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Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation This page intentionally left blank Encyclopedia of Military Technology and Innovation Stephen Bull GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bull, Stephen. Encyclopedia of military technology and innovation / Stephen Bull. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57356-557-1 (alk. paper) 1. Military art and science—Dictionaries. 2. Military weapons—Dictionaries. I. Title. U24.B85 2004 623'.03—dc22 2004040431 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2004 by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004040431 ISBN: 1-57356-557-1 First published in 2004 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport. CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group. Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 987654 3 21 Contents List of Entries vii Guide to Related Topics xvii Preface xxix The Encyclopedia xxxiii Numeric Entries 1 Alphabetical Entries 3 Appendix: Chronology of Crucial Advances in Military Technology 295 Bibliography 297 Index 313 v This page intentionally left blank List of Entries 8-Inch Howitzer, Ml; Ml 15 AMX-13 18-Pounder Gun AMX-30, 32 25-Pounder Gun Anthrax 75 mm Gun Antimaterial Rifle 88 mm Gun Antitank Rifle 105 mm Howitzer, Ml, M3, Ml02 Apache, AH-64 A7V Tank Apex (AA-7) Missile Aardvark, F-111 Arethusa Class Abrams Ml Battle Tank Arisaka Rifle Acrid (AA-6) Arizona, USS Adelaide, HMAS Arjun Main Battle Tank Admirable Class Ark Royal, HMS Aerobus Arleigh Burke Class Agent Orange Armor Air Gun Armored Car Airacobra (and Kingcobra) Armstrong Airacomet Arrow TMD Aircraft Artillery Aircraft Carrier AS. 11 (AGM-22A) Airship AS.20 and AS.30 Akagi Aspide Akula Class ASROC Alabama, CSS Assault Rifle, "Sturmgewehr" Alaska Class Astra Albacore Astute Class Albatros Atlanta Class Algerie Atlantic Conveyor Alkali (AA-1) Missile Atlantic Wall Alouette AUG Steyr Rifle America's Army Auk Class Ammunition, Ammunition Box Avenger, TBF vii List of Entries Aviatik Boobytrap Avrocar Borchardt Pistol AWACS Bouncing Bomb Axe; Poleaxe Bow B-29 Superfortress Bowser B-47 Stratojet Box Lock B-52 Stratofortress Bradley, M2, M3 Baker Rifle BRDM Balloon Breech Loading Baltimore Class Bren Carrier, Carden Loyd, Universal Carrier, Cargo Bangalore Torpedo Carrier T16 Barbed Wire Bren Gun Barrett M82A1, "Light Fifty" Brennan Torpedo Battleship Brigantine, Brig Bayonet Bristol Aircraft; Bristol Fighter; "Brisfit"; Bristol Scout Bazooka British Aerospace Systems Bear, Tu-95 Brooklyn Class Beaufighter Brown Bess Beaverette Browning Belfast, HMS BT-7 Bensen X-25 Buffalo, F2A Beretta Buff Coat Bicycle Bullpup, Gun/Missile Biological Warfare Birmingham Small Arms, "BSA" C-47 Skytrain Bismarck C-97 Stratofreighter Blackbird, SR-71A Caltrop; Caltrap; Calthrop; Tribulus Black Hawk, UH-60A, UH-60L Camouflage Black Widow, P-61, F-61 Campania, HMS Blenheim Bomber Cannonball, D-40 Bloodhound Missile Captain Class Blowpipe Missile Carbine BMP C arrack Boeing Carro Veloce CV33 Tankette Bofors, "Bofors Gun" Carronade Bogue Class Cartridge Bohler Gun Case Shot; Canister Shot Bolt Action Catalina Bom arc Catapult; Ballista; Mangonel; Trebuchet Bombard Centurion Tank Bombe Ceres Class Bomb Vessel Cessna Vlll List of entries Chaff Descubierta Class Chaffee, M24 Light Tank Destroyer; Destroyer Escort Challenger Tank, 1 and 2 Deutschland Chaparral (MIM-72A) Devastation, HMS Char B1 Heavy Tank Dewoitine, 520, etc. Chariot Dido Class Chassepot Dive Bomber Chauchat Automatic Rifle Dornier; Do 17, 215, 217 Chemico Armor Double Action Chieftain Tank Double-L Sweep Chi-Ha, Type 97 Douhet, Guilio Chinook (CH-47); Sea Knight (CH-46) Drache Fa 266, Fa 223 Chlorine Dragon, Dragoon Christie Dragon (M-47) Missile Churchill Tank Dreadnought, HMS Cleveland Class Dryse Cluster Bomb; Cluster Munition Duck, DUKW Cog Duguay-Trouin Colossus Dum Dum Bullet Colt Duplex Drive Comanche, RAH-66 Dux Submachine Gun Commando Armored Car Eagle, HMS; Eagle Class Condor, Fw 200 Eagle, F-15 Conger Echo Class Congreve, Sir William Ejection Seat Constitution, USS Emden Copperhead, M712 Enfield Corvette ENIAC Couronne Enigma Cromwell Tank Enterprise, USS Crossbow Essex Class Crotale Missile Exeter, HMS Cruise Missile Exocet Missile Cruiser Explosives Curtiss; Hawk, Warhawk, Kittyhawk Fabrique Nationale D-Class Cruisers Falcon Missile Dagger; Knife FA MAS Rifle Dauntless, SBD Far go Class Defiant Ferret Degtyarev DP28; DPM Fighting Falcon, F-16 Delta Class (I, II, III, and IV) FIST Depth Charge, Depth Bomb Flail; Flail Tank ix

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