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M. J. K. Smith Michael John Knight "Mike" Smith, often referred to by his initials M J K, is an English cricket player. Born on June 30, 1933 in Leicester and educated at Stamford School and Oxford University, he played for Leicestershire from 1951 until 1955, and Warwickshire between 1956 and 1975.
M. Jeff Thompson Meriwether Jeff Thompson (January 22, 1826 – September 5, 1876) was a brigadier general in the Missouri State Guard during the American Civil War. He served in the Confederate Army as a cavalry commander, and had the unusual distinction of having a ship in the Confederate Navy named for him.
M. K. Joseph Michael Kennedy Joseph (1914-1981) was a poet and novelist in several genres ranging from I'll Soldier No More, A Pound of Saffron and A Soldier's Tale to the science fiction works The Hole in the Zero and The Time of Achamoth to the historically-based Kaspar's Journey.
M. King Hubbert Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) was a geophysicist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology and geophysics, most notably the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory (or peak oil), with important political ramifications.
M. P. Shiel Matthew Phipps Shiel (July 21 1865 – February 17 1947), was a prolific British writer of genre fantasy fiction, remembered mostly for supernatural and science fiction, published as novels, short stories and as serials.
M. Russell Ballard Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr. (born October 8, 1928 in Salt Lake City, Utah) was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 6 1985, and ordained an apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 10 1985 following the death of Bruce R.
M. S. Bartlett Maurice Stevenson Bartlett (June 18, 1910 - January 8, 2002) was an English statistician who made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns. He is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.
M. S. Swaminathan Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born August 7, 1925) is an Indian agricultural scientist and heads the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. Swaminathan is known as 'Father of Indian Green Revolution' for his contributions to the Green Revolution movement in India.
M. Venkataramana Margashayam VenkataramanaAlthough Venkataramana's first name is listed in Cricinfo and Cricketarchive as Margashayam, Margasahayam seems to be the right way to write it., (born April 24, 1966, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh ) is a former Indian cricketer.
M.R.Srinivas Prasad Madapusi Raghavan Srinivas Prasad was born in 1959 in Salem, Tamil Nadu. He is a right-hand batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler who played for Karnataka Ranji, Wills Trophy(1983/84 to 1987/88) and, Deodhar Trophy(1984/85) and Young India in Zimbabwe(1983/84)[http://www.
M/A/R/C Research M/A/R/C Research is a full service market research company headquartered in Irving, Texas. M/A/R/C Research serves a broad spectrum of categories such as Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Financial Services such as Banking and Insurance, Consumer Packaged Goods, High-Tech, Retail, Restaurants, Travel & Leisure, Telecommunications and Energy & Utilities.
M/F Ulysses The M/F Ulysses is a RORO car ferry currently owned and operated by Irish Ferries on the Dublin, Ireland — Holyhead, Wales route. It is currently the largest vehicle ferry in the world in terms of vehicle capacity.
M/S Ålandsfärjan M/S Ålandsfärjan is a ferry operated by the Finnish ferry company Viking Line on a route connecting Mariehamn, Finland to Kappelskär, Sweden. She was built in 1972 by Helsingör Skibs & Maskinbygg, Helsingör, Denmark as M/S Kattegat for Jydsk Færgefart A/S.
M/S Casino Express M/S Casino Express is car-passenger ferry owned by the finnish shipping company RG Line, and has been laid up in Vaasa, Finland since August 2005. She was built in 1966 by Ă–resundsvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden as M/S Fennia for Siljavarustamo / Siljarederiet.
M/S Color Fantasy M/S Color Fantasy is (as of 2006) the largest cruiseferry in the world. The ship was built in Finland by Aker Finnyards shipyards in Turku in 2004 for the operator Color Line, who added the ship to its route between Oslo in Norway and Kiel in Germany.
M/S Gabriella M/S Gabriella is a cruiseferry sailing on a route connecting Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden for Viking Line. She was built in 1992 in Brodogradiliste Split, Croatia as M/S Frans Suell for service with Euroway.
M/S Herald of Free Enterprise M/S Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on roll-off (RORO) car and passenger ferry that capsized on March 6, 1987, killing 193 passengers. The ferry was built by Schichau-Unterweser AG in Bremerhaven, Germany in 1980 and owned by Townsend Thoresen, and had two sister ships: Pride of Free Enterprise and Spirit of Free Enterprise.
M/S Meloodia M/S Meloodia is a passenger ferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink, currently under charter to Balearia, Spain. She was built in 1979 as M/S Diana II for Rederi AB Slite for use in Viking Line's traffic.
M/S Moby Otta M/S Moby Otta is a cruiseferry, currently being rebuilt for service on Moby Line's Genoa - Porto Torres service, on which she is to start sailing in May 2007. She was built in 1976 by LĂĽbecker Flender-Werke, LĂĽbeck, Germany for Tor Line.
M/S Peter Wessel M/S Peter Wessel is a cruiseferry owned by Norwegian operator Color Line, sailing on the route Larvik - Hirtshals. The ship was built as M/S Gotland in 1981 by Ă–resundsvarvet AB for Rederi AB Gotland but she was delivered as M/S Wasa Star to Vaasanlaivat / VasabĂĄtarna.
M/S Queen of Scandinavia M/S Queen of Scandinavia, originally M/S Finlandia is a cruiseferry, built in 1981 in Wärtsilä, Turku, for Effoa for Silja Line's Helsinki - Stockholm service. She currently serves on DFDS's Newcastle - IJmuiden route.
M/S Regina Baltica M/S Regina Baltica is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink. She was built in 1980 as Viking Song by Wärtsilä Turku shipyard (now Aker Finnyards), Finland for Rederi Ab Sally, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium.
M/S Romantika M/S Romantika is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink on a route connecting Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia. She was built in 2002 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma and she was the first ever newbuilding to be delivered to Tallink.
M/S Silja Europa The M/S Silja Europa, operated by Silja Line, is one of the largest cruiseferries in the world. It was originally built at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany for the ferry operator Rederi AB Slite, a part of Viking Line.
M/S Silja Festival M/S Silja Festival (earlier M/S Wellamo) is a cruiseferry built in 1986 by Wärtsilä at the Helsinki New Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. It is, as of 2006, owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink operating for their brand Silja Line.
M/S Spirit of Free Enterprise The Spirit of Free Enterprise was the first of a class of three RORO ferries built for Townsend Thoresen at the end of the 1970s. Her two sister ships were the Pride of Free Enterprise and the infamous M/S Herald of Free Enterprise
M/S Star M/S Star is a fast ro-pax ferry currently under construction at Aker Finnyards Hietalahti shipyard, Helsinki, Finland for the Estonian ferry company Tallink. She is planned to enter service on Tallink's Helsinki - Tallinn service in April 2007.
M/S Vana Tallinn The M/S Vana Tallinn (Old Tallinn in Estonian) is a passenger ferry owned by the Estonian ferry company Tallink. It is currently on line between Paldiski, a port town to the west of Tallinn, Estonia and Kapellskär, a port in the vicinity of Stockholm, Sweden.
M/S Victoria I M/S Victoria I is a cruiseferry operated by the Estonian ferry company Tallink on a route connecting Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia via Mariehamn, Finland. She was built in 2004 by Aker Finnyards, Rauma.
M/S Viking Cinderella M/S Viking Cinderella is a car and passenger cruiseferry built in 1989 by Wärtsilä Turku shipyard, Finland, for SF Line, one of the owners of the Viking Line consortium. She's currently used on cruise traffic from Stockholm to Mariehamn and occasionally Riga during the summer.
M/V al-Salam Boccaccio 98 The M/V al-Salam Boccaccio 98 ( Arabic: Salam سلام means "peace") was an Egyptian ROPAX (passenger/roll on-roll off) ferry, operated by El Salam Maritime Transport, that sank on 3 February 2006 in the Red Sea en route from Duba, Saudi Arabia, to Safaga in southern Egypt. Its last known position was 100 km (62 miles) from Duba, when it lost contact with the shore at about 22:00 EET (20:00 UTC).
M/V Freedom Star The M/V Freedom Star, along with its sister ship the Liberty Star is one of the NASA-owned recovery ships tasked with retrieving spent Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) following the launch of Space Shuttle missions. Although owned by NASA, the ship is currently operated by Space Flight Operations contractor United Space Alliance.
M/V Kitsap (1925) M/V Kitsap was a ferry built at the Lake Washington Shipyards in Houghton, Washington (now Kirkland) and launched in 1925. She was 165 feet long, and her capacity was a little more than 30 modern automobiles, and 325 passengers.
M/V Liberty Star The M/V Liberty Star, along with its sister ship the Freedom Star is one of the NASA-owned recovery ships tasked with retrieving spent Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB's) following the launch of Space Shuttle missions. Although owned by NASA, the ship is currently operated by Space Flight Operations contractor United Space Alliance.
M/V Northern Adventure The M/V Northern Adventure, formerly known as the Sonia, is a RORO ferry that is set to replace the BC Ferries vessel M/V Queen of the North, which sank in March 2006. There was some controversy over the name of the ship--some believed that BC Ferries should have named the ship after Hartley Bay, whose residents helped the passengers of the Queen of the North after the sinking.
M/V Orient Queen The M/V Orient Queen is a 16,000-ton ocean liner built in 1968 and is the world’s only Lebanese-owned cruise ship It is operated by Abou Mehri Cruises of Beirut], [[Lebanon and managed by Österreichischer Lloyd. The ship has twelve decks, eight of which are accessible to passengers.
M/V Queen of the North The M/V Queen of the North was a RORO ferry built by AG Weser of Germany and operated by BC Ferries, which ran along a scenic 18-hour route off the Canadian Pacific coast between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, also known as the Inside Passage. On March 22, 2006, with 101 persons aboard, she sailed off course, ran aground and sank.
M1 (Johannesburg) The M1 is a major north-south highway in Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects the city's southern suburbs through the Central Business District with Sandton, where the M1 merges with the N1 and continues north towards Pretoria and Polokwane (Pietersburg).
M1 Abrams The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2. The latest versions of the M1A2 have a new armor and electronics package.
M1 Helmet The M1 steel helmet was used by the United States military for over 40 years. It was introduced officially during the Second World War in 1941 to replace the M1917A1 Brodie or doughboy helmet but saw little action until 1942.
M1 Tank Platoon M1 Tank Platoon is a computer game, released by developer Microprose in 1989. It was one of the first titles released by the company and an early example of a serious tactical wargame for the computer though the emphasis was on the first person perspective and was considered more of a tank simulator than a wargame.
M1/M3 (railcar) The M1 and M3 are two identical series of electric multiple unit rail cars made by the Budd Company for the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro North Railroad and the latter's predecessors, Penn Central (which also operated the LIRR) and Conrail. Originally branded by Budd as The Metropolitans, the cars are more popularly known under their model names, M1 (late 1960s/1970s cars) and M3 (1980s cars).
M10 TV M10 TV is a Sydney local television station based in Mosman, New South Wales. Its programming is generally Brisbane-specific and seems somewhat to be aimed at an older audience; it frequently features vintage black-and-white films.
M10 Wolverine The 3in Gun Motor Carriage M10, was a United States TD (Tank Destroyer) of the Second World War. US troops also called them "TDs" (a nickname for any tank destroyer), and Wolverine, a name adapted from the official designation given by the British to their lend lease 3in GMC M10s.
M102 howitzer First introduced during the Vietnam War, the M102 was the light-towed 105 mm howitzer used by the United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. It fires a variety of conventional munitions and traverses rapidly through 360 degrees.
M103 heavy tank The M103 heavy tank, at 65 tons, was the heaviest and most heavily armed tank in service in the United States Army and the US Marines during the Cold War. It was manufactured at the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant and the first units were accepted in 1957.
M107 175mm Self-Propelled Gun The M107 175mm Self-Propelled Gun was largely deployed in NATO areas and its ammunition was commonly used throughout NATO forces. Designed to be part of a common family of weapons utilising the same chassis components, the M107 and M110 were essentially the same vehicle mounting different barrels.
M107 Self-Propelled Gun The M107 175mm self-propelled gun was part of a family of self-propelled artillery that also included the M110, both essentially the same vehicle with different barrels. The gun is mounted atop an open tracked body which makes it highly maneuverable due to its lighter weight but extremely vulnerable to attack due to the lack of armor.
M109 howitzer The M109 is an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s. It has been continually upgraded and improved to today's current version, the M109A6 "Paladin" which is only used by the US Army.
M1097 Avenger The Avenger Air Defense System is a US military weapon system utilized by both the Army and the Marine Corps that provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters.
M11 link road protest The M11 link road protest was an anti-road campaign in London, United Kingdom in the early 1990s. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the campaign, together with others in the UK at that time, is considered by many to have played a major role in the large-scale cutbacks in the road building programme that followed in subsequent years.
M110 howitzer The 8 inch (203 mm) Self-Propelled Howitzer M110 was the largest available self-propelled howitzer in the United States Army's inventory. It was deployed in division artillery (DIVARTY) in general support battalions and in separate corps- and Army-level battalions.
M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants The following is an extensive catalogue of the variants and specific unique elements of each variant and/or design stage of the M113 armored personnel carrier. For a broader article on the history of the M113, with descriptions of the basic variants, see M113 Armored Personnel Carrier.
M114 The M114 Command and Reconnaissance Carrier is a Vietnam War-era tracked armoured fighting vehicle, used by the United States Army. It was manufactured by the Cadillac Division of General Motors in the early 1960s.
M115 203 mm howitzer The M115 203 mm howitzer, also known as the M115 8 inch howitzer, was a towed howitzer used by the United States Army. Originally designated the "8 inch Howitzer M1", it was designed during the buildup to World War II as a counterpart to the German 17 cm K18 gun.
M13 phage M13 is a filamentous bacteriophage composed of circular single stranded DNA (ssDNA 6407 nucleotides long) encapsulated in approximately 2700 copies of the major coat protein P8, and capped with 5 copies of two different minor coat proteins (P9, P6, P3) on the ends. The minor coat protein P3 attaches to the receptor at the tip of the F-pilus of the host E.
M14 mine The M14 mine is a US small anti-personnel landmine first fielded in the 1950s. The M14 mechanism uses a belleville spring to flip a firing pin downwards into a "stab" detonator when pressure is applied.
M15 motorway The M15 motorway was the designation planned in the late 1960s and early 1970s for use on the North Circular Road (A406) after it had been upgraded to motorway standard. The upgrade was part of the London Ringways Plan to build motorways throughout London to ease congestion in the central area.
M15 rifle The M15 was developed as a replacement for the Browning Automatic Rifle for use as a squad automatic weapon. It took the basic semi-automatic M14 rifle, added a heavier barrel and stock, a hinged buttplate, a selector switch for fully-automatic fire, and an attached bipod.
M15/42 tank The M15/42 was an Italian World War II 15 ton tank first built in January 1943. Some 90 vehicles were built before the Italian surrender in September 1943 and in connection to that event they were used in battle against the Germans by the Ariete armored division in Rome.
M151 The M151 Truck, Utility: 1/4 ton, 4x4 (MUTT) is a 1/4 ton utility truck developed by Ford Motor Company, a successor to the World War Two jeep and post-war M38/M38A1. Including the driver, it provides space for four men with equipment and has a cruising range of 482 Km or 300 miles.
M167 Vulcan The M167 VADS Vulcan Air Defense System, which has been withdrawn from service, was a towed short-range air defense gun intended to protect forward area combat elements and rear area critical assets. It also protected against lightly armored ground targets.
M18 Hellcat The 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 was an American tank destroyer of World War II. It was often given the nickname Hellcat and is recorded as being the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle during the war, and for a while after that.
M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun The Colt-Browning M1895 was one of the first 'successful' gas operated machine guns, The basic design was by the talented firearms inventor, John Moses Browning. It was offered to Colt by Browning in November 1890.
M1917 Browning machine gun The Browning Model 1917 Machine Gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, Korea, and to a limited amount in Vietnam and by other nations. It was a belt-fed water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919.
M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle The Browning Automatic Rifle (more formally the Browning Automatic Rifle, Caliber .30, M1918 and commonly known as the BAR), is a family of automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and other countries during the 20th century.
M1941 Johnson machine gun The M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun was an American recoil-operated light machine gun designed in the late 1930's by Melvin Johnson. It shared the same operating principle and many parts with the M1941 Johnson Rifle.
M1dy m1dy is a Japanese speedcore/hard techno artist introduced by the record company Sharpnel Sound. He has his own record label, PORK, which he has used to release his own albums with as well as one album by DJ Schwarzenegger.
M1NT M1NT is a private members club in Knightsbridge, London, collectively owned by Alistair Paton and shareholders. It opened with a fanfare of publicity about letting members invest in the club and shares in the profits.
M2 (e-mail client) M2 is the internal name of the e-mail and news client built into the Opera web browser, officially simply referred to as 'Opera Mail'. Its interface is somewhat different from many other e-mail clients in order to provide better integration into the Opera internet suite.
M2 (railcar) The M2 is a series of electric multiple unit cars produced for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Connecticut Department of Transportation for use on the New Haven Line (then part of Penn Central, now part of Metro North). Built primarily by the Budd Company in a consortium with General Electric and Canadian Vickers between 1972 and 1977, the cars were initially branded as The Cosmopolitans.
M2 Ball M2 Ball is a classification for military-specification .30-06 Springfield ammunition, commonly used in the M1903 Springfield and M1 Garand rifles, and was the most commonly made cartridge in use by the United States in World War II.
M2 Bradley The M2 Bradley IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) and M3 Bradley CFV (Cavalry Fighting Vehicle) are American infantry fighting vehicles manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments, (formerly United Defense, originally FMC).
M2 Hills Motorway The M2 Hills Motorway (also known as the Hills M2 Motorway, M2 Motorway or simply M2) is a dual 2-lane carriageway motorway in north-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It forms part of Sydney Metroad 2 and the Sydney Orbital Motorway network.
M2 Medium Tank The Medium Tank M2 was a US tank that was produced in small numbers at the start of the Second World War by the Rock Island Arsenal. A poor design, with thin armour, inadequate main armament and a high profile, it is significant because it provided the foundation for the later Medium Tank M3 and Medium Tank M4 models.
M2 protein The M2 protein is a proton-selective ion channel protein, integral in the cell membrane of the influenza A virus. The channel itself is a homotetramer (consists of four identical M2 units), where the units are helixes stabilized by two disulfide bonds.
M2-2 The M2-2 was a man-portable backpack flamethrower that was used in World War II. Although its actual "burn time" was around 7 seconds and the flame was only effective out to around 33 meters, it was still a decent weapon that had great uses in the war.
M2001 M2001 is a modular mathematical programming language targeted at the development and presentation of mathematical algorithms —from the modern discrete to the classical continuous mathematics. M2001 is built on a semantical framework that is based in category theory and has a syntax similar to that of Pascal or Modula-2.
M203 grenade launcher M203 generally refers to the United States Army designation for a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to the M16 assault rifle or the M4 Carbine. Stand-alone variants exist as do versions capable of being used on many other rifles.
M231 Firing Port Weapon Designed by the Rock Island Armory as a dedicated Firing Port Weapon (or FPW) for the M2/M3 Bradley AFV, the Colt M231 FPW remains in service, although all but the rear two firing ports on the Bradley have been removed.
M234 launcher The M234 Riot Control Launcher is an M16 series rifle attachment firing a M755 blank round. The M234 mounts on the front sight post of the M16 and fires either the M734 64 mm Kinetic Riot Control Round or the M742 64 mm CSI Riot Control Round.
M24 Chaffee The Light Tank M24 was an American light tank used during World War II and in postwar conflicts including the Korean War. In British service it was designated Chaffee, after the United States Army General Adna R.
M24 Sniper Weapon System The M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System) is the military and police version of the Remington 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988. It is also used by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
M247 Sergeant York The M247 Sergeant York DIVAD (Division Air Defense) was a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon. It was intended to replace the M163 Vulcan Air Defense System and fight alongside the M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley fighting vehicles.
M249 Squad Automatic Weapon The M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (M249 SAW) is the United States military designation for a sub-family of the FN Minimi squad automatic weapon (from Mini-mitrailleuse French: "mini-machine gun". Both are 5.
M25 motorway [M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport]. The red light from the overhead gantry, just visible in the distance, is the [[Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling|MIDAS system indicating a reduced speed limit due to congestion]]
M25 Three The M25 Three are Raphael Rowe, Michael Davis, and Randolph Johnson, who were incorrectly jailed for life, following a miscarriage of justice at the Old Bailey in March 1990 for a series of attacks and robberies around the M25, London's orbital motorway, on a night in December, 1988. Michael Davis has always protested his innocence.
M250 series JR Freight M250 Series Super Rail Cargowa produced in 2002 with the objective of reducing emissions and carrying general freight for small package forwarders (such as special delivery services); the M250 Super Rail Cargo is JR Freight's first container train with distributed locomotive power. It is manufactured by Nippon Sharyo, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Toshiba.
M2C2 Communications M2C2 Communications is a Marketing and communication company specialized in Web design, Web development and Web marketing company located in Montréal, Québec, Canada. M2C2 Communications offers their services in french, english and german.
M3 (Cape Town) The M3 is an expressway connecting the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa, to the southern towns of Muizenberg and Simon's Town. It merges with the N2 at Hospital Bend, right next to the Groote Schuur Hospital, and splits off as De Waal Drive towards Cape Town.
M31 (road) There were original plans for a Reading to M3 motorway whick was dubbed the 'M3 - M4 link motorway' which would serve traffic travelling towards the south coast and Kent from the M4 corridor and vice versa instead of taking the longer route round Ringway 4. This was planned at the same time as the London Ringways - which of course was unceremoniously dumped (mostly).
M31 motorway There were original plans for a Reading to M3 motorway whick was dubbed the 'M3 - M4 link motorway' which would serve traffic travelling towards the south coast and Kent from the M4 corridor and vice versa instead of taking the longer route round Ringway 4. This was planned at the same time as the London Ringways - which of course was later scrapped (mostly).
M32R The M32R is a 32-bit embedded RISC microcontroller originally developed and manufactured by Renesas Technology succeeded by a FPGA-implemented MMU'ed M32R which runs Linux, and is supported by the GNU Compiler Collection.
M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck The M35 series of trucks is one of the most long-lived systems deployed by the United States Army. Commonly called the "deuce and a half", they were first fielded in the 1950's and continue to serve with various modifications, in two dozen configurations, in many different militaries.
M38 Wolfhound The M38 Wolfhound was a 6x6 US armoured car produced in 1944 by the Chevrolet division of the General Motors. It was designed as a replacement for the M8 Greyhound series, but the end of the war in 1945 led to the cancellation of the project after the completion of a handful of prototype vehicles.
M3U M3U (MPEG Audio Layer 3 URL) is a computer file format that stores multimedia playlists. It was originally implemented in Winamp, although it is now supported by many applications, including VLC media player, XMMS, foobar2000, JuK, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, iTunes, QuickTime Player, Yahoo!
M4 flame fuel thickening compound M4 flame fuel thickening compound is a nonhygroscopic thickener, adi-acid aluminum soap of isooctanoic acides derived from isooctyl alcohol or isooctyl aldehyd, which are obtained from the oxidization of petroleum.Department of the Army, Military Explosives, TM 9-1300-214, September 1984 M4 is used in fire bombs and incendiary weapons.
M4 money supply With reference to the UK economy, M4 is a definition of the money supply denoting Broad Money, a wide definition of the volume of sterling in the economy, encompassing notes and coin as well as money held in bank accounts. The measure is equivalent to the US M3 (see Money supply for US definitions).
M4 Toll The M4 Toll (sometimes known as the M4 Newport Toll Bypass) is a planned toll motorway to be built around the south of the city of Newport, South Wales, and will be the United Kingdom's second full toll-paying motorway.CBRD M4 Toll Feature, URL accessed 3 August 2006
M40 Field Protective Mask The M40 Field Protective Mask is one of various gas masks used by the military of the United States and its allies to protect from field concentrations of chemical and biological agents, along with radiological fallout particles. It is not effective in an oxygen deficient environment or against ammonia.

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