Saturday 30 January, 2010
Tiger II (King Tiger) Main battle tank (MBT)
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The final development of the Tiger MBT, the Tiger II or King Tiger was the most powerful tank on the battlefield in the Second World War. In 1942 Hitler demanded that the Tiger tank should be fitted with 88mm long barrelled gun and frontal armour of 150mm, despite rivals designs (one of which was to be the Panther II which never made it
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into production before the war ended) and several refinements the detail design was completed in 1943 and the pilot model ready by Nov 1943. By December production had started with the first models completed in Feb 1944. The final tank looked like the Panther but had many features of the Tiger E.
Tiger II with Henschel Turret
Tiger II with Henschel Turret
The Tiger II was an extremely powerful tank combining heavy armour (virtually impenetrable front armour) and a lethal 88mm gun, but it was slow to build and very difficult to maintain.
As the Germans started to concentrate on building only two tank types by autumn 1944, the Panther became the main production model as two could be built for every Tiger II. By March 1945 production was only 25 a month. The Tiger II was the heaviest tank in active service during World War II and a fore runner of the modern MBT, weighing in at nearly 71 tonnes (69.7tons) with a top speed of 37.8Km/h(23.5mph) it saw action on the Eastern Front in May 1944 and on the Western Front in August 1944.
MBT LAW Light Anti-Tank Weapon, United Kingdom / Sweden
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The Main Battle Tank and Light Armour Weapon,
MBT LAW, developed by Saab Bofors Dynamics, was selected in May 2002 for the UK Army next-generation light anti-tank weapon (NLAW). The portable, short range, fire-and-forget system will enter service in 2009 to replace the British Army's existing Insys LAW-80 system that is reaching the end of its operational life. Deliveries began in mid 2009.
The development is a joint venture between Sweden and the UK, and the UK MoD Defence Procurement Agency will procure the systems for Sweden. It has been estimated that the UK requirement may be for up to 20,000 systems for the UK Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force Regiment.
"The MBT LAW is a portable, short-range, fire-and-forget system."
In December 2005, the Swedish government also awarded a contract to Saab Bofors for the series production and delivery of the NLAW, to be designated RB (Robot) 57 in the Swedish forces. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2009. The systems will be manufactured in the UK.
In December 2007, Finland placed an order for an undisclosed number of NLAW systems. An additional (undisclosed) number were ordered in December 2008. Deliveries are to commence in 2009
Team MBT LAW
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Both launcher and missile development are carried out at Saab Bofors Dynamics facilities at Eskilstuna and Karlskoga in Sweden using the expertise gained on anti-armour systems such as the Carl-Gustaf system, the AT4 CS confined spaces weapon and the Bill anti-tank missile.
Thales Air Defence is the major UK partner, leading Team MBT LAW which includes 14 UK subcontractors for the manufacture of the weapon system. Final assembly and test is carried out at the Thales Air Defence facilities in Belfast.
The missile's inertial measurement unit is manufactured by BAE Systems at Plymouth. BAE Systems has constructed a new semiconductor facility at Plymouth to manufacture the silicon rate sensors within the IMU. The new facility duplicates the production line at BAE Systems' joint venture company, Silicon Sensing Systems, in Japan where the sensors are in mass production.
"The LBT LAW will replace the British Army's existing Insys LAW-80 system."
FR-HiTEMP, Titchfield, is responsible for the manufacture of the control fins and actuators. Raytheon Systems Limited, Glenrothes, and Thales Missile Electronics, Basingstoke, manufacture electronics assemblies and the proximity fuse. National Plastics Aerospace, Coventry, is responsible for the plastic and composite mouldings. Skeldings, Smethwick, manufacture the system's special purpose springs.
Express Engineering of Gateshead, Portsmouth Aviation, EPS Logistics Technology, Leafield Engineering of Brist
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MBT Chapa GTX, as military footwear,mbt m.walk green, to women shoes – that wore sandals as well but with a light quantity of leather and a high accent on style, to kids shoes – as small,mbt chapa stone, light footwear only as leather straps, mankind used to part socially because only the rich and “famous” had access to foot protectors such as those we described above. nike dunks Slowly but surely, the civilized society forced the civilized man to adapt new types of footwear to the certain time period and from small of shoes to shoes stores it was only a footstep. Even poor people wore handmade cheap shoes that had wood outsole and heels and held the foot with rope like strings or canvas. jordan shoes We began our article with a small history lesson because footwear as well as anything that concerned the human race in its evolution, evolved together to suit the needs of every man, woman or child that walked,MBT schuhe, ran or simply stood their ground.
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