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The Douglas Dragonfly was a British touring motorbike developed under the name of the Dart, and produced as the Dragonfly from 1953 until 1956. The Douglas Dragonfly was powered by a 348cc horizontally-opposed twin-cylinder four stroke engine providing a top speed of 75 mph through a four-speed gear box. Although attractively designed, and with a very large capacity fuel tank, the Douglas Dragonfly had poor brakes and a low cruising speed which made it unpopular, and only about 1500 were made.
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The tank-worm is a nematode worm found in mud in water tanks in India.
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Thomas Edward Lawrence (T E Lawrence also known as 'Lawrence of Arabia') was a British soldier. He was born in 1888 and died in 1935. Educated at Oxford, he took part in archaeological expeditions to Syria and Mesopotamia between 1910 and 1914. Later he was appointed to the military intelligence department in Cairo and took part in negotiations for an Arab revolt against the Turks. In 1916 he attached himself to the Emir Faisal and led Arab guerrilla raids against the Turks and encouraged an Arab revolution. In 1922 he joined the RAF under an assumed name, and upon discovery of his true identity transferred to the tank corps in 1923 under the name T E Shaw before returning to the RAF in 1925 and in 1927 changed his name legally to T E Shaw. He was killed in a motorbike accident in 1935.
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The M56 (Scorpion) was an American self-propelled anti-tank gun developed during the 1950s for use with airborne troops. The M56 was armed with a 90 mm gun and manned by a crew of four. A Continental six-cylinder petrol engine provided a top speed of 45 kmh and a range of 225 km.
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The SS11 anti-tank weapon system was a French infantry line-of-sight wire guided anti-tank weapon. The SS11 consisted of a two-stage solid propellant rocket motor armed with various warheads. The SS11 was usually installed on helicopters and had a range of 3000 metres and could penetrate 600 mm of armour.
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The 105 mm Recoilless Gun M1968 is an Argentinean anti-tank gun. the 105 mm Recoilless Gun M1968 has a 3000 mm long barrel and a maximum range of 9200 metres and can penetrate 200 mm of armour, with a danger zone to friendly troops of 40 metres behind the gun. The 105 mm Recoilless Gun M1968 is manned by a crew of four and can affect a rate of fire of five rounds per minute.
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The 25-Pounder was a British combined high-velocity gun and howitzer, of the Second World War that evolved from the QF 4.5 inch Howitzer and QF 18pdr field gun. The 25-Pounder was notable for being mounted upon a 360 degree traverse wheel giving improved flexibility in the deserts of the North African campaign early in the Second World War. The 25-Pounder claimed an effective range of 17000 yards as an anti-tank gun and 10000 yards as a howitzer, firing at a higher elevation.
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The 2A20 is a Russian 115 mm smooth-bore gun mounted on older T-62 Main Battle Tank (MBT). It has a muzzle velocity of 1615 metres-per-second and armour piercing capabilities of 326 mm at 500 metres and 302 mm at 1000 metres firing APFSDS ammunition.
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The 2A26 is a Russian 125 mm calibre smooth-bore gun mounted on T-64, T-72 and T-80 Main Battle Tank (MBT)s. It has a muzzle velocity of 1680 metres per second and armour piercing capabilities of 397 mm at 500 metres and 363 mm at 1000 metres firing HVAPFSDS ammunition.
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The 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun 1918 was a German light anti-tank gun introduced at the end of the Great War in response to the increased use of tanks by the Allies. The 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun 1918 fired a 1 lb armour-piercing high-explosive shell with a muzzle velocity of 435 meters-per-second and an effective range of 300 meters, able to penetrate 15 mm of armour at 200 metres.
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