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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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The A9 or Cruiser Tank Mk I was a British medium-tank developed in the 1930s and used by the British in France during the Second World War until the Dunkirk withdrawl and in North Africa until 1941. The A9 carried a crew of six, was armed with one 2 pdr gun or one 3.7 inch howitzer in the close support variant, and three .303 calibre Vickers machine-guns. The A9 had a top speed of 25 mph and a range of 240 km. It was protected by armour up to 14 mm thick, which was soon found to be too thin to offer protection against German guns.
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PDR is an abbreviation for Preliminary Design Review
PDR is an abbreviation for Processed Data Records
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HMS Abercrombie was a British monitor of 7850 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Abercrombie was powered two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and was armed with two 15 inch guns; eight 4 inch dual-purpose guns; twelve 2 pdr guns and twenty 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. After the end of the Second World War, HMS Abercrombie served as a Gunnery Training Ship.
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HMS Aboukir was a British armoured cruiser of 12000 tons displacement. She was launched in May 1900 and sunk in the North Sea with the loss of 25 officers and 502 men, in September 1914 after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-9. HMS Aboukir was armed with two 9.2 inch, twelve six inch and twelve 12-pdr guns and two torpedo tubes and had a top speed of 21 knots.
The name Aboukir was first applied to the French 74-gun ship Aquilon, taken at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. British Ships-of-the-Line of the same name of 74 and 90 guns were launched in 1807 and 1848 respectively.
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HMS Actaeon was a British modified Black Swan Class sloop of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMS Actaeon was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 192. She was armed with six 4 inch dual purpose guns and eight 2 pdr anti-aircraft guns.
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HMAS Adelaide was an Australian Chatham Class light cruiser of 5400 tons displacement launched in 1918. HMAS Adelaide carried a complement of 390 and was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 25 knots. Armaments consisted of eight 6-inch guns; three 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pdr guns; twelve smaller guns and two 21-inch submerged broadside torpedo tubes. In 1938 she was completely refitted, with her funnels reduced from four to three and armaments modified.
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The Admiral Makaroff was a Russian armed cruiser of the Baltic Fleet of 7900 tons displacement launched in 1906 and completed in 1908 and had a top speed of 22.5 knots. The Admiral Makaroff was armed with two 8-inch guns, eight 6-inch guns, twenty 12-pdr guns, four 6-pdr guns, six smaller guns and two submerged torpedo tubes. The Admiral Makaroff carried a crew of between 568 and 593 persons
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The Admiral Scheer was a German Armoured Ship (Panzerschiffe or Pocket Battleship) warship of the Second World War. The Admiral Scheer was launched in 1933 and had a displacement of 10000 tons. She was armed with six 11 inch guns and eight 5.9 inch guns, six 37 mm anti-aircraft guns, eight 3-pdr anti-aircraft guns, ten 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes. The Admiral Scheer also carried two catapult launched aircraft. She was powered by eight sets of M.A.N. diesel engines providing a top speed of 26 knots and a range of 20000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 926.
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The Adrias was a British-built Greek Adrias Class destroyer of 1050 tons displacement launched in 1941 as HMS Border and transferred to Greece during the Second World War only to be scrapped in 1943 after a mine blew away her forecastle. The Adrias was powered by two 3-drum type oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and carried a complement of 168. She was armed with four 4 inch guns; one four barrelled 2 pdr pompom; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and two 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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