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    relationship with glacier. A glacis plate is the sloped front-most section of the hull of a tank or other armoured fighting vehicle. A glacis could also appear in...
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  • One of Gibraltar's most decorated teams, Glacis United currently compete in the Gibraltar Football League. Glacis United were formed in 1965 and immediately...
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  • Look up glacis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Glacis may refer to: Glacis, in military engineering is an artificial slope as part of a medieval castle...
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    (Table 10). Retrieved 2020-01-08. "GLACIS". District Profile. Local Government Seychelles. Retrieved 2020-01-12. "Glacis - Hon. Regina Esparon". Directly...
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  • Labra (Europa) 3 goals Luke Robinson (Glacis United) 2 goals Julian Brinkman (Glacis United) Ryan Trotman (Glacis United) Ahmed Salam (Manchester 62) Manuel...
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    office of the Royal Gibraltar Post Office is located on Glacis Road. "Resurfacing of Part of Glacis Road junction with Waterport Roundabout". Vox - The Truly...
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    other. One prototype had a splashboard on the glacis plate while the other had a smooth uncluttered glacis plate. One of these prototypes passed trials...
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    fortifications once stood, including high walls and the broad open field ramparts (glacis), criss-crossed by paths that lay before them. It was constructed after...
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    control of the glacis, the open slope that lay outside the ditch, by creating defensive earthworks to deny the enemy access to the glacis and thus to firing...
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  • dominance by Prince of Wales and the 10 league titles in 11 seasons attained by Glacis United in the 1960s and 1970s. At present Lincoln Red Imps are the dominant...
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    or rear but could not overcome the glacis plate. Due to its 55-degree slope, the Panther's 80 mm (3.1 in) glacis had a line-of-sight thickness of 140 mm...
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    loader, gunner, driver) Armor Frontal turret: 290mm RHA Upper glacis: 140mm RHA Lower glacis: 138mm RHA Sides: 112mm RHA Rear turret: 50mm RHA Main armament...
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    lacking the resin-embedded ceramics layer inside the turret front and glacis plate armour,[citation needed] replaced with all steel. The Polish-made...
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    Kontakt-1 on the upper glacis and turret of a T-80BV...
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    the ditch would have a glacis, a gently outwardly sloping earth bank at a slightly lower level than the ramparts. The glacis would be topped by a parapet...
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  • Not Held 1978–79 St Jago's 1979–80 Manchester United 1980–81 Glacis United 1981–82 Glacis United 1982–83 St Joseph's 1983–84 St Joseph's 1984–85 St Joseph's...
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    the "Blue Batons" and complemented by players that had been released by Glacis United and St Jago's joined forces to form the first Lincoln team that played...
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    loader, gunner, driver) Armour Frontal casemate: 187mm RHA Upper glacis: 120mm RHA Lower glacis: 120mm RHA Sides: 100mm RHA Rear casemate: 50mm RHA Rear hull:...
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    glacis, addition of guide roller in track run, vehicle weight 51 tons. Entered production in 1955. Centurion Mk 5/1 a.k.a. FV 4011 Increased glacis armour...
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    mudguards. The frontal glacis plate was sharply sloped to improve protection. A radio antenna was mounted on the front right of the glacis. One M38 was modified...
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    which surrounded the towers. This outer wall was protected by a solid glacis, which is made out of bricks and quicklime. Beyond the outer wall was a...
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  • a coincidence rangefinder, and probable enhanced armor on the glacis (an upper glacis of steel layers enclosing fiberglass layers and a cast steel turret...
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  • was probably a mourning piece. In November 2015, discovery of a tower and glacis identified as belonging to the Seleucid fortress known as the Acra was announced...
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    Unlike the Jagdpanther, the Jagdtiger's casemate design did not extend its glacis plate upwards in one piece to the full height of the casemate's "roof" –...
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    engineered in a similar fashion to the IS-3, with a pike nose on the upper glacis sporting 150mm of armor sloped at 65°. This armor was designed to defeat...
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    at a 30-degree angle the glacis plate of the Panther could not be penetrated by the 122 mm BR-471 AP shell, the lower glacis could be penetrated from...
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    1030M "Drozd" active protection system (APS), BDD appliqué armour on the glacis plate only and new V-55U diesel engine. T-62D-1 (Objekt 166D-1) – T-62D...
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  • The Montagne Glacis Important Bird Area lies on the slopes of the highest mountain on the northern cape of the island of Mahé in the Seychelles archipelago...
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    Vienna's defensive glacis into public park. The Linienwall defending Vienna's historic center were surrounded by a ditch and glacis about 500m wide, which...
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    this improved the tank's speed to 42 kilometres per hour (26.10 mph). The glacis plate was augmented to a maximum thickness of 30 millimetres (1.18 in),...
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