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Armbrust (German: Crossbow) is a lightweight unguided anti-tank weapon developed by Germany, who later sold its manufacturing rights to Singapore, and equips two men in every seven-man Singapore infantry section with an anti-tank capability. Image File history File links Armbrust. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ... The word calibre (British English) or caliber (American English) designates the interior diameter of a tube or the exterior diameter of a wire or rod. ... In firearms terminology, an action is the system of operation that the firearm employs to seal the breech (in a breech-loading firearm), and to load consecutive rounds. ... The Rate of fire is the speed at which a specific firearm or artillery piece can operate. ... A guns muzzle velocity is the speed at which the projectile leaves the muzzle of the gun. ... A crossbow is a weapon consisting of a bow mounted on a stock that fires projectiles. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ...
The Armbrust is a recoilless weapon, and its design is the only weapon of it's kind that may safely be fired in an enclosed space. As the projectile is forced forward by the propellant, a similar mass of shredded plastic is propelled in the opposite direction. The plastic disperses upon leaving the back of the gun, and is quickly stopped by air resistance. Its warhead can penetrate up to 300mm of armoured steel. M67 recoilless rifle. ... For a solid object moving through a fluid or gas, drag is the sum of all the aerodynamic or hydrodynamic forces in the direction of the external fluid flow. ...
Armbrusts are gradually being replaced by the Singapore-German-Israeli co-developed MATADOR, starting 2004. The MATADOR LAW MATADOR is an unguided tube launched rocket developed by Singapore. ...
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Armbrust antitank grenade launcher (Germany) - Modern Firearms
Armbrust is interested in all modalities of imaging, with special interest in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound.
Her research interests involve changes in bone density in the growing dog, and changes in the pattern of bone marrow signal as imaged with MRI in the developing dog.
Armbrust is a graduate of Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dr. Armbrust is interested in all modalities of diagnostic imaging, and currently has projects involving detection of pulmonary metastatic disease of dogs using computed tomography (CT), ultrasound guidance for transection of the bicipital tendon, CT of pelvic fractures in dogs, and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of dogs affected with avascular necrosis of the femoral heads.
Armbrust LJ, Hoskinson JJ, Biller DS, Wilkerson M. Low-field magnetic resonance imaging of bone marrow in the lumbar spine, pelvis, and femur in the adult dog.
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