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    Imperial German Army from 1914 to 1918. The M-Gerät had a 42 cm (17 in) calibre barrel, making it one of the largest artillery pieces ever fielded. The...
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  • Podewils gun (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    The Podewils rifle-musket was a 13.9mm calibre rifle used in the Bavarian army since 1858. It was the most common infantry weapon of the Bavarian army...
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    Sauer & Sohn (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    frequently referred to as Sauer. The first Sauer company was founded in 1751 by Lorenz Sauer in Suhl in the duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen, this locality being known...
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    Dreyse needle gun (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    whose range and accuracy was far inferior to the French Minié and Austrian Lorenz rifle. The Prussian Army's low level of funding resulted in just 90 battalions...
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    SIG P210 (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    slide, running from 7695 (1951) to 35383 (1962). The rare P210-7 .22lr calibre versions have numbers in the range 40501 (1957) to 41762 (1968). Experimental...
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  • Technology division. In 1995, Rheinmetall expanded its expertise in medium-calibre automatic cannon systems, by acquiring a majority stake in Mauser-Werke...
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    His experiments were ingenious, and he was "a scientist of the highest calibre", attacked by people who envied him or "scorned his unschooled origins"...
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    1867. It replaced the Wänzl breechloader conversion of the muzzle-loading Lorenz rifle. Josef Werndl (1831–1889) and Karel Holub (1830–1903) designed and...
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    Johann Sebastian Bach (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    (BNB I/G/2). In 1746 Bach was preparing to enter Lorenz Christoph Mizler's Society of Musical Sciences [de]. In order to be admitted Bach had to submit a...
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    avoid populist pot-shots against an honourable European of the highest calibre". Otto's son, Karl von Habsburg, also defended his father's words, in a...
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    Diego (footballer, born 1985) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    not produce the same calibre of performances as he did at Santos. Diego made his debut for Porto in a 1–1 draw against União de Leiria on 22 August and...
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  • de Gribeauval which made them lighter, faster, and much easier to sight, as well as strengthened the carriages and introduced standard-sized calibres...
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  • gunpowder, Bismarck ordered the development of a rifle with a smaller calibre for the new nitro ammunition to be issued to the armed forces of all the...
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    Brunolf Baade (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Baade took a job to the south of Berlin, at Dessau with Junkers. High-calibre aircraft engineers were now becoming highly valued; he achieved rapid promotion...
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  • www.manilatimes.net. Lasco, Lorenz (2014). "Ang "Kalibre 45" at ang Pakikibaka ng mga Mandirigmang Pilipino" [The "Calibre 45" and the Battles of the Filipino...
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    F — 1 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, N.A. and contract. Calibre .58; 29 Austrian Rifled Muskets, leaf and block sights, quadrangular bayonet...
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  • Günter von Drenkmann (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    known as the Lorenz-Drenkmann trial, which covered both the 1974 killing of Günter von Drenkmann and the 1975 kidnapping of Peter Lorenz. The court was...
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  • Folsom Prison — Los Tigres Del Norte De Terán para el Mundo — Buyuchek, La Abuela Irma Silva Simplemente Gracias — Calibre 50 A Los 4 Vientos Vol. 2 "Norteño"...
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    from scratch with largely British singers, was not then of international calibre or even approaching it. Kleiber's contribution was of crucial importance...
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    V-1 flying bomb (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    to base after releasing its bomb. Argus worked in co-operation with C. Lorenz AG and Arado Flugzeugwerke to develop the project. However, the Luftwaffe...
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    Arinto d'Anadia, Arinto de Bucelas, Arinto do Dão and Arinto do Douro as well as Asal Espanhol, Pé de Perdiz Branco and Terrantez de Terceira. Further confusion...
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  • Glossary of German military terms (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    versions, and later VHF-band SN-2 and SN-3 versions. Lorenz Schlüsselzusatz – German cipher machine. Lorenz (navigation) – pre-war blind-landing aid used at...
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    1994, is the first Canadian high school designed exclusively for Olympic-calibre athletes. Canada has participated in each of the Pan American Games since...
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    (1777–1778)', in Baumer, Lorenz E. / Birchler Emery, Patrizia / Campagnolo, Matteo (ed.), Le voyage à Crotone : découvrir la Calibre de l'Antiquité à nos jours...
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    Kazan in 1552 (a part of the Russo-Kazan Wars), and could hold ten large-calibre cannons and 50 lighter cannons. Later battery-towers were often used by...
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    by Austrian woman Eloise Wehrborn de Wagner-Bosquet. She was accompanied by her two German boyfriends, Rudolf Lorenz and Robert Philippson. They announced...
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    Swedish invasion of Brandenburg (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    eight regiments, totalling 6,080 men. Artillery: 15 cannon of various calibres. The forces available on 23 August 1674 to defend the Margraviate of Brandenburg...
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    2019 in Latin music (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    March 11, 2019. Confirma Botellita de Jerez muerte de Armando Vega Gil. "Muere el músico Alberto Cortez, autor de 'Castillos en el aire'". El Pais (in...
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