Indeed it might be a more appropriate vehicle than NATO for the development of a parliamentary organ of the Atlantic nations, because it could encompass all of the members of the Atlantic community including those, like Sweden and Switzerland, who are unwilling to be associated with an essentially military alliance like Aj.

Unfortunately, `` Poised For Violence '' was not the happiest vehicle with which to make the point.

It has entered the Southern African Development Community as a vehicle for improving ties with its largely Anglophone neighbors to the south.

Around 500 BCE, following the Achaemenid conquest of Mesopotamia under Darius I, Old Aramaic was adopted by the conquerors as the " vehicle for written communication between the different regions of the vast empire with its different peoples and languages.

These and most other cities and large towns are now connected with asphalt-paved roads, while smaller towns are often connected by dirt roads, which may require a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

The latter is often referred to as either vehicular assault or aggravated assault with a motor vehicle.

As a result of this, the main battle tank ( MBT ) conceived in the Cold War era can survive multiple RPG strikes with minimal effect on the crew or the operation of the vehicle.

An armoured fighting vehicle ( or armored fighting vehicle ; AFV ) is a combat vehicle, protected by strong armour and armed with weapons.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

The only vehicle with the qualities of an assault gun to be fielded after the removal of the M50 and M56 from service within the US military was the M551 Sheridan.

A tank destroyer is a type of armored fighting vehicle armed with a gun or missile launcher, and is designed specifically to engage enemy armored vehicles.

The StuG III was the most-produced German armored fighting vehicle of any type built during the war years, with some 9, 400 examples built from January 1940 through March 1945.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

Self-propelled howitzers are permanently mounted on a carriage or vehicle with room for the crew and ammunition and are thus capable of moving quickly from one firing position to another, both to support the fluid nature of modern combat and to avoid counter-battery fire.

Image showing shock waves from NASA's X-43A hypersonic research vehicle in flight at Mach 7, generated using a computational fluid dynamics algorithm. On September 30, 1935 an exclusive conference was held in Rome with the topic of high velocity flight and the possibility of breaking the sound barrier.

Therefore, the goals of an aerodynamicist have shifted from understanding the behavior of fluid flow to understanding how to engineer a vehicle to interact appropriately with the fluid flow.

It is not advisable to travel into these especially remote areas with a single vehicle, unless fully equipped with good communication technology ( e. g. a satellite phone, EPIRB etc .).

Beacons may be constructed with halogen bulbs similar to those used in vehicle headlamps, xenon flashtubes, or LEDs.

Its rider sat astride a wooden frame supported by two in-line wheels and pushed the vehicle along with his / her feet while steering the front wheel.

The connections of the bogie with the rail vehicle allow a certain degree of rotational movement around a vertical axis pivot ( bolster ), with side bearers preventing excessive movement.

Constructed of lightweight materials such as aluminium and plastic, this 246 kg ( 542 lb ) ( unladen ) tricycle vehicle uses a 336 volt, 3. 3 kilowatt-hour nickel-cadmium battery or a 6 kilowatt-hour nickel metal hydride battery and 3 kilowatt electric motor for primary power to the drivetrain.

* Category C1 + E allows the holder to drive a large goods vehicle with a maximum authorised mass ( gross vehicle weight ) of up to with a trailer over maximum authorised mass, provided that the maximum authorised mass of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the vehicle being driven and that the combined maximum authorised mass of both the vehicle and trailer does not exceed.

However, a vehicle with an unladen mass of 2650 kg and a MAM of 4005 kg, with a trailer MAM of will give a combined MAM of-but because the MAM of the trailer ( 2700 kg ) exceeds the Unladen Weight of the vehicle being driven ( 2650 kg ), you would need a Category C + E licence to drive that vehicle.

* Category D1 + E allows the holder to drive a vehicle with between nine and sixteen passenger seats with a trailer over 750 kg maximum authorised mass, provided that the maximum authorised mass of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the vehicle being driven and the combined maximum authorised mass of both the vehicle and trailer does not exceed 12 t ( 12000 kg ).

** For example, a vehicle with an unladen mass of 2650 kg and a MAM of 4005 kg, with a trailer MAM of 2200 kg will give a combined MAM of 6205 kg-but the Unladen Mass of the vehicle being driven ( 2650 kg ) is greater than the MAM of the trailer ( 2200 kg ) so is acceptable.

However, a vehicle with an unladen mass of 2650 kg and a MAM of 4005 kg, with a trailer MAM of 2700 kg will give a combined MAM of 6705 kg-but because the MAM of the trailer ( 2700 kg ) exceeds the Unladen Weight of the vehicle being driven ( 2650 kg ), you would need a Category D + E licence to drive that vehicle.

D1 + E Combinations of vehicles where the towing vehicle is in subcategory D1 and its trailer has a MAM of over 750 kg, provided that the MAM of the combination thus formed does not exceed 12000 kg, and the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle.

During development, it was found that the comparatively heavy rear-mounted engine moved the center of mass of the vehicle rearwards.

Another fairly detailed vehicle system, designed and optimized for crewed Solar System exploration, " Discovery II ", based on the D < sup > 3 </ sup > He reaction but using hydrogen as reaction mass, has been described by a team from NASA's Glenn Research Center.

According to John Storm Roberts, R & B became the vehicle for the return of Cuban elements into mass popular music.

Achievable mass ratios are highly dependent on many factors such as propellant type, the design of engine the vehicle uses, structural safety margins and construction techniques.

Where m is the instantaneous mass of the vehicle and is the net force acting on the rocket ( mostly thrust but air drag and other forces can play a part.

Peak accelerations can be increased by designing the vehicle with a reduced mass, usually achieved by a reduction in the fuel load and tankage and associated structures, but obviously this reduces range, delta-v and burn time.

The minimal mass of vehicle consists of a rocket engine with minimal fuel and structure to carry it.

* LR ( Light Rigid )-A ' Class LR ' covers a rigid vehicle with a GVM ( gross vehicle mass ) of more than 4. 5 tons but not more than 8 tons.

Thus a single-stage rocket is at a disadvantage because it must carry its entire vehicle mass to orbit, which in turn reduces payload capacity.

Some designs for SSTO attempt to use airbreathing jet engines that collect oxidiser and reaction mass from the atmosphere to reduce the take-off weight of the vehicle.

Merely launching a large total quantity reduces the manufacturing costs per vehicle, similar to how the mass production of automobiles brought about great increases in affordability.

Whereas reusable SSTOs would reduce per launch costs by making a reusable high-tech vehicle that launches frequently with low maintenance, the " mass production " approach views the technical advances as a source of the cost problem in the first place.

Trucks may emit lower air pollution emissions than cars per equivalent vehicle mass, although the absolute level per vehicle distance traveled is higher, and diesel particulate matter is especially problematic for health.

The 117, 000 pound Castor 120 first stage has a propellant mass fraction of 92. 23 % while the 31, 000 pound Castor 30 upper stage recently developed for Orbital Science's Taurus II COTS ( International Space Station resupply ) launch vehicle has a 91. 3 % propellant fraction with 2. 9 % graphite epoxy motor casing, 2. 4 % nozzle, igniter and thrust vector actuator, and 3. 4 % non-motor hardware including such things as payload mount, interstage adapter, cable raceway, instrumentation, etc.

A 1 km long mass driver made of superconducting coils can accelerate a 20 kg vehicle to 10. 5 km / s at a conversion efficiency of 80 %, and average acceleration of 5, 600 g.

To launch a space vehicle with humans on board, a mass driver's track would need to be several hundreds of kilometers long if providing almost all the velocity to Low Earth Orbit, though lesser length can provide major launch assist.

The second digit of the registration plate showed what mass limit was allowed for that vehicle.

If a vehicle had a ' V ' as the second letter, its mass limits were in line with the eastern states mass limits, which were:

* Gross combination mass on a 6 axle vehicle not to exceed

If a vehicle had a ' X ' as the second letter, its mass limits were in line with the western states mass limits, which were:

* Gross combination mass on a 6 axle vehicle not to exceed