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The PT-91 Twardy ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈtfar.dɨ], English: Hard) is a Polish main battle tank. A development of the T-72M1, it entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at the OBRUM ( Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych, or Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) and is produced by the Bumar ...
CB90 HSM: 1 × Saab Trackfire RWS. Stridsbåt 90 H (alv) (Strb 90 H; CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft used by several countries after being originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. Its name means Combat Boat 90 Half; the 90 refers to the year of acceptance (1990) and Half refers to the fact that it can carry ...
Huckins Yacht Corporation is one of the oldest boat builders in the United States. The company is located on the Ortega River in Jacksonville, Florida, and is run by its third-generation owners, Cindy and Buddy Purcell. Huckins manufactures custom yachts ranging from 40 to 90 feet that combine classic design and traditional workmanship with ...
Auxiliary Floating Docks, Light (AFDL), also known as Auxiliary Floating Docks (AFD), were 288 ft (88 m) long, had a beam of 64 ft (20 m), and draft of 3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) empty and 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m) flooded to load a ship. A normal crew was 60 men. AFDL displacement was 1,200 tons and could lift 1,900 tons.
The seakeeping qualities of boats and ease of construction matched to the available Packard engines made a perfect combination. PT-109 was an 80 ft (24 m), 40-ton Elco motor torpedo boat (MTB), one of hundreds built by the firm between 1942 and 1945 in Bayonne, New Jersey.
A British World War II Vosper 73-ft. motor torpedo boat PT-105, an 80-ft. Elco U.S. Navy PT boat in World War II The 114-ft. diesel-powered German E-boats were considerably larger than most British and American motor torpedo boats. Before World War I steam torpedo boats which were larger and more heavily armed than hitherto were being used.
The X18 tank boat uses the main engine in the form of two MTU V12 2000M86 diesel engines with a power of 1700 horsepower. The X18 is also equipped with the MJP 550 Waterjet propulsor. [6] With a fuel tank capacity of around 6000 liters, the X18 is able to reach destination as far as 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) without refueling.
Packard 1A-2500. The Packard 1A-2500 is an American V-12 liquid-cooled aircraft engine designed by Packard in 1924 as a successor to the World War I-era Liberty L-12. [1] Five aero variants were produced, of which the 3A-2500 was the most numerous. Three marine versions, used most prominently in American World War II PT-boats, the 3M-2500, 4M ...