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In Muslim mythology, the Aboulomri is a fabulous bird, a sort of vulture, which lives for 1000 years. In Persian mythology it is called Kerkes and in Turkish mythology Ak-Baba.
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The Armscor AK-22 is a Philippino semi-automatic .22 Long Rifle version of the AK47 assault rifle. The Armscor AK-22 is produced in blued steel with a hardwood stock with a pistol grip and takes a 10-round magazine. The Armscor AK-22 has a 46.4 cm long barrel and is fitted with an adjustable folding rear sight and a bead tunnel forward sight.
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The AK-630 is a Russian six-barrelled artillery system carried on some ships. The gun fires 30 mm ammunition, high explosive fragmentation incendiaries or fragmentation tracer projectiles. The maximum rate of fire is 5, 000 rounds per minute. The muzzle velocity is 880 metres/second. Range is up to 4,000 metres for low flying anti-ship missiles and 5,000 metres for light surface targets. The gun is equipped with radar and television detection and tracking.
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The AK-74 is a Soviet has operated, selective fire assault rifle first seen around 1978. It is an automatic weapon with a cyclic rate of 700 rounds-per-minute and a muzzle velocity of 735 meters-per-second. It is sighted to 400 metres. The AK-74 takes a 5.45 mm round from a 30-round curved box magazine.
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The GP-25 is a Soviet 40 mm grenade launcher, first seen in action in 1984 during the Afghan war. The GP-25 is fitted beneath the barrel of AK-series rifles and fires a single 40 mm VOG grenade to a range of about 420 metres.
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The RPK-74 is a Russian machine-gun produced since 1977 as a heavy-barrelled version of the AK-74 rifle, used as a light machine-gun. The RPK-74 originally took the 7.62 mm x 39 cartridge, and was later developed to take the 5.45 mm Soviet cartridge from a 30-, 40- or 45-round box magazine or 75-round drum magazine and has a cyclic rate of fire of 660 rounds per minute. The RPK-74 has a muzzle velocity of 732 meters per second and an effective range of 800 meters. It has a 591 mm long barrel, with no barrel change provision, and is fitted with a cylindrical post foresight and a leaf notch rearsight.
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The Zlin Z-142 is a Czech two-seater primary/basic flying trainer aircraft first flown in 1978, entering service in 1980. The Zlin Z-142 is powered by an Avia M 337 AK inline piston engine providing a top speed of 333 kmh and a range of 950 km.
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AK is an abbreviation for Alaska
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The Admiral Nakhimov is a Russian Kirov Class Heavy Missile Cruise Ship. The ship is armed with the Granit long range anti-ship missile system, known in the west as the Shipwreck missile. Twenty Granit anti-ship missiles are installed under the upper deck, mounted at a 60 degree elevation. An S-300F Air Defence Missile Complex is installed on the ship, with 12 launchers and 96 vertical launch air defence missiles. The ship has two Osa-Ma double launchers and 40 air defence missiles. The ship is also fitted with a 130 mm AK-130 multipurpose two barrel gun. The ship's 30 mm artillery system is the AK-630 used to engage airborne targets including sea skimming anti-ship missiles, small sea vessels, floating mines and light armoured land based targets.
The ship accommodates three Kamov Ka-27PL or Ka-25RT helicopters. The ship has ten missile or torpedo tubes with 20 Vodopad-NK anti-submarine missiles or torpedoes. The ship has two anti-submarine and anti-torpedo rocket systems, the Udav-1 with 40 anti-submarine rockets and the RBU-1000. The ship has two RBU-1000 six-tube anti-submarine rocket launchers, with 102 rockets. The propulsion system provides a full speed of 31 knots. When operating on the auxiliary boilers the ship's speed is 14 knots and the ship has an endurance of 60 days.
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The Aleksandr Nikolaev is a Russian Ivan Rogov Class Large Landing Ship providing sea-lift and landing of troops and equipment on the coast of enemy occupied territory. Military material is landed via a bow ramp and also via assault boats through the doors of the flooded well. The tank deck covers an area 54 metres by 12.3 metres to provide 660 square metres of floor area for the transportation of material and is accessed via the bow ramp. The docking bay, with doors at the stern of the ship, can be flooded for amphibious operations using small landing craft. The docking bay measures 67.5 metres by 12.3 metres. The ship has the capacity for the military lift of one battalion of 520 marines and 25 tanks. If no landing craft are carried then the additional space in the docking bay allows a total of 53 tanks or 80 armoured personnel carriers to be transported.
The ship has two air defence missile systems, the OSA-M (Gecko) Air Defence Missile System and the Strela-3M (Grail) portable air defence missile system. The OSA-M is installed at the aft of the superstructure to provide defence against anti-ship missiles, aircraft and surface targets. The system features a double launcher, a control system, a reloading system and the air defence missile. The ship carries 20 missiles. The range is up to 10 kilometres and the reaction time is up to 20 seconds. The system uses semi-active radar homing. The ship is equipped with two close range portable air defence missile systems, Strela-3M, each system having a quadruple launcher. The ship has a 75 mm AK-726 multi-purpose gun, with 1000 rounds of ammunition. The AK-726, provides defence against air, sea and coastal targets. The maximum firing range is 15.7 kilometres and the gun is capable of firing up to 100 rounds per minute. The range of ammunition which can be fired includes contact and proximity rounds and practice and discharge rounds. The gun incorporates two barrels in one cradle. Laying of the gun mount and the fire control can be carried out in automatic mode using the fire control radar system, in semi-automatic mode using the Prizma optical sighting device mounted on the turret or in manual mode using the gunner's sights. The ship is armed with four 30 mm AK-630 air defence guns. The AK-630 is for engaging airborne threats, small sea targets, floating mines and light armoured coastal targets. The ship has a 122 mm rocket launcher, Grad-M with 320 rockets.
The ship accommodates four helicopters. Landing parties can be air lifted by helicopter. The helicopter hangar is located within the superstructure. Helicopters can be brought out of the hangar through two exit doors, one leading to the helicopter landing pad forward of the superstructure and the other to the second landing pad behind the superstructure. Both landing pads are equipped with helicopter refuelling and replenishment stations. The ship's helicopters are the Kamov Ka-27 or Ka-29. The KA-27 (Helix) is a naval anti-submarine helicopter, and the KA-29 is the combat transport version. The helicopters are equipped with emergency flotation ballonets. The helicopter has the capacity to ferry 16 fully equipped and was armed troops. For cargo carrying, the helicopter can carry two tons in the cabin plus four tons on a sling. In the medical evacuation role the helicopter can carry four stretcher patients and seven seated patients with one medical officer.
The ship's propulsion is provided by two gas turbine engines, each rated at 18,000 horsepower. There are two shafts driving two fixed pitch propellers. The ship has two retractable thrusters for manoeuvring and position keeping. The range at the maximum speed of 19 knots is 6,000 miles. At a speed of 14 knots the range is increased to 7,500 miles.
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