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  2. M240 machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The M240 machine gun, officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240, is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, [6] a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. [1] The M240 has been used by the United States Armed Forces since the late 1970s.

  3. Spacewar! - Wikipedia

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    Steve Russell, designer and main programmer of the initial version of Spacewar!, with a PDP-1 in 2007. During the 1950s, various computer games were created in the context of academic computer and programming research and for demonstrations of computing power, especially after the introduction later in the decade of smaller and faster computers on which programs could be created and run in ...

  4. Machine tool - Wikipedia

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    American production of machine tools was a critical factor in the Allies' victory in World War II. Production of machine tools tripled in the United States in the war. No war was more industrialized than World War II, and it has been written that the war was won as much by machine shops as by machine guns. [14] [15]

  5. Bridgeport (machine tool brand) - Wikipedia

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    The first Bridgeport milling machine (serial number 1) is on display at the Museum. [2] Due to the overall success of the company's milling machines, the term "Bridgeport" is often used to refer to any vertical milling machine of the same configuration, regardless of make. Many other companies have cloned the form.

  6. Vickers machine gun - Wikipedia

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    The Mark IV and V guns were improvements on the Mark II. Intended for British light tanks, some were used during the war on mounts on trucks by the Long Range Desert Group in the North Africa Campaign. [33] The Vickers machine gun was produced, between the wars, as the vz.09 machine gun. [citation needed]

  7. BMW 5 Series (E39) - Wikipedia

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    Pre-production cars rolled off the pilot line from February 1995 starting with 523i and 528i models. This was followed by the 520i in March 1995, 525td/tds and 540i in April 1995 and 535i in October 1995. [11] In May 1995 BMW published the first official photos of the E39. [12] The E39 premiered in September 1995 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

  8. The War Machines - Wikipedia

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    The War Machines is the tenth and final serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 4 weekly parts from 25 June to 16 July 1966.

  9. Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix - Wikipedia

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    Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is an action-adventure video game developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment and published by Eidos Interactive for the PlayStation, and is the prequel to Fear Effect. Plot [ edit ]