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	The Wartime Memories Project - US Army
		C Battery, 557th Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion (Mobile)
		B Battery, 438th Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion (Mobile)
		B Battery, 453rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery AW Battalion (Mobile)
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /allied/usarmy (2365 words)

	Chinese Defence Today :: Type 95 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery
		A typical Type 95 battery would consist of 6 SPAAA/SAM systems, one battery command vehicle, three ammunition re-supply vehicles, one battery testing vehicle and one power supply vehicle, all of which are mounted on the same 6x6 cross-country truck chassis.
		The PLA is also equipped with the towed Type 87 twin-25mm AAA, which has a similar cannon barrel design to the Type 95.
		The Type 95 was first revealed to the public during the national day military parade held in Beijing late in 1999.
	www.sinodefence.com /army/antiaircraft/type95.asp (2365 words)

	Swedish Armor - Other armored vehicles
		This vehicle, designated bplpbv 3023, is an armored tracked battery emplacement vehicle, which is and modified pbv 302 for use at a battery emplacement with those units that are equipped with a self-propelled gun.
		The vehicle is used in the selfpropelled howitzers battalions.
		The Fire-control Vehicle 90 is a variant of Combat Vehicle 9040.
	www.haaland.info /sweden/other (877 words)

	Hispanics in Americas Defense
		816th Coast Artillery Battery (Anti Motor Torpedo Boat)
		817th Coast Artillery Battery (Anti Motor Torpedo Boat)
		There was also a considerable number of Puerto Rican organizations and units made up of draftees, and which were also assigned to the Puerto Rican Department:
	www.getnet.com /~1stbooks/marin.htm (131 words)

	Anti-aircraft
		In 1940 Anti-Aircraft Command was the most effective means of defence against attacks at night Despite their many difficulties this, largely unrecognised Command was three times more effective at night than Fighter Command in shooting down enemy aircraft.
		Between June and December 1940, anti-aircraft gunners claimed 102 aircraft against Fighter Command's claim of 35.
		Wherever possible the batteries used aimed, rather than battery fire as the mathmatical complexities of the task, amplified by the shortage of resources, were vast.
	www.stable.demon.co.uk /bob/aa.html (131 words)

	Mt Pleasant Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery Battery
		The role of HAA was to combat high flying enemy aircraft.
		The guns used on Mt Pleasant were 3.7 inch calibre and could punch a shell to 10,000 feet (3000 m) in 14 seconds.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/Historic/Canterbury-Historic-Areas/Mt-Pleasant-Heavy-Anti-aircraft-Artillery-Battery.asp (131 words)

	Anti-gravity aircraft a hit - 12/2/02
		The aircraft is triangular shaped and gets its power from a wire that runs along the top of the device.
		The wire is connected to a power source, which can be anything from a battery to a desktop computer.
		Jim Bergren makes minor repairs to the aircraft that hovers without the aid of a motor, fan or engine.
	www.detnews.com /2002/schools/0212/02/c03-24756.htm (131 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S.: Bomb may not be cause of Afghan deaths
		the air crew in the airplane believed they were returning fire against anti-aircraft weapons, which has happened repeatedly in that particular area and which was reported to be taking place at the time that the AC-130 fired," Pace said.
		WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. warplane that may have been responsible for dozens of civilian casualties in southern Afghanistan opened fire because its crew believed they were taking fire from anti-aircraft weapons, a senior American general said Tuesday.
		The plane is an Air Force special operations aircraft outfitted with side-firing cannons and 105mm howitzers.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2002/07/02/bomb-investigation.htm (131 words)

	Bofors Gun, N.E. Aircraft Museum, Britain
		A ratio of one or two anti aircraft weapons to each fire control equipment is now a normal scale of issue to Light Anti Aircraft Batteries, thanks to the extreme accuracy of the control equipment and the very high rate of fire of the new 40 mm.
		In addition to employment as an anti-aircraft gun, the L 70 is equally able to engage a wide variety of ground targets, where its high rate of fire and accuracy again is able to play havoc with both armored and unarmored vehicles in addition to other enemy targets within range.
		anti-aircraft guns in both the Regular and Territorial Armies.
	www.neam.co.uk /bofors.html (352 words)

	Sgt. Carl Glenn Henning of the 81st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
		Bob Burns writes, "Even though he might have been in an anti-tank battery, the 81st, like the 80th AA, shortened the name of the battalion to be 81st Airborne Anti-Aircraft Battalion-- even though half the unit was anti-tank batteries.
		The German spearhead leader, a Waffen-SS officer named Joachim Peiper was tried for the killings after the war and spent time in prison (he was killed in the '70s or '80s by unknown assailants in his home).
		The massacre was of members of U.S. artillery unit captured near Malmedy.
	jeffrey.henning.com /sgthenning.htm (1083 words)

	ZSU-23-4 23mm Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft Gun
		The ZSU-23-4 is capable of acquiring, tracking and engaging low-flying aircraft (as well as mobile ground targets while either in place or on the move).
		Resupply vehicles carry an estimated additional 3,000 rounds for each of the four ZSUs in a typical battery.
		October 1997 information details ZSU-23-4 updates/modernization being offered by the Ukrainians that include: a new radar system replacing the GUN DISH radar, plus a sensor pod believed to include day/night camera, and a laser rangefinder; and mounted above radar/sensor pod is a layer of six fire-and-forget SAMs, believed to be Russian SA-18/GROUSE.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/cv/ada/ZSU-23-4.html (145 words)

	Google GlobeTrotting: North Korean anti-aircraft artillery battery
		I guess the reprocessing facility at the bend in the river explains the stream of melted ice eminating from an outlet due east of the facilities.
		The sites you've found are undoubtedly AAA and some artillery thrown in for good measure.
		I did some checking this morning and the big facility at the bend of the river IS the nuclear fuels processing facility and the associated facilities.
	googleglobetrotting.com /info.php/mid/10070 (665 words)

	USS Slater, Weapons System, 40mm
		Shortly after her shakedown cruise in June 1944 it was decided to remove the torpedo tubes and augment the antiaircraft battery by placing four more single army type 40 mm gun mounts at this location.
		Evenstill, the Bofors 40mm remained the primary close-in anti-aircraft weapon of smaller vessels until the Japanese surrender.
		Bofors guns soon began appearing fleet-wide, though not until mid-1944 was demand satisfied (and not for the Slater until May of 45).
	www.ussslater.org /weapons/40mm.html (665 words)

	Bofors Gun, N.E. Aircraft Museum, Britain
		A ratio of one or two anti aircraft weapons to each fire control equipment is now a normal scale of issue to Light Anti Aircraft Batteries, thanks to the extreme accuracy of the control equipment and the very high rate of fire of the new 40 mm.
		In addition to employment as an anti-aircraft gun, the L 70 is equally able to engage a wide variety of ground targets, where its high rate of fire and accuracy again is able to play havoc with both armored and unarmored vehicles in addition to other enemy targets within range.
		anti-aircraft guns in both the Regular and Territorial Armies.
	www.neam.co.uk /bofors.html (665 words)

	Untitled Document
		counter-recoil a type of gun mounting in which the gun is fired as it returns to battery, so the initial recoil force is expended in arresting the forward movement of the gun.
		propeller hub or boss the central part of an aircraft propeller, which may be made hollow to allow an engine-mounted gun to fire through it
		gun pod a detachable pod, containing a gun (or guns) and ammunition, which is carried by aircraft
	www.quarry.nildram.co.uk /Glossary.html (665 words)

	Airdefense Military Manual Photocopies
		The Gun Battalion, Antiaircraft Artillery (Excluding the Searchlight Battery) (8 April 1930); 32 pages, 4 illus.
		Gun Drill, Mobile Mount, Antiaircraft Artillery (23 March 1922); 20 pages, 5 illus.
		Gun Drill, Fixed Mount, Antiaircraft Artillery (23 March 1922); 5 pages, 1 illus.
	www.military-info.com /mphoto/p002.htm (665 words)

	sbbs_hoofd1
		Next to the defense weapons as the coastal batteries and anti aircraft batteries to protect the strong point by an attack of the allied forces there was also an offensive weapons located in the harbor of IJmuiden.
		To protect the e-boots for the bombarNext to the defense weapons as the coastal batteries and anti aircraft batteries to protect the strong point by an attack of the allied forces there was also an offensive weapons located in the harbor of IJmuiden.
		There for the allied bombers made several bombing flights to demolish the e-boot pens.
	home.tiscali.nl /bunkerarchief/sbb/sbb_en/sbbshoofd1_engels.htm (665 words)

	Fort Sherman / JOTC History
		The coastal artillery batteries and anti-aircraft gun emplacements on Fort Sherman were obsolete by the mid-1940s; most of the large caliber guns had not been fired in years.
		Attack from the air was the major threat, and mobile anti-aircraft guns and missiles, and motorized ground forces had replaced most of the static defenses of the Canal.
		By 1960 the JWTC had trained eleven infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, nine infantry companies, one mortar battery, three provisional non-commissioned officer groups, and three provisional officer groups from the Continental United States (CONUS).
	junglefighter.panamanow.net /html/history.htm (665 words)

	CNN.com - Doomed jet 'identified as missile' - May 14, 2004
		Other factors included the "wide classification criteria" for anti-radiation missiles programmed into the Patriot system and the Patriot rules of engagement which were "not sufficiently robust to prevent a friendly aircraft without a functioning IFF system being classified as an anti-radiation missile."
		UK Junior Defense Minister Ivor Caplin, publishing a summary of a Royal Air Force Board of Inquiry report, said the "immediate cause" of the accident was the U.S. Patriot missile battery which had "misidentified" the Tornado as an enemy anti-radiation missile.
		LONDON, England -- A British military jet shot down by a U.S. missile during the Iraq war suffered a failure of an electronic system which should have identified it as a friendly aircraft, the UK government says.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/05/14/uk.friendlyfire (317 words)

	Beacon Hill Fort
		The advent of aircraft and aerial attack during WWI brought about the need for anti-aircraft artillery, which arrived at Beacon Hill in the form of two one-pounder automatic guns.
		With the outbreak of WWII in 1939 it was clear that Beacon Hill had to be reinstated as an active defensive fortification, but it wasn’t until 1940 that construction work on the new Cornwallis Battery began.
		By 1812 a further battery had been added to the defences on Beacon Hill.
	www.undergroundkent.co.uk /beacon_hill_fort.htm (317 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Downed U.K. jet had faulty system
		He said the "immediate cause" of the accident was the Patriot missile battery which "misidentified" the Tornado as an enemy "anti-radiation missile" designed to home in on radar systems.
		A British military jet shot down by a U.S. missile during the Iraq war was hit after a failure of the electronic system designed to identified it as a friendly aircraft, the government said Friday.
		LONDON --A British military jet shot down by a U.S. missile during the Iraq war was hit after a failure of the electronic system designed to identified it as a friendly aircraft, the government said Friday.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/05/14/downed_uk_jet_had_faulty_system?mode=PF (393 words)

	Airports Advisory Circulars
		This change provides standards and recommendations to build infra-red aircraft deicing facilities and adds anaerobic bioremediation as an alternative method to mitigate the runoff effects of de/anti-icing products.
		Creates a standard and specification for a battery operated light unit to be used to outline a runway area temporarily.
		1 (4-6-95) Changed to reflect a new source for the FAA Standard Basic Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Curriculum, and to update other sources of training programs.
	www.faa.gov /arp/150acs.cfm (393 words)

	RETRO05.html
		The SLID Technology Development and Demonstration program is addressing the need for self defense of military vehicles and helicopters, and area defense of soft targets such as command posts, air defense radars, counter mortar/counter battery radars, and parked aircraft.
		The 2s6 as it is designated by the Russian Federation is amoung the newest of it anti-air battery units combining the best of anti-air cannon and Surface to Air missiles.
		Soviet oil uses many of these vehicles to help defend its installations on the ground from air assualt.
	users2.ev1.net /~egrayfox/cyber2/RETRO05.html (393 words)

	Dirk H.R. Spennemann, British Naval Heritage in Micronesia
		A completely developed coastal defense gun battery comprises of the following entities (reference is made features on figure 5): A group of three six inch coastal defense guns in their emplacements (8) are set in a row along the water's edge, flanked by two medium anti-aircraft guns (75 or 80mm) in their emplacement (7).
		Schematic lay-out of a 150mm coastal defense battery.
		The coastal defense gun battery is defended against attacks from the seaward side by barbed wire entanglement and obstacles for beach defense (11) set onto the beachrock outcrops and the coral reef platform.
	marshall.csu.edu.au /html/UKNaval/UKNaval4.html (393 words)

	Mazarron.Com - The Coastal Defences of Cartagena
		At the end of the Civil War there started a progressive wind down of the old anti aircraft defences in favour of more modern systems.
		A gun of this type deployed at battery C-3 (La Parajola - Algameca Grande) sunk the steamship "Castillo de Olite" betwen the Cape of Cabo de Aguas and the Island of Escombreras.and on 5th March 1939
		All of the arms were purchased from the British company of this name and equipped new shore batteries with guns of 38.1cm and 15.24cm caliber giving ranges of 35Km and 21Km respectively.
	www.mazarron.com /Leisure/Artillery (393 words)

	Anti-Aircraft Batteries Site Profile atCapital Defence
		At the outbreak of World War 2 a mobile Anti-Aircraft battery was set up with it's personnel camping out in tents.
		Near to the battery was accommodation for battery personnel.
		The Somes Island battery is relatively secure as the whole island is administered by the Dept. of Conservation and the heritage significance of the battery in relation to the history of the island is known to them.
	capitaldefence.orcon.net.nz /prfles/post1930/aa1.htm (393 words)

	virt.htm
		Outside the perimeter was a World War Two anti-aircraft battery with air raid shelters and surface constructions.
		Rame Church Battery was totally encircled by a high concrete wall guarded by at least one machine gun post box remaining in 1970.
		Perhaps of interest is the apple tree on the site that still produces lovely fruit...perhaps it did for the camp cook in those far off times, or perhaps it made apple pie and cream for the officers tea party.
	www.cyber-heritage.co.uk /waiting/virt.htm (393 words)

	The Royal Air Force operations in support of D-day
		Coastal Command anti-shipping and strike squadrons flew 1,672 recconaissance and 315 strike sorties.
		On the night 4/5 June, 259 aircraft from Bomber Command attacked 4 gun positions with 125 Lancasters, 118 Halifaxes and 16 Mosquitoes from 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8 Groups.
		The roles of the Coastal Command squadrons were threefold, the first being Operation Cork.
	www.raf.mod.uk /dday/timeline_june1_4.html (393 words)

	The Needles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During World War I early trials of anti-aircraft guns were carried out, and the site saw action in World War II.
		The Needles Old battery was built on the cliff top above the stacks in 1861-63 to guard the West end of the Solent.
		Early searchlight experiments were conducted in 1889-92, just after which the new battery was built higher up the cliff.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Needles (393 words)

	Military Unit Histories and Websites
		Unit history of the 533rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Bn, as a tribute and memorium to all who served.
		The 66th Armored Regiment is the oldest armored unit in the United States Army, tracing it's lineage to the beginning of the Tank Service in February 1918.
		Navy ship web sites and aviation units are found in the corresponding sections of Olive-Drab: More Military Resources.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_unit_histories.php3 (393 words)

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