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5	Mauser was founded as Königliche Waffen Schmieden on 31 July 1811 by Frederick I	Rifle	Edit Delete
6	The Mauser Model 98 was widely adopted and copied, and is the foundation of many of today's sporting bolt action rifles.	Rifle	Edit Delete
7	Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US Navy recruited children to create 500,000 scale aircraft models.	Recognition	Edit Delete
8	Recognition models were used to train military personnel in aircraft, vehicle, and ship recognition and also in range estimation.	Recognition	Edit Delete
9	Recognition models were also know as "ID" or "spotter" models.	Recognition	Edit Delete
13	Shortly after midnight on January 30, 1968, Nha Trang, headquarters of the U.S. I Field Force, was the first of five provincial capitals in II Corps to be attacked. This marked the beginning of the Tet Offensive.	Nha Trang	Edit Delete
14	The Nha Trang Air Base was first opened by the French Air Force as a training center for the RVNAF in 1951.	Nha Trang	Edit Delete
15	The term bayonette itself dates back to the second half of the 16th century. Pierre Borel wrote in 1655 that a kind of long-knife called a bayonette was made in Bayonne but does not give any further description so it is not known if it was meant to be attached to a firearm.	Bayonet	Edit Delete
16	Primitive canteens were sometimes made of hollowed-out gourds, such as a calabash, or were bags made of leather.	Canteen	Edit Delete
17	The first purpose built anti-tank weapon was a bolt-action rifle, the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, that fired a 13mm cartridge with a solid bullet that could penetrate the thin armor of tanks of the time.	Anti-Tank	Edit Delete
18	The steady, regular marching step was a marked feature of Roman legions. Vegetius wrote "They should march with the common military step twenty miles in five summer-hours, and with the full step, which is quicker, twenty-four miles in the same number of hours".	Marching	Edit Delete
19	The internal combustion engine, armour plate, and caterpillar track were prerequisites to the development of the first tank.	Tank	Edit Delete
20	PASGT stands for Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops	PASGT	Edit Delete
21	The PASGT system consisted of a helmet and vest. The PASGT system replaced the Vietnam era M1 helmet and fragmentation vest.	PASGT	Edit Delete
22	DBDU stands for Desert Battle Dress Uniform	DBDU	Edit Delete
23	DBDU was used by the United States Armed Forces from the early 1980s to the early to mid 1990s	DBDU	Edit Delete
24	The word 'camouflage" is derived from the French word 'camouflerage' which means: camoufler (“disguise, to hide”) +? -age (noun-forming suffix). The French slang word 'camouflage' came into English use during the First World War.	Camouflage	Edit Delete
25	Most recruits previous to 1940 were issued a fatigue uniform called Drillichanzug (or Drillich) in basic training.	Drillich	Edit Delete
26	Drillich fatigues were kept for work details, weapons cleaning, and other duties likely to soil clothes. Made of Herringbone Twill (HBT), the uniform was undyed and therefore the color ranged from white to oatmeal to cement grey.	Drillich	Edit Delete
27	On 12 February, 1940 the color of Drillich was ordered changed to a bluish green called 'reed-green'.	Drillich	Edit Delete
28	Type 1 Collar Discs were issued from 1910 until 1926.	Collar Disc	Edit Delete
29	Type 1 Collar Discs were primarily issued in a bronze finish and used a screw nut to attach to the uniform.	Collar Disc	Edit Delete
30	The halftrack's advantage is to produce a vehicle with the cross-country capabilities of a tank and the handling of a wheeled vehicle	Halftrack	Edit Delete
31	The U.S Army's first use of a motorized vehicle (i.e. trucks) in a military operation was in the "Punitive Expedition" that pursued "Pancho" Villa into Mexico.	Vehicle	Edit Delete
32	The word "pontoon" is derived from the Old French "ponton", from Latin ponto (i.e. "ferryboat"), and pons (i.e. "bridge").	Pontoon Bridge	Edit Delete
33	From the 13th century, an "artillier" referred to a builder of any war equipment.	Artillery	Edit Delete
34	Informally referred to as "dog tags", an identification tag's primary use is to identify dead or wounded soldiers.	Identification Tag	Edit Delete
35	Spartans wrote their names on sticks tied to their left wrists.	Identification Tag	Edit Delete
36	"U-Boat is the English spelling of the German "U-Boot" which is short for "Unterseeboot" (i.e. undersea boat).	U-Boat	Edit Delete
37	Gustav Krupp mounted a modified 1-pounder gun, the "Ballonabwehrkanone" (i.e. balloon defence cannon), on top of a horse-drawn carriage for the purpose of shooting down communication balloons in the Franco-Prussian War (1870).	Anti-Aircraft	Edit Delete
38	"Stahlhelm" translates to "steel helmet", however the distinctive German helmet design is commonly referred to as a Stahlhelm.	Helmet	Edit Delete
39	ACU Stands for Army Combat Uniform	ACU	Edit Delete
40	UCP stands for Universal Camouflage Pattern	UCP	Edit Delete
41	National Stock Number or NATO Stock Number is a 13-digit numeric code, identifying all the 'standardized material items of supply' as they have been recognized by all NATO countries.	NSN	Edit Delete
42	A modern destroyer is a small, maneuverable warship intended to defend larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group primarily from submarines or aircraft.	Destroyer	Edit Delete
43	MOLLE stands for Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment	MOLLE	Edit Delete
44	Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) is a four-color woodland pattern and a 2, 3 and 4 color desert pattern used by British and many other nations between 1960 and the present.	Disruptive Pattern Material	Edit Delete
45	OCP stands for Operational Camouflage Pattern	OCP	Edit Delete
46	OCP was codenamed Scorpion W2 while under development.	OCP	Edit Delete
47	OCP officially replaced the UCP pattern in September 2019	OCP	Edit Delete
48	The Federal Stock Number (FSN) was used in 1949	FSN	Edit Delete
49	The Federal Stock Number (FSN) was used officially from 1953 to 1974 when it was replaced by the National Stock Number (NSN)	FSN	Edit Delete
50	The compass was invented during the Han dynasty in China (202 BC - 220 AD).	Compass	Edit Delete
51	The German abbreviation 'Lkw' is short for Lastkraftwagen which translates to 'lorry' in English.	Vehicle	Edit Delete
52	On 14 November 1910, Eugene Burton Ely's Curtiss Pusher airplane took off from the deck of a United States Navy ship, the cruiser USS Birmingham anchored off Norfolk Navy Base in Virginia.	Aircraft Carrier	Edit Delete
53	Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.	Chemical Warfare	Edit Delete
54	The first instance of large-scale use of gas as a weapon was on 31 January 1915, when Germany fired 18,000 artillery shells containing liquid xylyl bromide tear gas on Russian positions during the Battle of Bolimov. Instead of vaporizing, the chemical froze and failed to have the desired effect.	Chemical Warfare	Edit Delete
55	EMR is a military camouflage pattern in use by the Russian Armed Forces. It is sometimes referred to by the unofficial nicknames RUSPAT, Tetris, Tsifra and Digital Flora. EMR camouflage is the standard camouflage pattern of the Russian Military's V.K.B.O. All-Season Uniform.	EMR	Edit Delete