Engine (Pumper) -. This complex unit has evolved over the last two centuries from several different types of firefighting apparatus. The current model is referred to as the triple combination pumper. The vehicle is comprised of a motorized cab and chassis to carry the fire apparatus body, pump, hose and water tank.
The AK-74 is an assault rifle developed in the early 1970s by Russian designer Mikhail Kalashnikov as the replacement for the earlier AKM. It uses a smaller 5.45Ã39mm cartridge, replacing the 7.62Ã39mm chambering of earlier Kalashnikov-pattern weapons. The rifle first saw service with Soviet forces engaged in the 1979 Afghanistan conflict. The head of the Afghan bureau of the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence claimed that the CIA paid $5,000 for the first AK-74 captured by the ...
Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that it has received a contract award from the U.S. Air Force for production of rocket motors...