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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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The Rover 25 (later renamed the MG 25) was a range of British small cars of the 'Supermini' genre. The Rover 25 was powered by various engines from a 1.1 litre engine providing a top speed of 100 mph through to a 2.0 litre model providing a top speed of 113 mph.
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The MG ZR 160 is a British sports hatchback car first marketed around 2001. The MG ZR 160 is produced in various options including a five door hatchback and a two litre turbo diesel engine rather than the standard 1.8 litre. The MG ZR 160 has a top speed of 130 mph and can reach 0 to 60 mph in 7.4 seconds. Fuel consumption has been measured at between 36 and 43 mpg.
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Cetirizine dihydrochloride is an antihistamine widely used in the relief of hayfever and other allergies, the usual dosage is a single tablet containing 10 mg taken once a day by persons over the age of twelve - some sources advise cetirizine dihydrochloride is safe for children over the age of six. Cetirizine dihydrochloride should not be taken by pregnant or breast-feeding women, and can cause drowsiness, dizziness, agitation, stomach upset and intestinal pain.
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The Beutepanzerwagen IV was a German tank of the Great War comprising a captured British Tank with the guns replaced with 57 mm Sokol cannons captured from the Russians and the machine-guns replaced with German MG 08/15 machine-guns.
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The Mauser MG 151/20 was a German 20 mm recoil operated disintegrating-link belt fed cannon fitted to aircraft during the Second World War. It fired high-explosive and anti-tank rounds at a rate of fire of 720 rounds-per-minute.
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The Panzer 5 (SdKfz 171 'Panther') was a German tank of the Second World War heavily based upon the Soviet T-34. It weighed 45.5 tonnes and had well-sloped armour between 40 and 45 mm thick around the sides and rear and increasing to 80 mm on the hull front and turret. It had a crew of five and was powered by a 700 bhp Maybach HL 230 12-cylinder petrol engine which gave it a top speed of 28 mph and a range of 160 km. It was armed with a high velocity 75 mm main gun, one coaxial MG 34 machine-gun, one MG34 machine-gun in the hull (not present in the D model) and a MG34 anti-aircraft machine-gun on the turret.
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The 15cm Schweres Infanteriegeschutz 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) SdKfz 138 (also known as 'Grille' and 'Bison') was a series of German self-propelled guns of the Second World War comprising a sIG 33 howitzer mounted upon a Czech LT-38 chassis and a 7.92 mm machine-gun. The SdKfz 138 was manned by a crew of four (tank destroyer variation) or five (self-propelled howitzer variation) and had a top road speed of 35 kmh and a range of between 185 and 240 km depending upon variant. The tank destroyer variation of the SdKfz 138 was armed with a 7.5 cm PaK 40/3 L/46 gun and a MG 37 machine-gun, and was introduced in late 1942 and served in Tunisia and Italy during 1943. The self-propelled howitzer variant of the SdKfz 138/1 was armed with a 15 cm sIG33/1 gun and MG34 machine-gun and was developed in 1943
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The VZ-26 was a Czechoslovakian light machine-gun made by the Zbrojovka Brno factory from 1928 to 1945. It was an immediate success and was adopted by 25 countries, including Britain as the Bren (in a modified version, the ZGB33 chambered for the British .303 round), and Germany as the MG 26(t). The VZ-26 took a 7.92 mm Mauser calibre round from a 30-round box magazine and had a cyclic rate of fire of 500 rounds per minute automatic, or single shot with a muzzle velocity of 762 meters per second and an effective range of 700 meters. The VZ-26 had a 602 mm long barrel and was fitted with a blade foresight and a tangent aperture rearsight. The VZ-26 was modified to make the VZ-27 model and later the VZ-30 model, both which had the same specifications as the original VZ-26.
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Magnesium is a metal element with the symbol Mg that burns with a very bright white light.
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