 150 mm capable of penetrating 265 mm of armour when struck at a zero angle of obliquity. The Type 56 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher has a rate of fire of between 4 and 6 rounds per minute.
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The Type 63 mortar is a Chinese 60 mm calibre light mortar developed from the Type 31. The Type 63 mortar has a 610 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 1530 meters and a arte of fire of 20 rounds per minute.
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The Type 69 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher is a Chinese version of the Soviet RPG-7 launcher. The Type 69 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher is a 40 mm calibre launcher firing an 85 mm calibre grenade with a muzzle velocity of 300 meters per second and a range of between 300 and 500 meters depending upon whether the target is moving or stationery, the missile self destructing after travelling 920 meters. The Type 69 Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher can penetrate 320 mm of armour.
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The Type 70 is a Chinese multiple-rocket launcher based on the YW 531C armoured personnel carrier and manned by a crew of two and armed with twelve 107 mm rocket-launcher tubes. The Type 70 has a top speed of 65 kmh and a range of 500 km.
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The Type 81 Tan-SAM is a Japanese surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile developed by Toshiba during the 1970s and introduced into service with the Japanese Self-Defence Force in 1980. The Type 81 Tan-SAM is an infra-red homing missile with a range of 7 km.
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The Type 89 Grenade Discharger (known as the leg mortar on account of being carried strapped to the leg) was a Japanese 50 mm mortar also capable of firing grenades. The Type 89 Grenade Discharger had a range of 640 meters and a rate of fire of up to 25 rounds-per-minute.
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The Type 97 Mortar was a Chinese 90 mm calibre medium mortar based on a Japanese mortar design of the 1930's. The Type 97 Mortar had a smooth-bore, 1200 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 3500 meters.
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