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    and would observe the platoon as they conducted each fire mission. One of his major duties was to find weak points within their drills and correct them. Time and accuracy literally could be the difference of life and death for these Soldiers. The Gunner was tasked with the direction and elevation of the cannon tube making him one of the most vital members of the team for accuracy. He would be the

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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about PTSD Thesis Statement: We hear about it in the news‚ papers‚ and small town chatter; be we don’t really understand what it is. It affects the victims mind‚ body‚ and people around them; I want to inform you all about this disorder‚ and what it does. INTRO 1. I am going to say a word and just think about what pops into your head‚ what do you associate it with? PTSD. A. How about anger

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    that it’s fine and coarse deflection scales are like that of the mills scale on the compasses that the Marine Corp uses. The M64A1 has a set of vials that tell the Gunner and Assistant Gunner (A-Gunner) when the mortar system is level‚ the two vials are the cross level and elevation vials. With the vials being level the Gunner and A-Gunner use the elbow telescope to sight in on the M14 aiming posts. The elbow telescope has a 302 mills filed of vision with a 1.5 times magnification. There is16 parts

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    Lathe Characteristics

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    INTRODUCTION 4 1.1.PROCEDURES 4 1.2.TOPICS COVERED 4 1.3.TERMS OF REFERENCE 4 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 5 3. TYPES OF LATHES‚ COMPONENTS AND OPERATORS 5 3.1.CENTRE LATHE 5 3.2.PRODUCTION LATHES 6 3.2.1. Capstan and Turret Lathes 6 3.2.1.1. Capstan Lathe 6 3.2.1.2. Turret Lathe 7 3.2.2. CNC Lathe. 7 3.2.3. Single-Spindle Automatic Lathe. 8 4. WORK HOLDING AND TOOL HOLDING SYSTEM 9 5. SETTING UP AND PROGRAMMING 11 6. THE MEASURING GAUGING SYSTEM 12 7. ECONOMIC ASPECTS 13 8. REFERENCES

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    M4 Sherman Case Study

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    2. Technology. Allied Forces: M4 Sherman - The M4 Sherman series of medium tanks proved an invaluable asset to Allied operations North Africa‚ Europe and the Pacific theaters of war in World War 2. The Sherman proved a relatively inexpensive‚ easy-to-maintain and perhaps most importantly - an easy-to-produce combat system that more or less won the ground war for the Allies through sheer numbers. Similar to production efforts on the part of the Soviet Union with their T-34 tank system‚ the M4 Sherman

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    Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment‚ and discovery of the Milky Way. The thermoscope was an early version of the thermometer. It was also built from a small vase filled with water that was attached to a thin vertically rising pipe‚ with a large empty glass ball at the top. Although Hans Lippershey invented the first version of the telescope‚ Galileo made a new version based on description. He made an improved version up t0 30x magnification. The telescope used convergent objective lens and divergent eyepiece

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    The whole ordeal lasted only a good ten minutes. When it was all over‚ one of the turrets was fried by a laser beam from one of the Adelburgers. The other had the barrel of one of its twin mounted Buzzsaws overheated‚ before it disabled due to sustaining heavy damage. Once the guns were silenced‚ Walther then proceeded to look at the wound Sigma 1 had sustained. Walther was told by Sigma 7‚ the Adelburger treating Sigma‚ “This man is going to die‚ unless we give him some professional medical attention

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    The Maxim Gun

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    The Maxim Gun By Alexander Thompson Hiram S. Maxim‚ who was working with an engineering works in Fitchburg‚ Massachusetts‚ invented the Maxim machine-gun in 1884. Hiram Maxim was born in Sangersville‚ Maine on February 5‚ 1840. His first patented inventions included models of electric lamps and gas appliances‚ and curling irons. Maxim’s first idea of inventing a weapon effective for battlefield combat came from a man he met at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition. This man told

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    World War 2

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    communications. The tanks were equipped with advanced armor to protect the soldiers against the advanced weapons. Tanks were also equipped with a turret that was highly effective and could penetrate other tanks. World War 2 was the first war that used planes. The planes were used to drop powerful bombs to destroy important targets. Planes were equipped with powerful turrets and bombs. Smaller planes would fly with Bigger cargo planes and bombers to protect them. This often resulted in “dog fights” or air battle

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    Lathe Machine

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    Lathe Machine Turning is one of the most common of metal cutting operations. In turning‚ a workpiece is rotated about its axis as single-point cutting tools are fed into it‚ shearing away unwanted material and creating the desired part. Turning can occur on both external and internal surfaces to produce an axially-symmetrical contoured part. Parts ranging from pocket watch components to large diameter marine propeller shafts can be turned on a lathe. The capacity of a lathe is expressed

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