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The Hispano or Spanish Anglo-Arab is a Spanish breed of fast, agile, courageous horse used for working with bulls, in and out of the bull-ring. The Hispano was developed from a cross of Arab and Andalusian mares with an English Thoroughbred stallion. The Hispano stands between 14.3 and 16 hands high and is bay, grey or chestnut in colour.
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The AMX-13 DCA is a French self-propelled anti-aircraft gun first produced in the 1960s based on the AMX-13 tank chassis fitted with a cast steel turret. The AMX-13 DCA is manned by a crew of three protected by 25 mm thick armour and is armed with twin 30 mm Hispano cannons. It has a top speed of 60 kmh and a range of 300 km.
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The AMX-30 is a French built main battle tank first produced in the mid-1960s as a lighter, and more powerfully armed replacement for the American M47. The AMX-30 is manned by a crew of four, protected by armour 15 to 80 mm thick. Armaments consist of one 105 mm gun; one coaxial 20 mm cannon and one 7.62 mm machine-gun. Powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12-cylinder diesel engine the AMX-30 has a top speed of 65 kmh and a range of 600 km.
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The ARE AMX-32 is a French built main battle tank developed since 1975 for the export market. The AMX-32 is available with either a 105 mm rifled tank gun or a 120 mm smooth-bore gun and a coaxial 20 mm cannon and a 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine-gun. The AMX-32 is manned by a crew of four and has a top speed of 40 mph provided by a Hispano-Suiza HS 110 12-cylnder water-cooled super charged multi-fuel engine developing 700 hp.
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The .45in Ballesta Molina was an Argentine semi-automatic pistol based upon the Colt M1911, and manufactured by the Hispano Argentino Fabrica de Automtoviles SA of Buenos Aires. During the Second World War large numbers of the Ballesta Molina were manufactured and it earned a reputation for functioning even under adverse conditions, leading to its adoption by allied undercover groups as well as being in service with the Argentine armed forces. The Ballesta Molina was a .45 Colt ACP calibre semi-automatic pistol operating on recoil. It took a 7-round box magazine (interchangeable with the Colt M1911 magazine) and had an effective range of fifty metres and a rate of fire of 35 rounds per minute. The Ballesta Molina differed from the Colt M1911 in having a trigger that pivots rather than slides, a trigger extension on the tight of the grip to operate the disconnector and a smaller hammer strut.
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The GCT 155mm is a French self-propelled gun replacing the Mk F3 since the 1980s. Improvements over the Mk F3 include an auto-loader, providing a rate of fire of eight rounds per minute, improved protection for the crew of four including biological and chemical protection, night vision equipment and the ability to fire a range of projectiles including a round carrying multiple anti-tank mines. The GCT 155mm is powered by a Hispano-Suiza HS 110 12-cylinder water-cooled multi-fuel engine providing a top speed of 60 kmh and a range of 450 km.
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The Giat AMX-13 DCA is a French self-propelled anti-aircraft gun in service since 1968 and comprising two Hispano-Suiza HSS 831A 30 mm calibre cannon in an electro-hydraulically powered turret on a AMX-13 light tank chassis. The AMX-13 DCA has a top speed of 60 kmh and is manned by a crew of three comprising a driver, commander and a gunner.
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The M139 is an American copy of the Oerlikon KAD (formerly known as the Hispano-Suiza HS 820) Swiss 20 mm calibre, gas-operated single-barrel cannon. The M139 has a rate of fire of 950 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of 1050 meters-per-second.
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The M1955 Cannon is a Yugoslavian blowback operated 20 mm automatic cannon similar to the Hispano-Suiza HS 804 cannon. The M1955 Cannon takes a 60-round drum magazine and fires at a cyclic rate of 800 rounds per minute with a muzzle velocity of 835 metres per second providing an effective anti-aircraft range of 1200 metres and an effective range against ground targets of 1200 metres able to penetrate 25 mm of armour at 1000 metres.
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The M55A4B1 is a Yugoslavian 20 mm multiple cannon anti-aircraft gun derived from the Hispano-Suiza HS 804. The M55A4B1 fires 700 rounds per minute from a 60-round drum magazine to a range of 5500 metres.
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