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ShVAK cannon
The ShVAK (Russian: , "Shpitalny-Vladimirov large-calibre for aircraft") was a 20 mm autocannon used by the Soviet Union during World War II. It entered production in 1936 and was installed in many Soviet aircraft including Yakovlev Yak-1, Polikarpov I-153 and I-16, Lavochkin La-5 and La-7, LaGG-3..
Shvan
Shvan, a Sanskrit word meaning a dog, finds repeated references in Vedic and later Hindu mythologies, and such references include the following: The bitch of Indra, and Indo-Aryan god, is named Sarama, and it is mentioned in the Rig Veda. Its offspring became the watch dog of Yama. Yudhishthira, on..
Shvernik Commission
Shvernik Commission (Shvernik's Commission, Russian: ) was an informal name of the commission of the CPSU Central Committee Presidium headed by Nikolay Shvernik for the investigation of political repressions in Soviet Union during the period of Stalinism. Other members were Alexander Shelepin, Zinov..
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
The Shvetashvatara Upanishad is one of the older, "primary" Upanishads. It is associated with the Black Yajurveda. It figures as number 14 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. Adi Shankara has called it the "Mantra Upanishad" of the Vedic Shvetashvatara school in his commentary on Brahma sutras...
Shvetsov
Arkadiy Dmitrievich Shvetsov (Аркадий Дмитриевич Швецов) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer whose OKB was founded in Perm, USSR, in 1934, to produce the Wright Cyclone-derived Shvetsov M-25 engine. Under Shvetsov, his OKB became the primary provider of radial piston engines..
Shvetsov ASh-82
The Shvetsov ASh-82 (M-82) is an air-cooled radial piston engine developed from Shvetsov M-62 which entered production in 1940 and saw service in a number of Soviet aircraft. It powered Tupolev Tu-2 and Pe-8 bombers and when the inline engine-powered LaGG-3 was adopted for ASh-82, the famous Lavoch..
Shvetsov M-11
Shvetsov M-11F The Shvetsov M-11 was designed under the 1923 competition for a new engine to power trainer aircraft. It is a single-row five-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine with aluminum cylinder heads. Uniquely, pushrods actuating the valves were driven by individual cams on each cy..
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