M6, M06, M.6, or M-6 may refer to:
Military
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M6 bayonet, a bayonet for the M14 rifle
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M6 Bomb Truck
The M6 Bomb Service Truck is a truck that was produced by Chevrolet during World War II. The M6 was a 4x4 truck that was used to tow M5 Bomb Trailers around on airfields. It could move up to five M5 trailers at once. It either used a Beebee winc ...
, a truck used to move bombs during World War II
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M6 Gun Motor Carriage
The 37 mm Gun Motor Carriage M6, also known as M6 Fargo, and under the manufacturer (Dodge)'s designation WC55, was a modified Dodge WC52 light truck mounting a light anti-tank gun. It was used by the United States Army for infantry support ...
, a United States wheeled Tank Destroyer of the Second World War
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M6 gun, a 3" towed artillery piece
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M6 heavy tank
The Heavy Tank M6 was an American heavy tank designed during World War II. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat.
Development
Because of limited budgets for tank development in the interwar years, at the outbreak of Worl ...
, a World War II heavy tank design that never entered full production
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M6 Linebacker
The Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle platform of the United States developed by FMC Corporation and manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, formerly United Defense. It is named after U.S. General Omar Br ...
, an anti-aircraft variant of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle
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M6 mine The M6, M6A1 and M6A2 are a series of metal-cased, circular, heavy anti-tank landmines produced by the United States from May 1944 to May 1945.
Work on the M6 mine began in 1943, after the campaigns in North Africa. Testing had revealed the smalle ...
, a United States metal-cased, circular anti-tank landmine
* M6 ''Mosegris'', Danish designation for
C15TA Armoured Truck
The C15TA Armoured Truck was an armoured load carrier produced by Canada during the Second World War.
It was developed from the Otter Light Reconnaissance Car.
Development
The C15TA Armoured Truck was developed by General Motors Canada along a co ...
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M6 Tractor
The M6 High-Speed Tractor was an artillery tractor used by the US Army during World War II.
Manufactured by Allis-Chalmers, it was used to tow heavy artillery pieces, such as the 8-inch Gun M1 and 240 mm howitzer M1.
Its G-number was (G-184) ...
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M6-640
The M6 Mortar is a 60 mm lightweight infantry mortar made by Hirtenberger AG of Austria.
Models
The mortar is of traditional design with a smoothbore barrel, round baseplate (350 mm diameter), bipod and sight unit and is generally ava ...
, a 60 mm mortar used by the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
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Hirtenberger M6C-210
The Hirtenberger M6C-210 is a light mortar with smoothbore barrel, part of the M6 mortar range designed by Hirtenberger Defense Systems of Austria.
This mortar is equipped with two aiming devices and is characterized by high mobility, which shoul ...
Commando, a 60 mm mortar used by various armies
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LWRC M6
The M6 is a series of carbines designed and manufactured by LWRC International. It is based on the M4 carbine, with which it shares 80% of its parts. The 'M' model name is not a US military designation. Like the HK416, it features a proprietary ...
, a series of United States military carbines based on the M4 carbine
Survival guns
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M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon
The M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon was a specially-made .22 Hornet over .410 bore combination gun issued to United States Air Force aircrews to help forage for food in the event of a plane crash. It was issued from 1952 until the early 1970s, in conj ...
, a .22 Hornet over .410 gauge combination gun
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Springfield Armory M6 Scout
The Springfield Armory M6 Scout is a .22 Hornet over .410 bore combination gun that is virtually identical to the original M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon. It is also made in .22 Long Rifle over .410 bore and .22 Magnum over .410 bore. The Scouts are ...
, a .22 LR over .410 gauge combination gun
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Chiappa M6 Survival Gun
The Chiappa M6 Survival Gun is an over and under combination gun that comes in four versions; with a 12 gauge or 20 gauge shotgun barrel over a .22 Long Rifle or .22 Magnum barrel. It has a similar appearance to the original M6 Aircrew Surviv ...
, a 12 gauge over .22 LR combination gun
Entertainment
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Groupe M6
Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 ( en, M6 Group), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the Public television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT (RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux.
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, a French media holding company
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M6 (TV channel)
M6 (), also known as , is the most profitable private national French public television channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire that owns several TV ...
, a French television channel
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''Mike + The Mechanics'', the sixth album by Mike & The Mechanics
People
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Raúl Meza Ontiveros
Raúl Meza Ontiveros (; 11 December 1966 – 27 March 2007), commonly referred to by his alias "El M6", was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He was the right-hand man ...
, Mexican suspected drug lord, nicknamed "M6"
Technology
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M6 (cipher)
In cryptography, M6 is a block cipher proposed by Hitachi in 1997 for use in the IEEE 1394 FireWire standard. The design allows some freedom in choosing a few of the cipher's operations, so M6 is considered a family of ciphers. Due to export c ...
, a block cipher used by Digital Transmission Content Protection
* M6, a British
peak programme meter
A peak programme meter (PPM) is an instrument used in professional audio that indicates the level of an audio signal.
Different kinds of PPM fall into broad categories:
*True peak programme meter. This shows the peak level of the waveform no ...
standard used for measuring the volume of audio broadcasts
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Meizu M6 miniPlayer
The M6 miniPlayer, from Meizu, is a flash-based portable media player that plays audio files in MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE and Ogg and is also capable of AVI video playback (using the XVID codec) on a 2.4-inch QVGA screen. The Mini Player include ...
, flash-based portable media player
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M6, a
diode
A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other.
A diode ...
electrical component
Transport
Automobiles
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BMW M6
The BMW M6 is a high-performance version of the 6 Series marketed under the BMW M sub-brand from 1983 to 2018 (with a break from 1990 to 2004).
Introduced in the coupe body style, the M6 was also built in convertible and fastback sedan ('Gran C ...
, a high-performance version of the 6 Series automobile.
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BYD M6, an MPV produced by
BYD Auto
BYD Auto Co., Ltd. ("Build Your Dreams") is the automotive subsidiary of the publicly-listed Chinese multinational manufacturer BYD Company, headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. It was founded in January 2003, following BYD Compa ...
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BMW M30
The BMW M30 is a SOHC straight-six petrol engine which was produced from 1968 to 1995. With a production run of 27 years, it is BMW's longest produced engine and was used in many car models.
The first models to use the M30 engine were the BMW 25 ...
, a 1968 2.5 L-2.8 L straight-6 engine
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Presto-Matic
The M6 Presto-Matic was a Chrysler Corporation semi-automatic transmission produced from 1946–1953. It was a special manual transmission with a fluid coupling. Although it had just two forward gears, an electric overdrive unit was attached and ...
, a semi-automatic transmission made by Chrysler
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McLaren M6A
The McLaren M6A was a Group 7 prototype race car deisnged and developed by driver Bruce McLaren, and built by his Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team for their entry in 1967 Can-Am season. As a replacement for the team's M1Bs from 1966, the Chevr ...
, a racing car built by McLaren for the Can-Am series
Aviation
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Amerijet International
Amerijet International Airlines, Inc. is an American cargo airline headquartered in Miami, United States. The airline delivers air freight with its fleet of Boeing 757s and Boeing 767s from its main hub at the Miami International Airport to 48 de ...
(IATA airline designator: M6), a cargo airline based in the United States
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Fokker M.6, a 1916 German two-seat experimental aircraft
* M06,
Havre de Grace Seaplane Base
Havre de Grace Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public-use seaplane base located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Havre de Grace, Maryland, Havre de Grace, a city in Harford County, Maryland, Harford Count ...
FAA LID
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Macchi M.6
The Macchi M.6 was an Italian flying boat fighter prototype of 1917.
Design and development
In 1917, Nieuport-Macchi built the M.6. for comparison with its Macchi M.5 flying boat fighter, which went into service that year and operated successfu ...
, a 1917 Italian flying boat fighter prototype
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Miles M.6 Hawcon, a 1930s British experimental monoplane
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M-6 aero-engine
The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a Internal combustion engine cooling, water-cooled V8 engine, V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the F ...
1920 Soviet copy of the
Hispano-Suiza 8Fb
The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War. The original Hispano-Suiza ...
V-8 aero engine
Public transport
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Bucharest Metro Line M6
M6 is a planned metro line of the Bucharest Metro. The M6 Line will connect Bucharest North railway station (Gara de Nord) to Henri Coandă International Airport (Aeroport Otopeni). The line is expected to be completed by 2025–2030. As of 2019, o ...
, a planned metro line of the Bucharest Metro
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M6 (New York City bus)
The M5 and M55 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor in Manhattan, New York City, running along the Fifth / Sixth Avenues / Riverside Drive Line as well as the southern portion of the Broadway Line after the discontinuation o ...
, a former New York City Bus route in Manhattan
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M6 (Istanbul Metro)
Line M6, officially referred to as the M6 Levent – Boğaziçi Üniversitesi/Hisarüstü line, is a light metro line of the Istanbul Metro. The line opened for public service on 19 April 2015. Except for the very small Tünel, this line is the ...
, a short metro line in Istanbul, Turkey
* M6, a Washington, D.C. Metrobus route
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Sri Lanka Railways M6
Sri Lanka Railways M6 is a class of 16 Diesel-electric locomotives imported to Sri Lanka in 1979. Manufactured by Thyssen-Henschel in Kassel, West Germany, under licence from Electro-Motive Division of the United States. As an EMD G22M, it has a V ...
, a diesel-electric locomotive used in Sri Lanka
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M6 (railcar)
The M2, M4 and M6 were three similar series of electric multiple unit rail cars produced by the Budd Company (M2), Tokyu Car Corporation (M4), and Morrison-Knudsen (M6) for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the Connecticut Depar ...
, a Metro-North Railroad railcar
Roads
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Frederik Meijer Trail
The Frederik Meijer M-6 Trail, formerly called the M-6 Trail, is a rail trail in Kent County, Michigan. It connects the Paul Henry-Thornapple Rail Trail with the Kent Trails in Byron Township, Michigan.
Description
The trail starts at a juncti ...
, formerly the M-6 Trail, a bike trail running along the M-6 freeway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area
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Highway M06 (Ukraine)
Highway M06 is a Ukrainian international highway ( M-highway) connecting Kyiv to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it continues as Hungarian main road 4 to Záhony and Budapest.
General overview
The M06 is a major transnational corridor an ...
, a road in Ukraine
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M6 motorway
The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 and the western end of the A14 at t ...
, a motorway in Great Britain
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M6 Toll
The M6 Toll, referred to on signs as the Midland Expressway (originally named the Birmingham Northern Relief Road or BNRR), and stylised as M6toll, connects M6 Junction 3a at the Coleshill Interchange to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with ...
, a toll motorway which relieves traffic on the neighbouring M6
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M-6 (Michigan highway)
M-6, or the Paul B. Henry Freeway, is a east–west freeway and state trunkline highway in the United States that serves portions of southern Kent and eastern Ottawa counties south of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Although the freeway is named for P ...
, a state highway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area
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M6 highway (Russia)
The Russian route P22 (also known as the ''Caspian Highway'') is a major trunk road that links Moscow to the Caspian Sea. The road runs from Stupino, then heads southeast across Ryazan Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, and Volgograd Oblas ...
, another name for the Caspian Highway
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M6 motorway (Hungary)
The M6 motorway ( hu, M6-os autópálya) is a north-south motorway in Hungary running along the Danube connecting Budapest to the seat of Baranya county Pécs, and further south to the Croatian border.
The southernmost Bóly - Ivándárda (bord ...
, a north–south motorway connecting Budapest to Pécs and Croatia
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M6 motorway (Ireland)
The M6 motorway ( ga, Mótarbhealach M6) is a motorway in Ireland, which runs (together with the M4) from Dublin to Galway. The M6 extends from its junction with the M4 at Kinnegad all the way west to the outskirts of Galway City, but the Ath ...
, a motorway forming part of the N6 Dublin to Galway national primary route
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M6 Road (Zambia), a road in Zambia
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M6 (Cape Town)
The M6 is a short metropolitan route in Cape Town, South Africa. It connects the Cape Town CBD with Glencairn on the False Bay coast via Sea Point, Camps Bay and Hout Bay. It is an alternative route to the M4 for travel between Cape Town CB ...
, a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa
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M6 (Johannesburg)
M6 is a short metropolitan route in Randburg, South Africa. It begins in the western suburb of Glen Dayson and ends in the east on Bram Fischer Drive in Ferndale.
Route
The western terminus of the M6 begins as t-junction with Christian De Wet ...
, a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa
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M6 (Pretoria)
The M6 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West with a rural area east of Pretoria via Pretoria CBD, Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Wapadrand.
Route
The M6 route begins in-between Pr ...
, a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa
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M6 (Port Elizabeth)
The M6 is a metropolitan route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa that connects the eastern part of Despatch with the Uitenhage (Kariega) town centre.
Route
The M6 begins at a junction with the M19 route east of the De ...
, a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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M6 Motorway (Sydney)
The M6 Motorway is an under-construction motorway consisting of twin, 4-kilometre long tunnels linking the M8 Motorway (Sydney), M8 Motorway at Arncliffe, New South Wales, Arncliffe to President Avenue at Kogarah, New South Wales, Kogarah. Stag ...
, a proposed motorway in
New South Wales
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
Other uses
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Butterfly Cluster
The Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name derives from the vague resemblance of its shape to a butterfly. The Trumpler classification of ...
, catalogued as Messier 6 or M6, an open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius
* shorthand for king
Mohammed VI of Morocco
Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II.
Upon ascending to the throne, Moham ...
* M6
ISO metric screw thread
The ISO metric screw thread is the most commonly used type of general-purpose screw thread worldwide. They were one of the first international standards agreed when the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was set up in 1947.
Th ...
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Mark Sixma
Mark Sixma () is a Dutch trance and house music producer and DJ. In his career, Sixma has worked on collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabanci and W&W, among others. He’s best known for his hit singles Sinfonia, X, Chased with A ...
, Dutch trance and house producer
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Leica M6
The Leica M6 is a rangefinder camera manufactured by Leica from 1984 to 2002 until its major reissue in 2022.
The M6 combines the silhouette of the Leica M3 and Leica M4 with a modern, off-the-shutter light meter
A light meter is a device us ...
, a rangefinder camera once popular among photojournalists
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Canon EOS M6
The Canon EOS M6 is a digital mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera announced by Canon on February 14, 2017, and released in April 2017. As with all of the Canon EOS M series cameras, the M6 uses the Canon EF-M lens mount.
The camera's screen ...
, a mirrorless digital camera
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SureFire M6 Guardian
SureFire, LLC. is an American company headquartered in Fountain Valley, California. Their main products are flashlights, weapon-mounted lights, headlamps, and laser sights. In addition, Surefire produces knives, sound suppressors, earplugs, Pic ...
, a flashlight
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