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  • The answer is yes: A teleconverter can give you a longer range, making an 85-mm lens similar to a 120-mm lens, for example.

    Tips: Pros and cons of teleconverter lenses for SLRs 2010

  • The answer is yes: A teleconverter can give you a longer range, making an 85-mm lens similar to a 120-mm lens, for example.

    Tips: Pros and cons of teleconverter lenses for SLRs 2010

  • An Israeli defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to make the information public, said it appeared the military used 120-mm shells, among the largest mortar rounds.

    The Invaluable PalestineChronicle.com Hacked by Israeli Hackers 2009

  • Left: Present: U.S. Abrams M1A2 Considered by many to be the finest tank in the world, the Abrams M1A2 is the mainstay of the U.S. Army. It has advanced armor and a 120-mm gun with a computerized control system capable of scoring a first-round hit against a moving target several kilometers away.

    Titans of War: Tanks Reshape the Battlefield 2008

  • Another advantage of the M-1A1s: they are equipped with bigger and more powerful 120-mm guns than the M1s, which carry 105 mms.

    The Wrong Tanks 2008

  • At one site stood a truckmounted mortar, the same 120-mm type that had killed 68 civilians in Markale market.

    Counting Down 2008

  • Concluding the litany of woes, the report then goes on to say that the military have completely run out of spares for radios, ICT systems, night vision and optical equipment, 120-mm mortars, forward air control and Aladin mini-UAVs.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Helen 2007

  • With a deafening crash, the 120-mm tank shell slammed into the ground about 100 meters away from us, shattering windows and rocking the earth.

    In The Thick Of It 2007

  • They just simply call in the high explosive mortars, the 120-mm mortars.

    CNN Transcript Apr 6, 2003 2003

  • Ndahiro said Ugandan units had been using 120-mm caliber mortar shells and anti-aircraft guns to pound the Rwandans positioned in many locations throughout the Congo River port.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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