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Ballistic limit The ballistic limit or limit velocity is the velocity required for a particular projectile to reliably ( at least 50 % of the time ) penetrate a particular piece of material . In other words , a given projectile will not pierce a given target when the projectile velocity is lower than the ballistic limit . The term " ballistic limit " is used specifically in the context of armor ; " limit velocity " is used in other contexts . The ballistic limit equation for laminate s , as derived by Reid and Wen is as follows : formula _ 1 where Additionally , the ballistic limit for small - caliber into homogeneous armor by TM5 - 855 - 1 is : formula _ 9 < br > where
USS Leslie ( 1861 ) USS " Leslie " ( 1861 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy as a tugboat . " Leslie " was a screw tug borrowed from the Union Army by the Navy early in 1861 for duty at the Washington Navy Yard . " Leslie " sails to Washington to warn of the CSS Virginia . On 9 March 1862 , " Leslie " alerted Union naval forces defending Washington , D . C . , of the threat from Confederate ironclad " CSS Virginia " . However , while she steamed to the mouth of the Potomac River with word of " Virginia ’ s " brilliantly successful and ominous foray , plucky was fighting the dreaded Confederate ironclad to a standstill and neutralizing the threat to the Union capital . Service as a tender on the Potomac River . During 1862 and 1863 " Leslie " served as tender to the Potomac Flotilla . Thereafter , she served at the Washington Navy Yard until returned to the Army at Baltimore , Maryland , 2 June 1865 .
Ed Davis ( Royal Marines officer ) Major General Edward Grant Martin Davis is a Royal Marines officer and has been Commandant General Royal Marines since December 2011 . Early life . Davis was born in Hereford , Herefordshire , England . He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland and King ' s College London ( MA Defence Studies ) . Military career . Davis was commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1981 . In 1996 , he attended the Army Command and Staff Course at Staff College , Camberley . In the same year , he became Chief of Staff at the Headquarters of the Combat Service Support Group ( UK ) in which role he took part in the Bosnian War . He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander of the UK ’ s Amphibious Forces in 2007 and was deployed to Afghanistan as Chief of Joint Effects for ISAF . He was appointed Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in January 2010 and again deployed to Afghanistan – this time as the Commander of Task Force Helmand . He became Commandant General Royal Marines in December 2011 . He was promoted to major general on 10 January 2012 , with seniority from 28 November 2011 .
USS Carolina ( 1812 ) USS " Carolina " , a schooner , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the British colony that became the states of North Carolina and South Carolina . Her keel was laid down at Charleston , South Carolina . She was purchased by the Navy while still on the stocks , launched on 10 November 1812 , and commissioned on 4 June 1813 with Lieutenant J . D . Henley in command . " Carolina " set sail for New Orleans , Louisiana , and while making her passage , captured the British schooner " Shark " . Arriving at New Orleans 23 August 1814 , she began an active career of patrol directed against possible British action as well as the pirates that infested the Caribbean Sea . On 16 September 1814 , " Carolina " attacked and destroyed the stronghold of the notorious Jean Lafitte on the island of Barataria . " Carolina " , with the others of the small naval force in the area , carried out the series of operations which gave General Andrew Jackson time to prepare the defense of New Orleans when the British threatened the city in December 1814 . On 23 December , she dropped down the river to the British bivouac which she bombarded with so telling an effect as to make a material contribution to the eventual victory . As the British stiffened their efforts to destroy the naval force and to take the city , " Carolina " came under heavy fire from enemy artillery on 27 December . The heated shot set her afire , and her crew was forced to abandon her . Shortly after , she exploded .
Defence Intelligence Agency ( India ) The Defence Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) is an organisation responsible for providing and coordinating intelligence for the Indian armed forces . It was created in March 2002 and is administered within the Union Ministry of Defence . Creation . The creation of an intelligence agency coordinating the intelligence arms of the three military services had long been called for by senior Indian military officers . It was formally recommended by the Cabinet Group of Ministers , headed by the then Deputy Prime Minister of India Lal Krishna Advani . The Group of Ministers investigated intelligence lapses that occurred during the Kargil War and recommended a comprehensive reform of Indian intelligence agencies . The Defence Intelligence Agency was created and became operational in March , 2002 . As part of expanding bilateral cooperation on gathering intelligence and fighting terrorism , the United States military also provided advice to Indian military officers on the creation of the DIA . Organisation . The Director General of the Defence Intelligence Agency is the head of the entire organisation . The director general is the principal advisor on intelligence to the Minister of Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff . The post of the director general will be held in rotation between the three armed services . The first Director General of the DIA was Lt . Gen . Kamal Davar , former director of the mechanised forces of the Indian Army . The Director General of the Agency is assisted by the Deputy Director General , held first by Air Marshal S . C . Malhan . The DIA will also be involved in intelligence support groups with the IB and RAW to coordinate military and civilian intelligence agencies and create an intelligence community . Functions . Before the creation of the Defence Intelligence Agency , the military intelligence capability of India ' s armed forces was limited to Field Intelligence Units ( FIU ) , the Directorate of Military Intelligence and separate intelligence arms of the services . These distinct services were not able to effectively coordinate intelligence operations and sharing of information . The armed forces also heavily relied on civilian intelligence agencies such as the Research and Analysis Wing and the Intelligence Bureau . With wide - ranging resources and functions , the DIA will be superior to and coordinate the Directorate of Military Intelligence , Directorate of Air Intelligence and the Directorate of Naval Intelligence .
Hilary Hook Lieutenant - Colonel Hilary Hook was a soldier in armies of the British Empire in India and later in Africa . Hook was born on 26 September 1917 and was educated at Canford School , Dorset , and the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , after which he was commissioned into the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 27 January 1938 . From 1 April 1938 he was attached to the 1st battalion the Queen ' s Regiment . He was admitted to the Indian Army on 27 November 1939 and posted to the Royal Deccan Horse . He was promoted Lieutenant on 27 April 1940 and Captain on 27 January 1946 . During the Second World War Hook served in New Guinea and Burma . He transferred to the 7th Hussars ( later the Queen ' s Own Hussars ) as a Captain on 28 June 1947 . Later postings included Aden , Germany , Hong Kong , and the Sudan . He was promoted Major on 27 January 1951 and finally retired the service as an honorary Lieutenant - Colonel on 13 October 1964 . Hook became famous with the British public in the 1980s as the result of a BBC documentary entitled " Home from the Hill " directed by Molly Dineen . This portrayed him as having led a full life of adventure in the British Empire , before coming home to an England which had changed out of all recognition to the one he remembered . Memorable scenes included Hook relaxing on the veranda of the game lodge he ran in Kenya while an apparently subservient African man mowed the lawn , and in the UK attempting to operate a kitchen appliance and voicing his displeasure at a pop music act on television . The documentary was based on Hook ' s autobiographical book " Home from the Hill " , in which he describes participation in activities such as pig - sticking , elephant hunting and polo . It deals with the themes of colonialism , international development , and the end of the British Empire - in particular , through his alienation from the modern world having lived all his life in a vastly different culture . The phrase ' home from the hill ' is from a line of Robert Louis Stevenson ' s requiem : " Home is the sailor , home from the sea , And the hunter home from the hill " . On his return to England , Hook settled at Westbury , Wiltshire . On 12 June 1987 , the night after the British General Election , he appeared on a memorable edition of " After Dark " on Channel 4 . He died on 14 September 1990 .
Charles Champlain Townsend Charles Champlin Townsend ( November 24 , 1841 – July 10 , 1910 ) was a Republican member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Biography . Charles C . Townsend was born in Allegheny , Pennsylvania ( now a part of Pittsburgh ) . He attended the common schools and Western University in Pittsburgh . He worked as a manufacturer of wire rivets and nails . During the American Civil War , he served two years in the Union Army as a private in Company A , Ninth Regiment , Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps , and later as adjutant of the First Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry . Townsend was elected as a Republican to the Fifty - first Congress . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890 . He was again engaged in manufacturing , and died in New Brighton , Pennsylvania , in 1910 . He was interred in Grove Cemetery .
Corneliu Dragalina Corneliu Dragalina ( 5 February 1887 , Caransebeş – 11 July 1949 , Bucharest ) was a Romania n General during World War II , the son of the World War I - general Ion Dragalina . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded by the Third Reich to recognise outstanding battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . He was commander of the 6th Army Corps ( Romania ) in August 1942 .
7 . 58 cm Minenwerfer The 7 . 58 cm Minenwerfer a . A . ( " alter Art " or old model ) ( 7 . 58 cm leMW ) , was a German First World War mortar . History . The Russo - Japanese War of 1905 had shown the value of mortars against modern fieldworks and fortifications and the Germans were in the process of fielding a whole series of mortars before the beginning of World War I . Their term for them was " Minenwerfer " , literally mine - thrower ; they were initially assigned to engineer units in their siege warfare role . By the Winter of 1916 - 17 , they were transferred to infantry units where the leMW ' s light weight permitted them to accompany the foot - soldiers in the advance . In common with Rheinmetall ' s other " Minenwerfer " designs , the leMW was a rifled muzzle - loader that had hydraulic cylinders on each side of the tube to absorb the recoil forces and spring recuperators to return the tube to the firing position . It had a rectangular firing platform with limited traverse and elevation . Wheels could be added to ease transportation or it could be carried by at least six men . In 1916 , a new version , designated as the n . A . or " neuer Art " , was fielded that included a circular firing platform , giving a turntable effect , which permitted a full 360 degree traverse . It also had a longer barrel and could be used for direct fire between 0° and 27° elevation if the new 90 kg ( 200 lb ) trail was fitted to absorb the recoil forces . In this mode it was pressed into service as an anti - tank gun .
Numerus ( Roman military unit ) A numerus ( literally : " number " , plural form : " numeri " ) was the term used for a unit of the Roman army . In the Imperial Roman army ( 30 BC - AD 284 ) , it referred to units of barbarian allies who were not integrated into the regular army structure of legions and auxilia . Such units were of undetermined strength and their organisation and equipment probably varied according to the unit ' s ethnic origin . The term was also applied to quasi - permanent detachments of regular army units . In the Late Roman army ( 284 - 395 ) , a " numerus " was a regular infantry unit of the " limitanei " , or border forces , believed to have been ca . 300 strong .
Battle of Mérida The Battle of Mérida saw Republican militia twice fail to halt the Spanish Army of Africa near the historic town of Mérida early in the Spanish Civil War . The Nationalists routed the Republicans from the city on August 10 , 1936 and secured control the following day , allowing General Juan Yagüe to surround and capture neighbouring Badajoz several days later . Nationalist advance . The Nationalist army , under Colonel Carlos Asensio , assembled at Seville with assistance by German and Italian " advisors " . The force began its Blitzkrieg - like drive northward on August 2 in trucks supplied by General Queipo de Llano . Major Antonio Castejón followed with a second column on August 3 . Asensio raced north , smashing through fierce Republican resistance on August 6 . The next day , the Army of Africa captured the village of Almendralejo after a bloody struggle that decimated both sides . The Republicans retreated north to nearby Mérida , while the Nationalists waited for Castejón to arrive . The battle . On August 10 , the Republican militia made another stand along the Guadiana River , several kilometers south of Mérida . Two " banderas " ( " IV Bandera " and " V Bandera " ) of the Spanish Foreign Legion and one " tabor " ( " II Tabor " ) of Moroccan " Regulares " took part in the battle . Before the attack , Mérida was subjected to powerful shelling from Nationalist artillery and aviation . The rebels then attacked the city from three directions : the " IV Bandera " from the south , crossing the Guadiana River after taking Alange and Zafra , the " II Tabor " from the east , and the " V Bandera " crossing the Roman Bridge ( " la Puente Romano " ) . The " IV Bandera " initially failed to cross the river , and retreated itself to Almendralejo , but the " II Tabor " entered the city . In the meantime , Asensio , with the " V Bandera " , pushed forward and captured the bridge , then swept across the river and captured the city . The loyalist militia retreated rather than risk encirclement , and General Yagüe then arrived to take command of the rebel army . After the occupation of the city , the Yagüe ' s troops carried out a bloody massacre . The committee of defense , led by Anita López was executed by the Nationalist . Yagüe next moved east against Badajoz with Asensio and Castejón , leaving a detachment of soldiers under Major Heli Tella to hold Mérida . On August 11 , the Republican militia reappeared with a strong contingent of " Asaltos " and " Guardia Civil " from Madrid . The Republicans attacked and were beaten by Tella ' s professional Legionnaires . Meanwhile , Yagüe ' s contingent took Badajoz by storm . Aftermath . After the occupation of Mérida and Badajoz , the Nationalists connected the Nationalist - held northern zone and the southern zone . Furthermore , the Nationalist occupied the occidental half of the Badajoz province and the Republican government lost the control of the Portuguese frontier . The Nationalist carried out a harsh repression in the conquered territory .
Jørgen Jensen ( VC ) Jørgen Christian Jensen VC ( 15 January 1891 31 May 1922 ) was a Danish - born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Early life . Jensen was born in Løgstør , Denmark , the third of four children . In 1908 , he moved to England before he emigrated to Australia in March 1909 and worked in Australia for the next five years . A month after the war commenced , he was naturalised a British subject at Adelaide , South Australia , on 7 September 1914 . Military career . Jensen served in the Australian Military Forces between March 1915 and December 1918 rising to the rank of Corporal . When he was 26 years old and a private in the 50th Battalion , Australian Imperial Force during the First World War , the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . " On 2 April 1917 at Noreuil , France , Private Jensen , with five comrades , attacked a barricade behind which were about 45 of the enemy and a machine - gun . One of the party shot the gunner and Private Jensen rushed the post and threw in a bomb . Then , with a bomb in each hand , he threatened the rest and made them surrender . He sent one of his prisoners to another group of the enemy , ordering them to surrender , which they did , but our troops began firing on them , where - upon Private Jensen , regardless of danger stood on the barricade waving his helmet , and the firing stopped . He then sent his prisoners back to our lines . In May 1918 , Jensen was severely wounded whilst on patrol after the retaking of Villers - Bretonneux . Post - War . Upon returning to Australia Jensen was discharged medically unfit for further service and began work at the Truro Hotel in Truro , South Australia . He later married the hotel manager Katy Herman . Jensen later worked as a marine - store dealer in the inner city of Adelaide , South Australia until his death from war related injuries in 1922 . His body was carried on a horse - drawn gun carriage to the West Terrace Cemetery and he was buried with full military honours in the AIF section of the cemetery . It was reported as o " ne of the most impressive funerals which have passed through the gates of the West Terrace Cemetery " and " probably one of the largest military funerals ever held in Adelaide . " His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Australian War Memorial . In Løgstør , Denmark , there is a statue erected in his memory in a park .
10th Rifle Division ( Soviet Union ) The 10th Rifle Division was a military formation of the Red Army . It existed by 1920 , but was formally created on 20 June 1922 , based on the 29th Infantry Brigade . It was then recreated at Vladimir in September 1939 . Around 1939 , the division was stationed in the Leningrad Military District , Western Special Military District , and the Baltic Special Military District . It participated in the Polish campaign in 1939 , and in the accession of Lithuania to the USSR in June 1940 . It was part of the 11th Rifle Corps , 8th Army on 22 June 1941 . The division fought in northern Russia and the Baltic States . From April 1942 to December 1944 it was part of the 23rd Army , Leningrad Front , engaged in the Siege of Leningrad . From June to August 1944 it took part in the Vyborg – Petrozavodsk Offensive as part of 115th Rifle Corps . It was engaged in operations ( in Russian terms , part of the ' operational army ' ) during the Eastern Front campaign against Germany , from June 22 , 1941 to May 9 , 1945 . The division was disbanded in Summer 1945 .
Berkshire Yeomanry 94 ( Berkshire Yeomanry ) Signal Squadron forms part of 39 ( Skinners ) Signal Regiment . They are currently based in locations in the Home Counties . The Headquarters of the Squadron is based in Windsor , Berkshire , along with 885 Troop and a support troop , 860 Troop is in Aylesbury , the remnants of 60 ( Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars ) Signal Squadron , are also part of the squadron . History . The Berkshire Yeomanry is the County of Berkshire ' s senior volunteer unit with over 200 years of voluntary military service . Originally formed as mounted cavalry in 1794 to counter the threat of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars , the squadron , which has seen service as machine gun ners , artillery ( 145th ( Berkshire Yeomanry ) Field Regiment , Royal Artillery in World War II ) , armour , infantry and now signaller s , serves within the Royal Corps of Signals . The Berkshire Yeomanry has a number of battle honours won from Europe to the Far East , including a Victoria Cross won by Private Frederick Potts in the Gallipoli operation In recognition of its service , the Berkshire Yeomanry was granted the freedom of the Royal Borough of Windsor in 1994 on its 200th anniversary , and the freedom of the borough of Runymede in July 2009 . The role of the squadron . Today the squadron is a Territorial Army squadron of the Royal Corps of Signals , serving within both of the Royal Signals UK Brigades . The squadron supports NATO ' s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps ( ARRC ) , providing essential Combat Net Radio communications for the ARRC or international coalition force .
Cecil Travis Cecil Howell Travis ( August 8 , 1913 – December 16 , 2006 ) was an American shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1947 who spent his entire career with the Washington Senators . He led the American League in hits in before missing nearly the next four seasons due to military service in World War II . His career batting average of . 314 is a record for AL shortstops , and ranks third among all shortstops behind Honus Wagner ( . 327 ) and Arky Vaughan ( . 318 ) . Biography . Travis was born on a farm in Riverdale , Georgia , the youngest of ten children , and declined a scholarship to Georgia Tech in favor of a scholarship to a baseball training school . A left - handed batter , he broke in with the Senators in , getting five hits in his first game – joining Fred Clarke as the second and last player to do so – and batting . 302 in 18 games at age 19 . It remains the last pennant - winning campaign by a Washington team , although Travis did not play in the five - game World Series loss to the New York Giants . The following year he began to take over third base duties from veteran Ossie Bluege , and batted . 319 as the team plummeted to seventh place . He followed by hitting . 318 , . 317 , . 344 and . 335 , playing fulltime at shortstop from 1937 – 39 , but the 82 - 71 team – on which he split time between shortstop and – would remain the only winning squad for which he would play regularly . He led the AL with 29 double plays at third base in . In he was named to his first All - Star team , and placed ninth in the AL ' s MVP voting . After slipping to a . 292 average in 1939 while suffering two cases of the , he returned with All - Star seasons in 1940 and 1941 , hitting . 322 and . 359 ( second in the AL as Ted Williams batted . 406 ) . In the latter year Travis enjoyed his best overall season with career highs of 101 , 106 , 39 doubles , 19 triples and 7 home runs , along with his league - best 218 hits , and finished sixth in the MVP vote . Travis entered the Army in the winter of 1941 - 42 , and spent most of World War II in the United States , playing on military baseball teams . Sent to Europe in late 1944 while serving in the 76th Infantry Division , he suffered a severe case of frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge , necessitating an operation to prevent amputation of his feet . Travis received a Bronze Star for his military service . Although only 31 years old when he returned to baseball , he was not the same player as he had been before the war , and hit . 241 in late 1945 and . 252 in 1946 . He retired after batting . 216 in 74 games in . One month before his final game , he was honored with " Cecil Travis Night " at Griffith Stadium , with General Dwight D . Eisenhower in attendance . In his career , Travis had 1544 hits , 665 runs , 657 RBI , 265 doubles , 78 triples , 27 home runs and 23 stolen bases in 1328 games . He was a Senators scout until 1956 , and then returned to his family farm . He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1975 . He died at his home at age 93 .