15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 The 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 (Heavy howitzer model 25) was a Czech heavy howitzer used in the Second World War. It was taken into Wehrmacht service as the 15 cm sFH 25(t). Slovakia had 126 in inventory. Intended to replace the various Austro-Hungarian heavy howitzer that the Czechs had inherited, they began a program to develop a new howitzer shortly after achieving independence in 1919. It didn't reflect many of the lessons of World War I as it retained a box trail and wooden wheels suitable only for horse traction. Its carriage
Nalband (name) Nalband (name) Nalband is a Persian and Urdu word with the meaning "manufacturer of horseshoes". The word is derived from the Persian word "nal", meaning horseshoe and "band", a fastener. People with the name are found in the states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in India, and the province of Punjab in Pakistan, and in the Persian influenced Turkey, where they adopted the soft "t" sound spelling of "Nalbant". Originally in Indian and Pakistan they were Muslim Lohars and who were found mainly in western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. The community claims to have been Mughal who took