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Luchs (other)
Luchs (German for ''Lynx'') may refer to: Military * Luchs (tank), a light reconnaissance model of the Panzer II World War II German tank * Spähpanzer Luchs, a German amphibious reconnaissance vehicle in service from 1975 to 2009 * , an Imperial German gunboat commissioned in 1900 * German torpedo boat Luchs, German torpedo boat ''Luchs'', commissioned in 1929 Other uses * Ernst Luchs (1811–1886), German physician and naturalist * Jürg Luchs (born 1956), Swiss cyclist *Luchs, a character from ''Saber Marionette J'' See also *Luch (other) *Lux (other) {{disambiguation, ship, surname Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynx
A lynx is a type of wild cat. Lynx may also refer to: Astronomy * Lynx (constellation) * Lynx (Chinese astronomy) * Lynx X-ray Observatory, a NASA-funded mission concept for a next-generation X-ray space observatory Places Canada * Lynx, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point * Lynx Mountain, in the Canadian Rockies * Lynx Lake (Northwest Territories) * Lynx Formation, a stratigraphical unit in western Canada United States * Lynx, Ohio, a census-designated place * Lynx Lake (Arizona), a reservoir Antarctica * Lynx Rocks, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Transport Vehicles * Leyland Lynx, a model of single-decker bus produced by British Leyland in the 1980s and 1990s * Mercury Lynx, a model of car * Mitsubishi Lynx, a 1993 Mitsubishi Motors concepts, Mitsubishi Motors concept car * GWR no. 2109 Lynx, a South Devon Railway Eagle class steam locomotive * Lynx (tall ship), ''Lynx'' (tall ship), an interpretation of the 1812 privateer schooner, launched in 2001 * Lyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luchs (tank)
The Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. L "''Luchs''" (German for lynx) is a German light tank from the Second World War, developed between 1940 and 1942 by Daimler-Benz and MAN. The ''Luchs'' was the only Panzer II design with the ''Schachtellaufwerk'' overlapping/interleaved road wheels and "slack track" configuration to enter series production, with 100 being built from September 1943 to January 1944 in addition to the conversion of the four Ausf. M tanks. Originally given the experimental designation VK 13.03, it was adopted under the alternate name ''Panzerspähwagen'' II and given the popular name ''Luchs''. The Luchs was larger than the Panzer II Ausf. G in most dimensions. With a six speed transmission (plus reverse), it could reach a speed of with a range of . The FuG 12 and FuG Spr radios were installed, while 330 rounds of 20 mm and 2,250 rounds of 7.92 mm ammunition were carried. History In the summer of 1938, German manufacturing firms Daimler-Benz and MAN began de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spähpanzer Luchs
The Spähpanzer Luchs (English: Scout Armored Car "Lynx") is a German 8x8 amphibious reconnaissance armoured fighting vehicle (''Spähpanzer'') that was in service from 1975 to 2009 with the German Army, who used 408 in their armoured reconnaissance battalions. It was developed by Daimler-Benz between 1968 and 1975, replacing the M41 and the Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz. Design The all-wheel drive Luchs made by Thyssen-Henschel (now: Rheinmetall) is well armoured, has an NBC protection system and is characterized by its low-noise running. The eight large low-pressure tyres have run-flat properties. At speeds up to about 50 km/h, all four axles can be steered. As a special feature, the vehicle is equipped with a rear-facing driver with his own driving position. Up to the first combat effectiveness upgrade in 1986, the Luchs was fully amphibious and could surmount water obstacles quickly and independently using propellers at the rear and the fold back trim vane at the fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Torpedo Boat Luchs
''Luchs'' was the fourth of six Type 24 torpedo boats built for the German Navy (initially called the ''Reichsmarine'' and then renamed as the ''Kriegsmarine'' in 1935) during the 1920s. The boat made multiple non-intervention patrols during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. During World War II, she played a minor role in the Battle of Kristiansand during the Norwegian Campaign of 1940. ''Luchs'' was sunk in Norwegian waters in July by either a British submarine or a floating mine. Design and armament Derived from the preceding Type 23 torpedo boat, the Type 24 was slightly larger and faster, but had a similar armament.Gröner, p. 191 The boats had an overall length of and were long at the waterline. They had a beam of , and a mean draft of . The Type 24s displaced at standard load and at deep load. ''Wolf''s pair of Brown-Boveri geared steam turbine sets, each driving one propeller, were designed to produce using steam from three water-tube boilers which would prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Luchs
Karl Johann Nepomuk Ernst Luchs (3 September 1811 – 3 January 1886) was a German physician in the Silesian spa town of Bad Warmbrunn. He was also a naturalist, aviculturist, and collector of natural history specimens. Two species of birds were named in his honour. Luchs was born in Warmbrunn, now Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój. He studied medicine at the University of Breslau with a dissertation ''De sphygmologia'' (1836) and worked as a spa doctor at Warmbrunn throughout the rest of his life. He was a keen aviculturist and also made a collection of bird skins which he sold in 1878 to Ludwig Graf von Schaffgotsch (1842–1891). The ornithologist Otto Finsch named '' Myiopsitta luchsi'' (now usually treated as a subspecies of the monk parakeet The monk parakeet (''Myiopsitta monachus''), also known as the Quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is a small, bright-green parrot with a greyish breast and greenish-yellow abdomen. Its average lifespan is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürg Luchs
Jürg Luchs (born 29 September 1956) is a Swiss former cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two .... He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1959 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saber Marionette J
is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio Junio. aired on TV Tokyo from October 1, 1996 to March 25, 1997. It is the first installment of the ''Saber Marionette'' franchise. The show was localized in North America by Ocean Productions and into six other languages by various companies. In between production, ''Saber Marionette J'' spun off into other media. A manga serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Dragon Age magazine ran from October 1996 to November 1999, and was collected into five volumes. A concurrent radio drama was broadcast and the show's original soundtrack was published by Kings Records. The show was also the basis for a PlayStation fighting game called ''Saber Marionette J: Battle Sabers'', developed and published by Tom Create. Plot Otaru Mamiya is an 18-year-old day laborer living on his own in the fictional city state of Japoness. Employed as a fish peddler and running a morning's catch, he is hit by a car driven by Mitsurugi Hanagata, an acquainta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luch (other)
Luch may refer to: Places *Luch (landform), an area of originally expansive, boggy lowland in northeast Germany * Luch (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia ;Ukraine * Luch, Mykolaiv Oblast, village in Mykolaiv Raion * Luch, Sumy Oblast, village in Konotop Raion Others * ''Luch'' (newspaper), a Menshevik daily newspaper in Russia, published from 1912 to 1913 * Luch (satellite), a series of Russian relay satellites * Luch (watch), a watch brand made in Minsk, Belarus *Luch Design Bureau Luch Design Bureau ( uk, Державне Київське конструкторське бюро «Луч»), located in Kyiv, Ukraine, is a major Ukrainian developer of components for the defense industry. The company is in close co-operation w ..., Ukrainian weapons manufacturer * Luch Stadium, a stadium in Gomel, Belarus See also * FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok, a soccer team based in Vladivostok, Russia * Luchs (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux (other)
Lux (Latin, 'light') is the SI derived unit of illuminance, which measures the perceived intensity of light. LUX is a gene involved in the circadian rhythms of ''Arabidopsis thaliana''. Lux or LUX may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lux'' (Brian Eno album), 2012 * ''Lux'' (Gemini Syndrome album), 2013 * ''Lux'' (video game), 2002 * '' Lux, King of Criminals'', a 1929 German silent film * ''LUX Magazine'', a fashion magazine by PennWell * Lux Prize, a European Parliament film prize * ''Lux Radio Theatre'', a former American long-running radio anthology series * Lux Style Awards, a Pakistani entertainment industry awards ceremony * ''Life Unexpected'', an American TV series also known as ''Lux'' Fictional entities * Lux Cassidy, in the American TV drama ''Life Unexpected'' * Lux, in the novel and film ''The Virgin Suicides'' * Lux Arcadia, in the light novel series ''Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle'' * Lux, Jayne Cobb's gun in the sci-fi TV series ''Firefly'' * Lux, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
