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Morris Light Reconnaissance Car Morris Light Reconnaissance Car ( LRC ) was a British light armoured car for reconnaissance use produced by Morris Motors Limited and used by the British during the Second World War . The Nuffield Group had been brought in to supplement production of light reconnaissance cars by Standard Motor Company ( Beaverette ) and Humber ( Humber LAC , also known as " Humberette " ) . The vehicle had an unusual internal arrangement , with three - man crew sitting side by side by side with the driver in the middle , a crewman manning a small multi - sided turret mounting Bren light machine gun at the right side , and another with Boys . 55 inch anti - tank rifle ( mounted in brackets in the hatches on the hull roof ) and access to radio set at the left . From 1940 to 1944 over 2 , 200 were built . The vehicle was used in North African , Italian and in North - West Europe campaigns . Some served with the RAF Regiment . Some were given to Polish units . One of the surviving vehicles is on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford , another at the Bovington Tank Museum .
Defense contractor A defense contractor ( or security contractor ) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government . Products typically include military or civilian aircraft , ships , vehicles , weapon ry , and electronic systems . Services can include logistics , technical support and training , communications support , and in some cases team - based engineering in cooperation with the government . Security contractors do not generally provide direct support of military operations . Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions , military contractors engaged in direct support of military operations may be legitimate targets of military attacks . Defense contracting has expanded dramatically over the last decade , particularly in the United States , where in the last fiscal year the Department of Defense spent nearly $ 316 billion on contracts . Contractors have also assumed a much larger on - the - ground presence during recent American conflicts : during the 1991 Gulf War the ratio of uniformed military to contractors was about 50 to 1 , while during the first four years of the Iraq War the U . S . hired over 190 , 000 contractors , surpassing the total American military presence even during the 2007 Iraq surge and 23 times greater than other allied military personnel numbers . In Afghanistan , the presence of almost 100 , 000 contractors has resulted in a near 1 to 1 ratio with military personnel . The surge in spending on defense services contractors that began in 2001 came to a halt in 2009 with a new eye on the bottom line , leading to the Better Buying Power initiative of 2010 . List of notable defense contractors worldwide . 11 of the following companies are located within the Northeast megalopolis , including four in Northern Virginia . Source : http : / / www . sipri . org / research / armaments / production / Top100 " Arms sales are defined by SIPRI as sales of military goods and services to military customers , including both domestic and export sales . Military goods and services are those [ . . . ] designed specifically for military purposes . "
Adrien Maurice de Noailles Adrien Maurice de Noailles , 3rd Duke of Noailles ( 29 September 1678 – 24 June 1766 ) was a French aristocrat and soldier . Biography . Son of Anne Jules de Noailles , he inherited the title duc de Noailles on his father ' s death in 1708 . He fought in the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1710 – 1713 ) during which the forces under his command on 24 – 26 July 1710 drove back a British attack on Sète . He was president of the Finance Council from 1715 to 1718 . He distinguished himself in the War of the Polish Succession ( 1733 – 1738 ) and was made a marshal of France in 1734 , becoming dean of the marshals in 1748 . He served in the War of the Austrian Succession and was appointed to command the French forces in March 1743 . He was defeated at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743 , but successfully drove the Austrians out of Alsace - Lorraine the following year , although he missed an opportunity to seriously damage the Austrian army as it was crossing the Rhine . He was Foreign Minister from April to November 1744 , and regarded Great Britain as a greater enemy of France than Austria . He later acted in a diplomatic capacity and had substantial influence over the course of foreign policy . In 1698 , as comte d ' Ayen , he married Françoise Charlotte Amable d ' Aubigné , niece and beneficiary of the marquise de Maintenon , and by her had six children , 4 daughters and 2 sons . His two sons Louis , 4th duc de Noailles , and Philippe , duc de Mouchy , also went on to become marshals of France . The duc de Noailles was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1702 , a Grandee of Spain in 1711 , and a Knight of the Order of Saint - Esprit in 1724 .
INS Magdala INS " Magdala " an Indian Naval minesweeper , took its name from the minor port of " Magdala " , located inshore of river Tapti at the Gulf of Khambat ( Cambay ) . She was an inshore minesweeper ( IMS ) specially designed and built with glass reinforced plastic hull . The ship was capable of operating in approaches to harbour and inshore waters in order to search , locate and destroy various types of mines . Service . As the naval band played " Last Post " , the national flag and national ensign fluttering on INS Magdala were lowered for the last time . That marked the decommissioning of INS Magdala , the sixth ship under project 1258 E . INS " Magdala " , built at Leningrad in the erstwhile USSR , was commissioned on May 10 , 1984 by Vice Admiral KK Nayyar , the then Flag Officer Commanding - in - Chief , Southern Naval Command . The ship was a part of the 20th Mine Counter Measure Squadron ( MCMS ) and was placed under the Naval Officer - in - Charge ( Kerala & Lakshadweep ) at Kochi . During her commission , she undertook various operational commitments such as mine counter - measure exercises , tracking exercises , visits to various minor ports and search and rescue missions . In her 17 years of glorious and distinguished service , INS Magdala covered over . The ship also paid a goodwill visit to Male in October 1989 .
Exeter - class ship of the line The " Exeter " - class ships of the line were a class of four 64 - gun third rate s , designed for the Royal Navy by William Bateley . Design . The draught for " Exeter " was based upon the s of 1757 .
Malaysian military ranks The following tables present the ranks of the Malaysian Armed Forces . Rank Table . This table shows the rank structure and epaulettes since 1963 until today . Commander - in - Chief . " Further information : Commander - in - Chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces " Field Marshal of Malaysian Army , Air Force Marshal , and Admiral of the Fleet is only served for Yang di - Pertuan Agong ( the King ) or the state Rulers .
Battle of Arcadiopolis ( 1194 ) The battle of Arcadiopolis ( , ) occurred in 1194 near the modern town of Lule Burgas ( anc . Arcadiopolis ) in Turkey between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire . The Bulgarians were victorious . Origins of the conflict . After the major Bulgarian success in the battle of Tryavna in 1190 their troops launched frequent attacks on Thrace and Macedonia to liberate all Bulgarian lands . The Byzantines could not face the fast Bulgarian cavalry which attacked from different directions on a vast area . Towards 1194 Ivan Asen I had taken the important city of Sofia and the surrounding areas as well as the upper valley of the Struma River from where his armies advanced deep into Macedonia . The battle . To distract his attention the Byzantines decided to strike in eastern direction . They assembled the Eastern army under its commander Alexios Gidos and the Western army under its Domestic Basil Vatatzes to stop the dangerous rise of Bulgarian power . Near Arcadiopolis in Eastern Thrace they met the Bulgarian army . After a fierce battle the Byzantine armies were annihilated . Most of Gidos ' s troops perished and he had to flee for his life , while the Western army was fully slaughtered and Basil Vatatzes was killed on the battlefield . Aftermath . After the defeat Isaac II Angelos had to plea the Hungarian King Bela III for help . Byzantium had to attack from the south and Hungary was to invade the north - western Bulgarian lands and take Belgrade , Branichevo and eventually Vidin but the plan failed . In March 1195 Isaac II managed to organize a campaign against Bulgaria but he was deposed by his brother Alexios III Angelos and that campaign failed as well . In the next year the Byzantines were defeated in the battle of Serres .
Battle of the Pips The Battle of the Pips refers to an incident that occurred on 27 July 1943 , as part of the Aleutian campaign of World War II . In preparation for the attack on the island of Kiska planned for that coming August , the U . S . Navy formed Task Group 16 . 22 ( TG 16 . 22 ) under command of Rear Admiral Griffin , which was then centered on the battleship s and . On 27 July , west of Kiska , TG 16 . 22 began to pick up a series of unknown radar contacts . The order was given to open fire , and 518 shells from both battleships were expended , but there were no hits . Radar . Radar was still a new and unreliable technology at that time , and weather conditions around the Aleutians were characteristically bad . Visibility was atrocious , as is normal for the area . No Japanese warships were actually within . Author Brian Garfield surmises , based on analysis by modern Aleutian fishing - boat captains , that the pips were rafts of Sooty or Short - tailed Shearwater s , species of migratory petrel that pass through the Aleutians in July every year .
Mark 27 torpedo The Mark 27 torpedo was the first of the United States Navy 19 - inch ( 48 - cm ) submarine - launched torpedo es . This electrically - propelled torpedo was 125 inches ( 3 . 175 m ) long and weighed 1174 pounds ( 534 kg ) . The torpedo employed a passive acoustic guidance system and was intended for both submarine and surface targets . Nicknamed " Cutie " by submarine crews , the Mark 27 entered service in 1943 . The torpedo was classified as obsolete in the 1960s . The Mark 27 was essentially a Mark 24 mine which had been modified for submarine launching in a 21 - inch submerged torpedo tube by the addition of wood guides mounted on the torpedo ' s outer shell .
Joseph Stanton , Jr . Joseph Stanton , Jr . ( July 19 , 17391807 ) was an American politician of the Anti - Federalist faction . Stanton was born in Charlestown , Rhode Island in 1739 . He served in the state legislature from 1768 to 1774 . During the American Revolutionary War , he was a colonel in the Rhode Island State Regiment ( aka . Stanton ' s Regiment ) from December 12 , 1776 until his resignation on November 10 , 1777 . After the war , he served as a general in the Rhode Island Militia . He was a delegate to the Rhode Island Constitutional Convention in 1790 , which ratified the United States Constitution and enabled Rhode Island to be the last of the 13 colonies to join the Union . He was elected by the Rhode Island General Assembly to serve as a U . S . Senator and served from June 7 , 1790 to March 3 , 1793 . He was later elected to the United States House of Representatives , where he served from March 4 , 1801 to March 4 , 1807 . Stanton died later in 1807 in his home town of Charlestown . There is a monument to Stanton on US Route 1 in Charlestown , Rhode Island .
Curtiss SOC Seagull The Curtiss SOC Seagull was a United States single - engined scout observation biplane aircraft , designed by Alexander Solla of the Curtiss - Wright Corporation for the United States Navy . The aircraft served on battleship s and cruiser s in a seaplane configuration , being launched by catapult and recovered from a sea landing . The wings folded back against the fuselage for storage aboard ship . When based ashore or on carriers the single float was replaced by fixed wheeled landing gear . Curtiss delivered 258 SOC aircraft , in versions SOC - 1 through SOC - 4 , beginning in 1935 . The SOC - 3 design was the basis of the Naval Aircraft Factory SON - 1 variant , of which the NAF delivered 64 aircraft from 1940 . Design and development . The SOC was ordered for production by the United States Navy in 1933 and first entered service in 1935 . The first order was for 135 SOC - 1 models , which was followed by 40 SOC - 2 models for landing operations and 83 SOC - 3s . A variant of the SOC - 3 was built by the Naval Aircraft Factory and was known as the SON - 1 . Operational history . The first ship the SOC was assigned to was the in November 1935 ; by the end of the decade , the SOC had replaced its predecessor throughout the fleet . Production came to an end in 1938 . By 1941 , most battleships had transitioned to the Vought OS2U Kingfisher and cruisers were expected to replace their aging SOCs with the third generation SO3C Seamew . The SO3C , however , suffered from a weak engine and plans to adopt it as a replacement were scrapped . The SOC , despite being a craft from an earlier generation , went on to credibly execute its missions of gunfire observation and limited range scouting missions . Through the first six months of naval service , the SOC was known as the XO3C - 1 , The designation was changed to SOC when it was decided to merge its scouting and observation roles . The SOC was not called the " Seagull " until 1941 , when the U . S . Navy began the wholesale adoption of popular names for aircraft in addition to their alpha - numeric designations . The name ' Seagull ' had earlier been given to two civil Curtiss aircraft , a Curtiss Model 18 and a Model 25 , both converted Curtiss MF flying boats . When operating as a seaplane , returning SOCs would land on the relatively smooth ocean surface created on the sheltered side of the vessel as it made a wide turn , after which the aircraft would be winched back onto the deck . When the SOC had been replaced by the OS2U Kingfisher , most remaining airframes were converted into trainers , and were used until 1945 . But in a strange twist of history , with the failure of the Curtiss SO3C Seamew , many SOCs in second line service were returned to front line units starting in late 1943 and saw service aboard warships in the combat zone for the rest of World War II . This is one of the few instances in aviation history of an older aircraft type that was retired or sent to second line service , replacing the new aircraft type , that was supposed to replace it .
Type 4 rifle The Type 4 Rifle , often referred to as the Type 5 Rifle , ( Japanese : 四式自動小銃 " Yon - shiki jidousyoujyuu " ) was a Japan ese experimental semi - automatic rifle . It was a copy of the American M1 Garand but with an integral 10 - round magazine and chambered for the Japanese 7 . 7×58mm Arisaka cartridge . Where the Garand used an en - bloc clip , the Type 4 ' s integral magazine was charged with two 5 - round stripper clip s and the rifle also used Japanese style tangent sights . The Type 4 had been developed alongside several other experimental semi - automatic rifles . However , none of the rifles entered into service before the end of World War II , with only 250 being made and many others were never assembled . There were several problems with jamming and feed systems , which also delayed its testing . An example of this rifle can be found in the National Firearms Museum , in the World War II section .
Aleksey Gorchakov Prince Aleksey Ivanovich Gorchakov ( – ) was a Russia n general and statesman from the Gorchakov family . Aleksey Gorchakov was a son of Prince Ivan Gorchakov and a sister of Alexander Suvorov . In 1786 he entered the army and served with distinction under his uncle Suvorov in the Turkish Wars . Gorchakov distinguished himself in campaigns of 1789 ( at Akerman and Bender ) and of 1790 . In 1790 he was promoted to colonel of Azov regiment . In 1792 he fought in the Poland ( Polish - Russian War of 1792 ) . Gorchakov took part as a general officer in the Italian and Swiss operations of 1799 , and in the war against Napoleon in Poland in 1806 – 1807 ( Battle of Heilsberg ) . He succeeded Barclay de Tolly as the Minister of War in 1813 . His brother Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov ( 1776 – 1855 ) was a general in the Russian army who took a conspicuous part in the final campaigns against Napoleon . Their cousin Princess Pelageya Nikolayevna Gorchakov ( 1762 – 1838 ) was fictionalized by her grandson Leo Tolstoy in " War and Peace " .
Rochester Air Force Station Rochester Air Force Station ( ADC ID : M - 101 ) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station . It is located east - northeast of Rochester , Minnesota . It was closed in 1957 . History . Rochester Air Force Station was established as part of the planned deployment by Air Defense Command of forty - four Mobile radar stations across the United States to support the permanent Radar network established during the Cold War for air defense of the United States . This deployment had been projected to be operational by mid - 1952 . Funding , constant site changes , construction , and equipment delivery delayed deployment . The 808th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to Rochester on 1 September 1955 by the 31st Air Division , and it achieved operational status in 1956 with an AN / TPS - 1 D radar , and initially the station functioned as a Ground - Control Intercept ( GCI ) and warning station . As a GCI station , the squadron ' s role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit ' s radar scopes . Due to budget cuts , it was removed from service and inactivated on 8 September 1957 . The radar station was excessed by the Air Force to GSA in July 1958 , which conveyed the property in 1959 to the Minnesota State Dept of Health , Education , and Welfare . It was then conveyed to Penz Farms , Inc in the late 1960s or early 1970s . The facility consists of eight major buildings one mess hall , a large garage or shop , and two buildings possibly used for storage . Lesser buildings consist of a pump house for water supply and a small building , possibly used for sewer outfall monitoring . The large , earth - mounded water supply reservoir is still in use . Penz Farms , uses the site , buildings , and water supply , with exception of the sewer - monitoring building , which was not being used . Two of the ' old ' barracks had been remodeled and are currently rental units , with the other two barracks used for farm and related activity storage , as is the mess hall and the other two storage buildings . The largest building on the complex is being used as a shop / garage . The site is generally cluttered with new , used , and ' junked ' farm and other equipment .
Alcazaba of Almería The Alcazaba of Almería is a fortified complex in Almería , southern Spain . The word " alcazaba " , from the Arabic word " al - qasbah " , signifies a walled - fortification in a city . History . In 995 Almería gained the title of " medina " ( " city " ) by the Caliph of Cordoba , Abd ar - Rahman III : construction of the defensive citadel , located in the upper sector of the city , began in this period . The " alcazaba " , provided not only with walls and towers but also with squares , houses and a mosque , was to be also the seat of the local government , commanding the city and the sea nearby . The complex was enlarged under caliph Al - Mansur and , later , under Al - Jairan , first king of the independent taifa of Almería ( 1012 – 1028 ) . Description . The first line of walls is a wide enclosure corresponding to the first Muslim military camp , used as shelter for the population in case of siege . For this task it was provided with large cistern s . The first enclosure is separated by the second one by the so - called " Muro de la Vela " ( " Wall of the Sail " ) , taking its name from a bell that warned the population in case of events such as the arrival of a ship in the port , danger , fires etc . This wall was built by King Charles III of Spain . In the second enclosure was the residence for the governors , their soldiers and their servants . It included also the mosque , baths , tanks , tents etc . The third enclosure , the most external , is also the most modern in the complex . After the Christian conquest of Almería , the Catholic monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand I of Aragon had a castle built in the most elevated sector of the town , more apt to resist the new gunpowder artillery . Cinema . The Alcazaba has been used to film " Conan the Barbarian " , " Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade " , and " Never Say Never Again " as well as the syndicated TV series " Queen of Swords " used the inner courtyard and gardens .
Janus - class destroyer Three Janus class destroyers served with the Royal Navy . , and were launched by Palmer ' s shipyard . They displaced 275 tons , were 200 feet long and produced 3 , 900 hp from their Reed boilers which gave them a top speed of 27 knots .
499th Fighter - Bomber Squadron The 499th Fighter - Bomber Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 85th Fighter - Bomber Group stationed at Waycross Army Airfield , Georgia . It was inactivated on 1 May 1944 . History . Operations history . Participated in air - ground maneuvers , October 1942 — April 1943 , and afterward served as a replacement training unit until 1 May 1944
Marcos Paz Marcos Paz ( 1813 – January 2 , 1868 ) was Governor of Córdoba and Tucumán Province s , an Argentine Senator , and Vice President of Argentina from October 12 , 1862 until his death in 1868 . Biography . Marcos Paz was born to a prominent Tucuman family in 1813 . His father was Juan Bautista Paz , a lawyer and legislator who served as deputy governor of the province several times , and his brother was General Gregorio Paz . He earned a law degree in 1834 . He married the former Micaela Cascallares , daughter of a wealthy landowner , and settled with her in Buenos Aires . After the fall of Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1852 he joined Justo José de Urquiza in his fight against Bartolomé Mitre ' s forces in Buenos Aires , and joined Col . Hilario Lagos as an adjutant ; the siege was ultimately unsuccessful . Elected Governor of Tucumán in 1858 , Paz took part in the San José de Flores Pact of 1859 , which helped secure national unity , and was elected to the 1860 convention that produced the first amendments to the Constitution of Argentina . He then assisted Gen . Wesceslao Paunero , who was sent as an envoy by Mitre to other provincial leaders , and served briefly in his stead as Governor of Córdoba , from December 1861 to March 1862 . An erstwhile foe , Buenos Aires leader Bartolomé Mitre , befriended Paz during earlier negotiations , and nominated him as running mate for the 1862 elections . Mitre had obtained significant concessions for Buenos Aires following his victory at the Battle of Pavón in 1861 , and the choice of Paz , who as a supporter of the Argentine Confederation would have otherwise be an opponent , was part of Mitre ' s bid to placate separatist sentiment outside Buenos Aires Province . The duo won unanimously in the electoral college , and Paz became Vice - President of Argentina . When Mitre was away commanding the allied forces during the Paraguayan War , Paz fulfilled the role of acting President . He died in office on January 2 , 1868 , in Buenos Aires , as a victim of a Cholera epidemic , and Mitre had to return to Argentina to resume his position as President . Legacy . The Marcos Paz Partido , administrative division of Buenos Aires Province and its capital , the town of Marcos Paz are named after him .