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M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon The M6 Air Crew Survival Weapon was a specially made firearm issued to the United States Air Force aircraft crews to help forage for food in the event of a plane crash . The weapon was a superposed ( " over - under " ) combination gun , with a rifle barrel located above the shotgun barrel . The rifle barrel fired a . 22 Hornet bullet and the shotgun barrel was chambered for a . 410 bore shell Versions . Being a military firearm , a number of manufacturers have made versions of the M6 . The originals were made by the Ithaca Gun Company , and sold only to the US military . The standard version , as used by the military , has a 14 - inch barrel version , and folds in half to a minimum size of 15 inches . The 14 - inch version requires federal registration and is taxed in the United States as an Any Other Weapon by US federal law . Most notable of the civilian importers is Springfield Armory , Inc . , which made three versions . An 18 - inch barreled version called the M6 Scout is free from special restrictions . The Springfield Armory M6 Scout and pistol has been made in . 22 Hornet / . 410 bore calibers and alternately in . 22 Long Rifle with . 410 bore . The prototype M6 pistol built for Springfield Armory was a version of the M6 which could fire a . 45 Colt cartridge in the . 410 bore .
USS Minerva ( SP - 425 ) USS " Minerva " ( SP - 425 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Minerva " was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford , Connecticut . On 7 May 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , Mrs . Elizabeth C . Bowen of New York City , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . The boat was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS " Minerva " ( SP - 425 ) with Ensign R . G . Megargel , USNRF , in command Assigned to the 3rd Naval District , " Minerva " served as a patrol boat in the coastal waters of the New York City area for the rest of World War I . She also guarded the submarine net s and torpedo net s in the approaches to New York Harbor . " Minerva " was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 14 January 1919 .
USRC Richard Rush ( 1874 ) USRC " Richard Rush " was a of the United States Revenue Cutter Service which served in the coastal waters of the western United States and the Department of Alaska . With a displacement of 179 tons , the vessel was 140 feet long , 23 feet in beam , and drew 8 ' 10 " . Propulsion was provided by both a 400 h . p . steam engine driving a single propellor , and a schooner - rig of sail . " Rush " was built by the Atlantic Iron Works in East Boston , Massachusetts , launched 14 March 1874 , and commissioned 21 July of that year . Fitting - out was completed in New York , and on 15 September the cutter sailed for San Francisco , arriving there in early 1875 after rounding Cape Horn . From 1877 through 1881 " Rush " completed four cruises in Alaskan waters . Thereafter the cutter was based in Port Townsend , Washington . In 1882 " Rush " was at San Francisco where the Royal Navy corvette HMS " Comus " took aboard the Marquis of Lorne , Governor General of Canada , and his spouse the Princess Louise , daughter of Queen Victoria , for their trip to Victoria , British Columbia . An anonymous note threatened the British ship with destruction when the couple boarded , but a search yielded nothing , and " Comus " was escorted out to sea by the American cutter . In 1885 the cutter was decommissioned and the hull and other fittings sold . The machinery was used in a new , larger vessel of the same name .
Special Operations Assault Rifle Special Operations Assault Rifle ( SOAR ) is an assault rifle manufactured by the Philippine - based company Ferfrans and designed as an improvement of the M16A1 and AR - 15 assault rifles and M4 carbine . Details . The FERFRANS SOAR is a selective fire 5 . 56x45mm NATO assault rifle firing from a closed rotating bolt . It has a gas - actuated piston - driven long stroke operating system , which uses burnt powder gases vented through a port in the barrel to power the weapon ' s moving parts . It uses a heavy machine gun barrel for sustained firing to produce a sub - machine gun with a high power caliber . The FERFRANS SOAR uses a unique patented rate reduction system ( FERFRANS RRS ) that reduces the cyclic rate of fire regardless of barrel length . This allows for controlled bursts without the use of a burst fire setting . The combination of the low cyclic rate , a compensator , and Selective Integrated Rail ( S . I . R . ) with vertical foregrip permits sustained automatic fire with no muzzle climb , making the weapon extremely controllable , and capable of overwhelming and accurate firepower . Variants . Known variants include SOARs with 10 . 5 , 11 . 5 and barrels . Known upgrades are known as the 10 . 5 Mk2 , 10 . 5 Mk2 - 2 and the 11 Mk2 .
Sebastiano Visconti Prasca Sebastiano Visconti Prasca ( 23 January 1883 – 1961 ) was an Italian general . He led the initial offensive of the Greco - Italian War , but was relieved of his command after two weeks for incompetence and substituted by General Ubaldo Soddu . Biography . Sebastiano Visconti Prasca was a member of the noble family of the House of Visconti . He took part in World War I , receiving two commemorative medals and a Merit Cross . Starting from 1924 , he served as military attache at Belgrade in Yugoslavia . In 1934 he commanded the Italian corps in Saar . Later he was military attaché at Paris and Berlin , and , in 1938 , he became commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro . In 1940 he was commander - in - chief of the lackluster Italian invasion of Greece . Visconti Prasca personal propaganda in convincing Benito Mussolini that the initial forces under his command would prove sufficient , and that the Italian invasion would meet a feeble resistance , was one of the factors leading to the disaster . Visconti Prasca was replaced a few days after the beginning of the invasion by Ubaldo Soddu . In September 1943 he joined the Italian resistance movement . Captured by the Germans , he was sentenced to death , although later the punishment was turned into life imprisonment in Germany . Visconti Prasca escaped and fought with the Red Army in the final stages of World War II , participating in the battle of Berlin . In 1946 he published a book of memories , " Io ho aggredito la Grecia " , in which he tried to justify his personal errors in the War of Greece . Sources . < br >
USS Mastic ( AN - 46 ) USS " Mastic " ( AN - 46 / YN - 65 ) was an which served with the U . S . Navy in the South Pacific Ocean theatre of operations during World War II . Her career was without major incident , and she returned home safely after the war . Constructed in Everett , Washington . " Mastic " ( AN 46 ) , originally named " Ginkgo " ( YN 65 ) , was renamed " Mastic " 17 April 1943 ; laid down as " YN - 65 " by Everett Pacific Shipbuilding & Drydock Company , Everett , Washington , 27 November 1943 ; reclassified " AN - 46 " on 20 January 1944 ; launched 19 May 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . F . A . Fenger ; and commissioned at Everett 4 July 1944 , Lt . David Weinig in command . World War II service . After shakedown along the U . S . West Coast , " Mastic " steamed via Pearl Harbor to the western Pacific for duty with Commander Minecraft , Pacific Fleet . Beginning late in the year she carried out net laying and tending duties at American bases in the Mariana Islands and the western Caroline Islands . During the later months of fighting in the Pacific she operated primarily out of Ulithi , but in addition served at Guam , Saipan , and Peleliu . Following the Japanese capitulation 15 August , she continued servicing harbor defense installations until 26 October when she sailed from Saipan for the west coast . Steaming via Midway Islands and Pearl Harbor , she reached San Francisco , California , 25 November . Post - war decommissioning . " Mastic " decommissioned at Tiburon , California , 1 March 1946 , and her name was struck from the Navy List 28 March . She was transferred to the U . S . Maritime Commission 6 June 1947 for simultaneous delivery to her purchaser , William Semar .
Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte The Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte ( ) is a detachment of the French Foreign Legion based on the island of Mayotte , near Madagascar . It is the smallest operational unit of the French Foreign Legion . The main role of the detachment is to maintain a French presence in the region , enabling the French armed forces to quickly react to events in the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Africa . History . Originally established as the Foreign Legion Detachment in Comoros ( ) in 1967 from rotating companies of 3e REI on Madagascar . When the Comoro Islanders voted for independence in 1976 the island of Mayotte opted to remain French and thus the title of the unit was changed accordingly . In 1984 the DLEM inherited the standard of the disbanded 2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment ( 2e REC ) . Organisation . Currently composed of 282 men , 162 of which are on short - term posting .
HMS Orpheus ( 1809 ) HMS " Orpheus " was a 36 - gun " Apollo " - class fifth - rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1809 from Deptford Dockyard . She was broken up in 1819 . Construction . Ordered on 27 February 1807 and laid down in August 1808 at Deptford Dockyard . Launched on 12 August 1809 and completed on 21 September 1809 . Service . While in Long Island Sound , she chased the American privateer " Holkar " and ran her aground , before destroying " Holkar " by cannon fire . " Orpheus " also saw service in the War of 1812 and was part of the British patrolling squadron in Long Island Sound . When the British fleet encountered an American fleet , commanded by Stephen Decatur it chased them to New London where the American fleet escaped . The British squadron there formed a blockade , confining the American fleet until the end of the war . Fate . She was broken up at Chatham Dockyard in August 1819 .
Dutch ship Gouden Leeuw The Gouden Leeuw ( ) was a Dutch ship of the line armed with 80 - 82 cannon . The vessel was built for the Admiralty of Amsterdam in 1666 during the Second Anglo - Dutch War . The " Gouden Leeuw " was for a time the largest Dutch warship . During the Third Anglo - Dutch War , the ship served as the flagship of Lieutenant Admiral Cornelis Tromp . She was Tromp ' s flagship at the Battle of the Texel in 1673 , with the Irishman Thomas Tobiasz as his flag captain . She was broken up in 1686 . The " Gouden Leeuw " was , in English feet , about 165 ft long by about wide by approximately deep , and was armed with 28 guns on the lower deck , 28 guns on the upper deck , and 26 guns on the forecastle , quarterdeck , and poop deck .
Stuart Reid ( Scottish historical writer ) Stuart Reid ( born 1954 , Aberdeen , Scotland ) is a writer , librarian and retired British military officer . His writing focuses on military history , particularly from the 18th and 19th centuries . Reid ' s own ancestors served in the British Army and the East India Company , who fought at , among other places and sites , Culloden , Bunker Hill , and the Texas Revolution . His facility for historical re - enactments has been utilized for the benefit of film companies . His books include the following , all published by Osprey Publishing :
Charkhlik Revolt The Charkhlik Revolt was a Uighur uprising in 1935 against Chinese Muslim - dominated Tunganistan , which was administered by the 36th Division ( National Revolutionary Army ) . The Chinese Muslim troops quickly and brutally defeated the Uighur revolt . Over 100 Uighurs were executed . The revolt leader ' s family were made hostages .
USS Helvetia ( SP - 3096 ) USS " Helvetia " ( SP - 3096 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 . " Helvetia " was built as a civilian three - masted schooner of the same name in 1905 by I . L . Snow & Company at Rockland , Maine . The U . S . Navy inspected her in July 1918 for possible naval service and purchased her on 19 July 1918 from R . K . Snow for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned the same day at Norfolk , Virginia , as USS " Helvetia " ( SP - 3096 ) . Assigned to the 5th Naval District , " Helvetia " initially was deployed as a decoy ship teamed with a U . S Navy submarine following her during antisubmarine patrols off the United States East Coast . It was hoped that her innocent appearance would lure unsuspecting German submarines to the surface to attack her with gunfire , allowing the submerged U . S . Navy submarine nearby to torpedo and sink them . However , " Helvetia " never encountered a German submarine . " Helvetia " later served as a stores ship and mother ship for submarines at Norfolk until November 1918 . She then was transferred to New London , Connecticut , for similar duties there with the submarine force of the United States Atlantic Fleet . The Navy sold " Helvetia " back to R . K . Snow in February 1919 .
Battle of Ljubić The Battle of Ljubić was a pitched battle between the rebelling Serbs of Miloš Obrenović and the Ottoman Turks , commanded by Caja - paša on the Ljubić hill , near Čačak . It was the largest and most significant armed engagement of the Second Serbian Uprising After the liberation of Rudnik , Serbian revolutionaries commanded by Lazar Mutap - Čačanin began attacking Ottoman positions near Čačak . On the 6th of May , the Turks responded to the Serbian incursions by sending a force of 5 , 000 cavalry under Caja - paša to attack the Serbs from the rear . The Serbs quickly retreated to the Ljubić hill , where they regrouped and were met by additional Serbian armed detachments commanded by Miloš Obrenović and Jovan Dimitrijević Dobrača . Their total forces amounted to 1 , 300 infantry and 200 cavalry . Using the terrain to this advantage , Miloš Obrenović positioned his forces in various parts of the battlefield . On the 8th of May , the Ottoman launched an attack on Serbian positions which was promptly repulsed , with heavy Ottoman casualties . After their defeat at Ljubić , the Turks began retreating towards Čačak but were aggressively pursued by Serbian forces until the banks of the Western Morava . < br >
HMS St George ( 1892 ) HMS " St George " was a first class cruiser of the " Edgar " class . She was launched on June 23 , 1892 . She took part in the 40 minute long Anglo - Zanzibar War in 1896 . In 1901 , she was one of two escort ships for HMS Ophir , which carried the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York ( later King George V and Queen Mary ) during their tour of the British Empire . She was the flagship of the Cape & West Africa Station ( Rear - Admiral Harry Rawson ) based at Simon ' s Town , and served in the First World War . She was designated as a depot ship in 1909 , and sold for breaking up at Plymouth on July 1 , 1920 .
USS Belle ( 1864 ) USS " Belle " ( 1864 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy for various tasks , including those of a torpedo boat . Built in Philadelphia in 1864 . " Belle " – a screw tug completed at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , early in 1864 — operated briefly at Boston , Massachusetts , before she was purchased there by the Union Navy on 2 June 1864 . Commissioned in the next day or so , the tug headed south on 8 June to join the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron . Civil War operations . With her torpedo at the ready , " Belle " assigned to wait for " CSS Albemarle " . The Norfolk Navy Yard refitted " Belle " to serve as a torpedo boat so that she might help defend larger Union warships in the North Carolina Sounds against attacks by the Confederate ironclad ram " CSS Albemarle " that , the previous spring , had emerged from the Roanoke River and defeated a Union flotilla . Ready by late July , " Belle " and three other tugs were towed to Hatteras Inlet by the sidewheel steamer , entered the sounds , and proceeded under their own power to the mouth of the Roanoke River . There , " Belle " performed picket duty , ready to sound the alarm should " Albemarle " reappear and then to attempt to torpedo the Southern ram . She continued this duty until Lt . William B . Cushing sank " Albemarle " in a daring attack on the night of 27 – 28 October 1864 . This victory cleared the way for a Union effort to retake Plymouth , North Carolina , on the last day of October 1864 . " Belle " , by then commanded by Acting Master James G . Green , took part in the operation lashed to the port and unengaged side of so that she might keep her partner in motion should that double - ender ’ s engines be disabled . The Northern warships entered the Roanoke River from Middle River above Plymouth and headed downstream toward the Confederate defensive works . About half an hour before noon , they opened fire ; and , after almost an hour of bitter fighting , the Southern troops withdrew leaving the Union forces in control of the area . Accompanying " Albemarle " to Norfolk , Virginia . Following that action , " Belle " remained in the sounds until after the collapse of the Confederacy the following spring . On 10 April 1865 , the day after General Robert E . Lee surrendered at Appomattox , Virginia , she had the satisfaction of accompanying the raised " Albemarle " to Hatteras Inlet as her former foe began her voyage to Norfolk , Virginia . Post - war decommissioning , sale , and civilian career . Late in May 1865 , " Belle " left North Carolina waters and headed for New York City where she was sold at auction on 12 July 1865 to Cozzens and Co . Re - documented on 9 September 1865 , the ship operated in private hands until abandoned in 1891 .
Emil C . Kiel Emil Charles Kiel ( September 25 , 1895 – December 1 , 1971 ) was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Kiel was born Emil Charles Kiel in Wisconsin in 1895 . He would attend The Stout Institute . Kiel died on December 1 , 1971 . Career . Kiel jointed the United States Army Reserve in 1917 . He would become an aviator and be assigned as an instructor with the 91st Aero Squadron . During World War II he served in the Officer of the Chief of the United States Army Air Corps before becoming Chief of Staff of the Fourth Air Force and the Eighth Air Force . Following the war he was given command of Scott Air Force Base , Sheppard Air Force Base , and Caribbean Air Command . Awards he received include the Distinguished Service Medal , the Legion of Merit , the Bronze Star Medal , the Air Medal , and the Croix de guerre of France . Kiel was also an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire .
HMS Vengeur ( 1810 ) HMS " Vengeur " was a 74 - gun third rate of the Royal Navy , launched on 19 June 1810 at Harwich . She had an uneventful career , having participated in no battles or engagements . Service . On 30 August 1810 , Captain Thomas Brown took command of " Vengeur " , the flagship of Admiral Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke . Brown escorted to Portugal a large body of troops sent as reinforcements to the Duke of Wellington ' s army there . " Vengeur " then cruised the Western Isles to protect an inbound fleet of East Indiamen . Brown ' s replacement in November 1811 was Captain James Brisbane . Tristam Rickets ( or Ricketts ) took command of " Vengeur " in October 1813 . " Vengeur " , , and were in company on 6 March 1814 at the recapture of the " Diamond " . In May 1814 the 9th Regiment of Foot marched from Bayonne to Bordeaux and embarked on " York " and " Vengeur " to sail to Quebec in Canada to lend support to the British Army in the fight against the Americans during the War of 1812 . Vengeur joined Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane ' s fleet moored off New Orleans . The Commanding Officer of the " Vengeur " ' s Marine detachment , Brevet Major Thomas Adair , was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for leading a party of 100 Royal Marines on a successful assault of the left bank of the Mississippi River . Although the strongpoint was taken , and seventeen cannon were captured , the battle was lost as the right bank remained impregnable . Rickets was the commander of the British naval forces at the Second Battle of Fort Bowyer , the British attack on the American fort at Mobile Point in 1815 . The British then attacked and captured Fort Bowyer at the mouth of Mobile Bay on February 12 . The British were making preparations to attack Mobile when news arrived of the peace treaty . The Treaty of Ghent had been ratified by the British Parliament but would not be ratified by Congress and the President until mid - February . Captain Thomas Alexander took command in August 1815 . " Vengeur " served as a guardship at Portsmouth from June 1816 to May 1818 . From October to December she was fitted out for sea . Frederick Lewis Maitland took command of " Vengeur " in October 1818 , and in 1819 sailed her to South America . He took Lord George Beresford from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon in 1820 , and then returned to the Mediterranean . He then carried Ferdinand I , King of the Two Sicilies from Naples to Livorno , on his way to attend the Congress of Laibach ( modern Ljubljana ) . The passage was rough and lasted seven days , but they arrived safely on 20 December . After His Majesty landed , he personally invested Maitland with the insignia of a knight - commander of the order of St . Ferdinand and of Merit , and gave him a gold box with the king ' s portrait set in diamonds . Maitland and " Vengeur " then returned to England , arriving at Spithead on 29 March 1821 . " Vengeur " was found to be defective and was paid off on 18 May 1821 at Sheerness . Fate . She was fitted as a receiving ship between July and February 1824 . She then went to Shearness where she served as a receiving ship until 1838 . She was broken up in 1843 .
2 / 24th Battalion ( Australia ) The 2 / 24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army , which served during the Second World War . Formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers , the battalion served in North Africa in 1941 – 42 as part of the 26th Brigade , which was assigned to the 7th Division , before being reassigned to the 9th Division . In early 1943 the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943 – 44 and Borneo in 1945 , before being disbanded in 1946 . Battle honours . The 2 / 24th Battalion received the following battle honour s : Commanding officers . The following officers served as commanding officer of the 2 / 24th :
Thomas Anderson ( Medal of Honor ) Thomas Anderson ( July 12 , 1841 – September 8 , 1912 ) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the American Civil War . Biography . Ammerman served in the American Civil War under the 1st West Virginia Cavalry for the Union Army . Medal of Honor citation . Citation : Capture of Confederate flag .
4th Land Force Brigade The 4th Land Force Brigade ( ) is a mixed brigade of the Serbian Land Forces . It consists of infantry , armored , mechanized , artillery , air defense , engineering and signal units . History and traditions . The brigade was formed on 30 June 2007 with command in Vranje from the former land forces units located in southern Serbia : the 78th Motorized Brigade from Vranje , parts of the 549th Motorized Brigade and the 52nd Mixed Artillery Brigade . The brigade carries on the tradition of the 1st Infantry Regiment " Knjaz Miloš Veliki " . Tasks . It is covering the territory of southern Serbia , from the border with the Republic of Macedonia in the south to the border with Bulgaria in the east and the administrative border with Kosovo in the west to the area around the city of Leskovac in the north . Most units are based in Vranje , including the command of the brigade , while other units are based in Leskovac and Bujanovac .