The Unrotated Projectile (UP) was a British anti-aircraft and ground-bombardment rocket of the Second World War. A 7-inch version was developed for the...
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7 mm) in compensation. A small conning tower was added aft, and four Unrotated Projectile mounts were added to supplement the six octuple-barrel 2-pounder...
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with two more mountings added in 1937. To these were added five unrotated projectile (UP) launchers in 1940, each launcher carrying 20 seven-inch (178 mm)...
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destroyers and corvettes to supplement the depth charges. As the mortar projectiles employed contact fuzes rather than time or bathymetric (depth) fuzes...
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(missile family) Starburst surface-to-air missile Holman Projector Unrotated Projectile Z battery (2 inch rocket battery) AIM-9X Sidewinder RIM-2 Terrier...
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a high-explosive 20.3 cm (8.0 in) shell; the explosion detonated unrotated projectile ammunition and started a large fire, which was quickly extinguished...
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before World War II, and as 2-and-3-inch-diameter (51 and 76 mm) Unrotated Projectiles for launching anti-aircraft weapons. Small cordite rocket charges...
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Z Batteries was known as the UP-3 (Unrotated Projectile) and had been developed in the late 1930s by the Projectile Development Establishment at Fort Halstead...
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rockets were initially used in the anti-aircraft role; the 7-inch Unrotated Projectile was fired from single pedestal-mounted launchers on warships and...
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research into ballistics, projectiles and missiles from 1916 to 1953. At Fort Halstead he developed the Unrotated Projectile an antiaircraft weapon for...
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to scatter the projectiles. The barrels were mounted in a frame that could be rotated through 90 degrees for loading. The projectiles weighed 390 pounds...
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550 to 600 m/s with a rate of fire of 520 rpm. The FFL of 30 kg fired a projectile at a muzzle velocity of 675 m/s with a rate of fire of 500 rpm. And the...
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accommodation in lieu for service as commodore. Aurora received an unrotated projectile (UP) mounting and eight QF 2-pounder Mark VIII in two quadruple mountings...
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Nelson in the Firth of Forth, September 1940; the Unrotated Projectile mounts are visible on the roofs of two of her main-gun turrets...
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and around the fort. The work at Halstead resulted in the 7-inch Unrotated Projectile used on ships of the Royal Navy, and a 3-inch version that was operated...
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Sea Ceptor Sea Dart – retired Seaslug – retired Sea Viper Sea Wolf Unrotated projectile - retired Fuze Keeping Clock Gyro rate unit HACS Hazemeyer gun mount...
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throwing device AA Mine Discharger, a Japanese anti-aircraft mortar. Unrotated Projectile, another Royal Navy anti-aircraft weapon. Steam cannon, other steam-powered...
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inch AA gun QF 4.5-inch Mark I to Mark V QF 5.25-inch gun Z Battery Unrotated Projectile, including "fast aerial mine" Holman Projector SBML 2-inch Mortar...
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Proximity fuze (category Explosive projectiles)
range, Doppler radar. British tests were then carried out with "unrotated projectiles" (the contemporary British term for unguided rockets). However,...
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Artillery (section Projectiles)
seems only to have been used with British anti-aircraft artillery 'unrotated projectiles' (rockets) in World War II. Radar proximity fuzes were a big improvement...
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two Mark VI pom-pom mounts. In 1940, to combat air attack, four Unrotated Projectile mountings were fitted, on "B" turret, two on "Y" turret, one replaced...
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ready-use ammunition for the anti-aircraft guns and rockets of the Unrotated Projectile mounts. Right before 06:00, while Hood was turning 20° to port to...
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a tank gun, although they both fired 2 lb (0.91 kg), 40 mm (1.6 in) projectiles. The first gun to be called a pom-pom was the 37 mm Nordenfelt-Maxim...
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refit. While under repair in December 1939 – March 1940, a 20-barrel Unrotated projectile (UP) rocket launcher was installed on the roof of 'B' turret and...
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precision Unified Process, a software development process framework Unrotated projectile, an anti-aircraft weapon UP (complexity) Up (game theory) Up quark...
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Eugen scored a hit with a high-explosive 20.3 cm shell, detonating unrotated projectile ammunition and starting a large fire on Hood, which was quickly extinguished...
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V QF 3-inch 20 cwt QF 4-inch Mk XII & XXII Anti-aircraft weapons Unrotated projectile Holman Projector 20 mm Oerlikon QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk VIII 40...
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yards (27,370 m) at 2,638 ft/s (804 m/s) using the Mk XVIIB or Mk XXII projectile, while HMS Vanguard could theoretically range to 37,870 yards (34,630 m)...
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V QF 3-inch 20 cwt QF 4-inch Mk XII & XXII Anti-aircraft weapons Unrotated projectile Holman Projector 20 mm Oerlikon QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk VIII 40...
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replaced by two Mark VI pom-poms. In 1940, to combat air attack, four Unrotated Projectile (rocket) mountings were fitted, one on "B" turret, two on "Y" turret...
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