Fialkowska, Janina
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Fialkowska, Janina (
b Montreal, 1951). Canadian pianist. From 1974 had int. career as soloist with major orchs. Gave f.p. of newly discovered pf. conc. of Liszt, Chicago, May 1990.
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U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $18 Million for M313 120mm Mortar Weapon Sub-Caliber Training Systems.
PR Newswire; 10/23/2006; 700+ words
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U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics Contract for Mortar Weapon Systems.
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International: Iran aims mighty mortar at Europe A weapon made specially with terrorism in mind may already be widely deployed. Con Coughlin examines the new threat
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USA: GENERAL DYNAMICS AWARDED CONTRACT FOR MORTAR WEAPON SYSTEM.
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Mortars Become Weapon of Choice in Iraq
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/11/2006; 700+ words
; ...death and destruction. Mortars are quickly becoming the weapon of choice as Sunnis...in Baghdad. Having mortar rounds fall like rain...and Shiite grows, the mortars cut that gap, allowing...district from a distance. Mortars can be quickly pulled...Baghdad, came under mortar fire, an ...
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ARE ARTILLERY AND MORTAR ROUNDS REALLY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION? ANALYSIS.
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Are artillery and mortar rounds really weapons of mass destruction? ANALYSIS.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 8/27/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Byline: ROBERT FOX WHAT is a weapon of mass destruction? According...that chemical and biological weapons could be ready in 45 minutes...battlefield munitions like shells and mortar rounds. Battlefield ordnance...fairly ancient artillery and mortar rounds presented a serious...lines of the ...
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mortars
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
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Mortars
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
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mortar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mortar in warfare, term originally...later applied to an infantry weapon that consists of a tube supported...very high trajectory. The mortar is not usually classified as...standard types of artillery, mortars need no complex recoil equipment...Stokes during World War I, the mortar was used by ...
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bipod
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
bipod n.a two-legged collapsible support for mortars and other weapons that are too heavy to fire while holding.
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Greek fire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...largely from naphtha. It was thrown from mortars as an offensive weapon against ships, acting as a flaming torch...fire was then widely adopted as a naval weapon by most of the maritime countries of...after the introduction of guns as naval weapons and the consequent increase in range...
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