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  • Thumbnail for Frogman
    A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries...
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    A clearance diver was originally a specialist naval diver who used explosives underwater to remove obstructions to make harbours and shipping channels...
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  • Thumbnail for HMCS Cape Breton (ARE 100)
    HMCS Cape Breton was a Royal Canadian Navy Cape-class maintenance ship. Originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Flamborough Head in 1944, she was transferred...
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  • The People's Republic of China's 114th Division is a division of the People's Armed Police. Originally a division of the People's Liberation Army, it is...
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    The AIM-97 Seekbat or XAIM-97A Seek Bat was a long-range air-to-air missile developed by the United States. It was intended to counter the perceived capabilities...
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    The Panther–Wotan line, or Ostwall in German, was a defensive line partially built by the German Wehrmacht in 1943 on the Eastern Front. The first part...
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  • HMS Arlingham was one of 93 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers. The names of these ships were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. This...
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    USS Kretchmer (DE-329) was an Edsall-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific...
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    A plan position indicator (PPI) is a type of radar display that represents the radar antenna in the center of the display, with the distance from it and...
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  • A sergeant pilot was a non-commissioned officer who had undergone flight training and was a qualified pilot in the air forces of several Commonwealth countries...
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  • Thumbnail for Anđelko Aleksić
    Anđelko Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Анђелко Алексић; 1876 – 27 May 1904) was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik commander (voivode). He and Đorđe Cvetković led the...
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    Taszár Air Base (ICAO: LHTA) is a military air base located near Taszár, Somogy County, Hungary. It is 10 kilometres (5 NM) east of Kaposvár. It became...
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  • Igor Vladimirovich Torgov (Russian: Игорь Владимирович Торгов) (15 February (O.S. 2 February) 1912, Kazan - 2007) was a Soviet chemist and a corresponding...
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    Jerzy Karol Koziołkowski (20 March 1911 – 27 July 1990) was a submarine commander of the Polish Navy during World War II. He was the son of Stanisław,...
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