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  2. Sentry gun - Wikipedia

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    Phalanx automated turret, mounted on USS Denver. A sentry gun is a weapon that is automatically aimed and fired at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning military sentry guns were the close-in weapon systems point-defense weapons, such as the Phalanx CIWS, used for detecting and destroying short range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft, first used exclusively on naval ...

  3. List of retro style video game consoles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of retro style video game consoles in chronological order. Only officially licensed consoles are listed. Only officially licensed consoles are listed. Starting in the 2000s, the trend of retrogaming spawned the launch of several new consoles that usually imitate the styling of pre-2000s home consoles and only play games that ...

  4. 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 - Wikipedia

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    These shields could be retro-fitted on older Flak 18s as well. The later model was the Flak 37, which included updated instrumentation to allow the gun layers to follow directions from the single director more easily. In some sources it is mistakenly stated that the Flak 37 was not equipped for anti-armor operation.

  5. Thunder Force IV - Wikipedia

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    Shoot 'em up. Mode (s) Single-player. Thunder Force IV, [a] known in North America as Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar, is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Technosoft for the Mega Drive in 1992. It is the fourth installment in Technosoft's Thunder Force series, and the third and final one created for the Mega Drive.

  6. Shangri-La Frontier - Wikipedia

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    The story is set in the near future, where games that use old-fashioned display screens are classified as retro games, while full-dive VR games have become commonplace. As a result of these games becoming mainstream, there exist many so-called "trash games": rushed, full of glitches, faulty games, the systems of which have not kept up with the improved visual technology.

  7. Category:4-2-0 locomotives - Wikipedia

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    Category. : 4-2-0 locomotives. Help. Front of locomotive at left. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 4-2-0 locomotives. Locomotives classified 4-2-0 under the Whyte notation of locomotive axle arrangements. The equivalent UIC classification of locomotive axle arrangements is 2A or 2'A.

  8. General Orders for Sentries - Wikipedia

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    General Orders for Sentries. Orders to Sentry is the official title of a set of rules governing sentry (guard or watch) duty in the United States Armed Forces. While any guard posting has rules that may go without saying ("Stay awake," for instance), these orders are carefully detailed and particularly stressed in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine ...

  9. Thunder Force II - Wikipedia

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    Thunder Force II [a] is a scrolling shooter developed by Technosoft.It was first released in Japan on October 15, 1988 for the X68000 computer. [1] A year later, it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game console and released in Japan (under the name Thunder Force II MD), Europe, and the United States.