Word: armament
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...Aerosphere foresees cannon displacing machine guns almost completely as plane armament before the war ends. "The steel men are manufacturing better armor plate, against which only guns of high caliber can be pitted, calibers which may run as high...
With fixed bayonets the Hampshiremen charged into the enemy, dispersing the infantry. But armament finally overwhelmed them. Their wounded lay in open ground, into which German mortars mercilessly lobbed shells until the earth was a bloody shambles. In the last hours their wounded colonel ordered: "Walk toward them. Then charge. Give it to them when you are close enough...
...tirade against the already confused ideas of Henry J. Wallace. Cried Mr. Witherow: "I am not righting for a quart of milk for every Hottentot, or for a TVA on the Danube. ... I am not making tanks or guns to help a people's revolution ... I am making armament to help our boys save America...
...wood plane is the graceful (6,200-Ib.) Russian fighter T-18, or MIG-3, which has plywood in wings and tail as well as fuselage. A single 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled, 1,200-h.p. motor gives it a top speed of 360 m.p.h. at 13,000 ft. Its armament is reportedly very light-two 7.6-mm. machine guns, one 12.7-mm. machine...
...that Purp and its predecessors brought about, the first great merit of CMP is that every part of a tank or gun or airplane will be assured of the same preferred position in the disbursement of scarce materials. Moreover, if changes in military strategy dictate a change in any armament program, a cutback or an increase can be applied with one fell swoop to an entire program...