for the U.S. Continental Army Command of the United States Army as part of a project to create a small-caliber, high-velocity firearm. The .223 Remington...
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US Route 223 or US Highway 223 (US 223) is a diagonal (northwest–southeast) United States Numbered Highway lying in the states of Michigan and Ohio. The...
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German submarine U-223 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Ordered on 15 August 1940 from the Germaniawerft shipyard...
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Type VII submarine (redirect from German submarines U-1027 and U-1028)
was powered by two AEG GU 460/8-276 (except in U-45, U-46, U-49, U-51, U-52, U-54, U-73 to U-76, U-99 and U-100, which retained the BBC motor of the VIIA)...
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Four Chaplains (section U.S. postage stamp)
morning hours of February 3, the vessel was torpedoed by the German submarine U-223 off Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. The chaplains helped the other soldiers...
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German submarine U-995 is a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 25 November 1942 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, Germany...
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ammunition for NATO. 5.56×45mm NATO was based on the .223 Remington cartridge being used by the U.S. Army but had greater range and effectiveness. The...
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German submarine U-331 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II, famous for sinking the battleship HMS Barham. The submarine...
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German submarine U-47 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 25 February 1937 at Friedrich Krupp...
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The 223 series (223系, 223-kei) is a suburban electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in the Kansai...
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223, 223rd, may refer to: 223 (number), a number in the 200's range AD 223 (CCXXIII), a year in the Common Era 223 BC, a year Before the Common Era +223...
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German submarine U-96 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during World War II. It was made famous after the war in Lothar-Günther...
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The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Drache (English: Dragon) was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single 750-kilowatt (1,010 hp) Bramo 323...
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U-27 U-28 U-29 U-30 U-31 U-32 U-33 U-34 U-35 U-36 U-45 U-46 U-47 U-48 U-49 U-50 U-51 U-52 U-53 U-54 U-55 U-73 U-74 U-75 U-76 U-83 U-84 U-85 U-86 U-87 U-99...
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Radium-223 (223Ra, Ra-223) is an isotope of radium with an 11.4-day half-life. It was discovered in 1905 by T. Godlewski, a Polish chemist from Kraków...
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German submarine U-691 was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her construction by Howaldtswerke of Hamburg was ordered...
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Uranium-235 (redirect from U-235)
Uranium-235 (235 U or U-235) is an isotope of uranium making up about 0.72% of natural uranium. Unlike the predominant isotope uranium-238, it is fissile...
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United Kingdom via Greenland. On February 2, 1943, the German submarine U-223 spotted the convoy on the move and closed with the ships, firing a torpedo...
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January 26, 1943 U-358 sinks Nortind from convoy HX 223. February 2, 1943 U-223 sinks SS Dorchester from convoy SG 19 killing 675 men. U-456 sinks Inverilen...
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until that night when Hesperus damaged U-223 which only just managed to return to St Nazaire. Mcintyre left U-223 thinking she was sinking, to another ship;...
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40°15′43″N 77°29′49″W / 40.262°N 77.497°W / 40.262; -77.497 Area codes 717 and 223 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for...
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German submarine U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Laid down on 1 February 1940 at the...
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German submarine U-1206 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 12 June 1943 at F. Schichau GmbH...
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carried out a hunt for U-223 north of Palermo, in company with the destroyers Tumult, Tuscan, Urchin, Hambledon and Blencathra. U-223 had been detected by...
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final design of mount used on U-boats and is only known to be installed on (U-249, U-826, U-1023, U-1171, U-1305 and U-1306).[citation needed] The 3.7 cm...
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other lessons applied to the design was armament better designed to combat U-boats, including a twin 4 in (100 mm) mount forward and 12-pounder [76 millimetres...
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German submarine U-564 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during the Second World War. The RAF sank her in the Bay...
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German submarine U-573 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. Her keel was laid down 8 June 1940...
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German submarine U-571 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany for service during World War II. U-571 conducted eleven war patrols...
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February 3, 1943, at 12:55, Dorchester was torpedoed by German submarine U-223. The damage was severe, boiler power was lost, and there was inadequate...
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