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End of a sleeve?

The end of a sleeve terminates in a 'cuff'

How many tanks does the US have?

The United States active tank fleet stands at more than 2,400. During World War 2, the US employed a total of roughly fifty thousand tanks, more than half of which were the ever famous Shermans.

The origin of the swasticer?

The ubiquity of the swastika symbol is easily explained by its being a very simple shape that will arise independently in any basket-weaving society. The swastika is a repeating design, created by the edges of the reeds in a square basket-weave. Other theories attempt to establish a connection via cultural diffusion or an explanation along the lines of Carl Jung's collective unconscious. The genesis of the swastika symbol is often treated in conjunction with cross symbols in general, such as the "sun wheel" of Bronze Age religion. Another explanation is suggested by Carl Sagan in his book Comet. Sagan reproduces an ancient Chinese manuscript (the Book of Silk) that shows comet tail varieties: most are variations on simple comet tails, but the last shows the comet nucleus with four bent arms extending from it, recalling a swastika. Sagan suggests that in antiquity a comet could have approached so close to Earth that the jets of gas streaming from it, bent by the comet's rotation, became visible, leading to the adoption of the swastika as a symbol across the world. In Life's other secret, Ian Stewart suggests the ubiquitous swastika pattern arises when parallel waves of neural activity sweep across the visual cortex during states of altered consciousness, producing a swirling swastika-like image, due to the way quadrants in the field of vision are mapped to opposite areas in the brain. Alexander Cunningham for the Indian swastika symbol rejected any connection with sun-worship and suggested that the shape arose from a combination of Brahmi characters abbreviating the word su-astí.

Do soldiers go to hell for murdering?

Not if the killing is done in a battle or in the line of duty, but they are chargeable if they kill innocent persons who intend them no wrong or if they are on their own time and happen to kill someone in a non related war incident.

What was the revolver used by US in desert storm?

The standard issue sidearm of US forces during the time of Desert Storm was the semi-automatic Beretta M9 pistol. Semi automatic pistols have been the standard for US sidearms since 1911, although the .38 caliber revolvers continued to appear well into the Korean War, and there are some instances of them appearing in Vietnam, as well.

Some embassy security forces use a .357 revolver as their sidearm, but no revolver is service issue in any combat unit.

What did a cannonball from the Mexican War look like?

Like you see in the movies. It was round like a bowling ball but smaller. Artillery from that time was classified by the weight of the projectile rather than the caliber of the gun, and it continued to be done this way in Great Britain in World War 2.

What is another name for an army officers stick?

The swagger stick can also be called a staff, a baton, pace stick or a crop.

How many people get killed by smoking?

Every single one of them eventually.

But in a year, 400,000.

Did the Cyprus Regiment have a shoulder patch and if so what was it?

The Cyprus Regiment was part of the British Army in WW2. Typically, the British regiments had a regimental cap badge and maybe wore their name on a brass badge or cloth patch on the top of their sleeve. The cap badge was s shield with 2 lions with a scroll underneath it having their name and topped with the King's crown. I'm not sure if they wore a sleeve device. Reference: "The Allied Forces in Italy; 1943-45" by Guido Rosignoli

Will a beretta px4 45 acp accept an 8045 cougar magazine?

Maybe. There are two version of this rifle,the PX4 and the 8045. The PX4 takes the Storm pistol magazine and the 8045 takes the Cougar 8045 magazine. The is a magazine well insert for the 8045 to accept the PX4 magazine for About $10. Almost all rifles are the 8045 rather than the PX4.

How much does a flamethrower cost?

a flamethrower would cost you a base price around 50,000 dollars for a simple flamethrower that goes about 15 feet, but the further you want the flame to go the more t cost

What would happen if the Japanese first used the bomb against the US World War 2?

I am not sure which bomb you mean, however, if you mean the atomic bomb, then it is at least possible that had Imperial Japan developed the atomic bomb, rather than the US, and had they used the atomic bomb against the US during WW II, then it may be that the US would have surrendered, and that Japan would now rule the world (perhaps also conquering its sort-of ally, the Third Reich). However, such alternate histories are very complicated to figure out. The unfolding of world history is influenced by many different factors.

Additional Thought

If Japan had developed the atomic bomb prior to the US involvement in the war, and then used it in their preemptive strike on the US, then it seems very likely that the Allied Forces would have been annihilated. At that time, the US was trying (perhaps too hard) to stay out of the war, and was not fully geared up to respond even to a conventional strike. If Japan had used such a weapon at that time, there is no reason to believe that they would have stopped at Pearl Harbor. Much of the US and probably much of Europe would have been devastated by multiple bombings.

What are the rankings for army?

General of the Army, General, Lieutenant General, Major General, Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant First Class, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Corporal, Private First Class, Private.

Is the list missing specialist?