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BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

Benjamin of Tudela was a Jewish rabbi. He was born in the twelfth century at Navarre and died in 1173. He is chiefly known by his Itinerary, a record of his journey through Italy, Greece, Palestine, Persia, and other parts of Asia, as well aa Egypt and Sicily. His notes were first published in Hebrew at Constantinople in 1543, being afterwards translated into most European languages.
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CHRISTIAN DE WET

Christian Rudolph De Wet was a Boer soldier and politician. He was born in 1854 in the Orange Free State and died in 1922. His father removing into the Transvaal, he fought as a field-cornet at Majuba. Aa member of the Volksraad from 1889 to 1897 he helped to draw the two Dutch Republics together, and in the South African War commanded first in Natal, and then in the west under Cronje, whose rescue at Paardeberg he attempted, but unsuccessfully. After March, 1900, he distinguished himself by his attacks on the British lines of communication, and by his skill in evading capture. He became Commander-in-Chief of the Free State forces, and was the only undefeated Boer general at the end of the war, after which he, with Louis Botha and Delarey, came to Europe to collect funds for his countrymen. He published an account of the struggle in The Three Years' War. In 1907 he became Minister of Agriculture in the Orange River Colony. In 1914 he joined the Afrikaner insurrection, was captured and sentenced to imprisonment for six years, but was released in 1915.
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HENRY III OF GERMANY

Henry III was Emperor of Germany. He was born in 1017 and died in 1055. The son of the Emperor Conrad II, Henry was the second German Emperor belonging to the house of the Salian Franks. He was chosen king in 1026 and succeeded his father in the imperial dignity in 1039. He weakened the power of the great feudal lords; and forced the Duke of Bohemia in 1042, and the king of Hungary in 1044, and again in 1047, to accept their dominions aa imperial fiefs. His influence was also paramount in Italy, especially in Milan, and in the south, where the Normans in Apulia and Calabria paid him homage. In 1046 he deposed the rival popes Benedict IX, Sylvester III, and Gregory IV, and caused Suitger, bishop of Bamberg, to be elected in their stead as Clement II. His efforts to secure the permanence of the influence of the empire over the see of Rome were thwarted by Cardinal Hildebrand (Gregory VII.). His first wife was a daughter of Canute the Great of England.
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In Babylonian mythology, Aa is the Great-Mother. The Mother of all things; Goddess of dawn; She Who inspired the invention of letters.

13 PDR 9 CWT AA GUN

The 13 pdr 9 cwt AA Gun was the standard British field anti-aircraft gun of the Great War and comprised a 13-pounder horse artillery gun mounted on a high-angle mounting. The 13 pdr 9 cwt AA Gun was a 3 inch calibre gun and fired a 13 lb shrapnel shell to an effective ceiling of 5790 metres at a muzzle velocity of 655 meters-per-second.
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CENTAURE AA GUN

Centaure is a French, twin, manually-operated, towed anti-aircraft gun fitted with two 20 mm F2 cannons on a light two-wheeled trailer for operation by a single soldier. Centaure operates by delayed blowback and fires 900 rounds-per-minute from a dual disintegrating link belt to an effective range of 2000 metres with a muzzle velocity of 1050 meters-per-second.
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CERBERE AA GUN

Cerbere is a French, twin, power-operated, single-operator towed anti-aircraft gun fitted with two 20 mm F2 cannons. Cerbere operates by delayed blowback and fires 900 rounds-per-minute from a dual disintegrating link belt to an effective range of 2000 metres with a muzzle velocity of 1050 meters-per-second. Cerbere is based upon the German Rh 202 AA Gun, but is fitted with F2 cannons in place of the German Rh 202 cannons.
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M40 AA CANNON

The M40 AA Cannon is a Swedish recoil operated automatic light anti-aircraft weapon. The M40 AA Cannon takes a 20 mm calibre cartridge from a drum magazine and fires with a cyclic rate of 360 rounds per minute at a muzzle velocity of 815 metres per second to a practical range of 1600 metres.
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M53 AA GUN

The M53 AA Gun is a Czechoslovakian anti-aircraft weapon comprising four Soviet DShK 38/46 12.7 mm HMG in a 2 x 2 arrangement on a two-wheeled carriage, each fed with a 50-round drum magazine. The M53 AA Gun has an effective aerial range of 1000 meters and a maximum land range of 6500 meters and a cyclic rate of fire of 550 - 600 rounds per minute.
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MAS AA-52

The MAS AA-52 is a French gas-operated general purpose machine-gun introduced in 1952. The MAS AA-52 is chambered for the 7.5 mm M1929 cartridge, a variation is also produced for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge, which it takes from a belt feed and fires with a cyclic rate of 700 or 900 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 840 meters per second. The MAS AA-52 has a 500 mm long standard barrel, or 600 mm long heavy barrel and a practical range of 800 with the light barrel or 1200 meters when fitted with the heavy barrel. The MAS AA-52 has a retractable butt, slit blade foresight and a leaf graduated rearsight.
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