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Encyclopedia > Mantlet

A mantlet was a large shield or portable shelter used for stopping arrows or bullets, in medieval warfare. A mantlet could be mounted on a wheeled carriage and protected one or several soldiers. This article is about the defensive device. ... Medieval warfare is the warfare of the Middle Ages. ...


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Pavise shield (with Bartolomeo Vivarinis St. ... A mantlet was a large shield or portable shelter used for stopping arrows or bullets, in medieval warfare. ...

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Fire control system having laser telemetry adaptable for a mantlet sight - Patent 5187317 (2355 words)
This invention concerns a fire control system which is adaptable on a mantlet sight of a combat vehicle, and, in particular, is of the type that comprises a stabilized mirror 10, a rangefinder laser 13 and an electronic control unit.
The old systems consist of a gunner mantlet sight (slaved to the gun) whose "fire control system" is limited to an engrave micrometer indicating the ballistic corrections corresponding to the type of round and the firing distance.
The present invention is integrated in a casing 4 welded on mantlet with recopy of axis 30 of the gun pivots and of the firing axis 3.
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