Sinking-4 (沉-4, or Chen-4) bottom mine is a small Chinesenaval mine with non-contact fuses. It was jointly developed by the 710th Research Institute and the Eastern Wind Instrumentation Factory (东风仪表厂). This mine is the bottom mine counterpart of the Drifting-2 drifting mine, and like the latter, this mine can be taken apart for easy transportation and reassembled just prior to being planted.
Chen-5 bottom mine — The Sinking 5 (Chen 5) is a Chinese naval mine. It is a small bottom mine, like the Sinking 4 bottom mine and Drifting 2 drifting mine it was designed around the concept of People’s War of guerrilla warfare. It can be dismantled for easy… … Wikipedia
Chen-3 bottom mine — The Sinking 3 (沉 3, or Chen 3) is a Chinese naval mine. It was is the successor of Sinking 2 (Chen 2) bottom mine, and it was jointly developed by the Vanguard Instrumentation Factory (前卫仪表厂) and Suzhou Maritime Machinery Factory (苏州船用机械厂) in… … Wikipedia
Chen-2 bottom mine — The Sinking 2 (Chinese: 沉 2, Transliteration: Chen 2) bottom mine was the first indigenous designed Chinese naval mine that could adopt a range of fuzes, such as acoustic, contact, infrasonic, ultrasonic and magnetic fuzes. The project was… … Wikipedia
Chen-1 bottom mine — The Sinking 1 (沉 1, or Chen 1) naval mine is the fourth type of naval mine entering Chinese service in 1966. It is a bottom mine jointly developed by the 710th research institute, the 152nd Factory and Fengxi Machinery Factory (汾西机器厂), and it was … Wikipedia
Magnetic proximity fuze — A Magnetic proximity fuze was patented by P.J. Eliomarkakis, (United States Patent US2434551 of January 13, 1948) [1] although similar devices had been in service for nearly a decade. It is a type of proximity fuze that initiates a detonator in a … Wikipedia
List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have … Wikipedia
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2007 in China — Events from the year 2007 in ChinaEventsJanuary*January 1: CITIC, a state owned investment enterprise of the Chinese government, buys Nations Energy Company, a Canadian petroleum extraction company, giving it a majority stake in KazMunayGas, the… … Wikipedia
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