A naval ram is a weapon fitted to varied types of ships, dating back to antiquity. The weapon comprised an underwater prolongation of the bow of the ship...

warship CSS Virginia rammed the Union frigate Cumberland, sinking her almost immediately. Another significant use of the naval ram occurred during the...

siege engines Naval ram – A battering ram-like device fitted to naval vessels, used to attack, disable and/or sink enemy ships Ramming – various military...

they were finished and that naval tactics were in a state of flux. Many ironclads were built to make use of the naval ram, the torpedo, or sometimes both...

The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish...

RAM, Ram, or ram in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ram, ram, or RAM most commonly refers to: A male sheep Random-access memory, computer memory Ram...

the naval ram was a weapon that dominated Mediterranean naval warfare for nearly five hundred years. The use and devastating force of the ram is evidenced...

incoming fire before opening fire. But while naval Phalanx systems fire tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the C-RAM uses the 20mm HEIT-SD (high-explosive incendiary...

warships seemingly impervious to cast cannon. The inadequacy of naval artillery caused the naval ram to reappear as a means of sinking armored warships. The rapidity...

Tonnini; Entrance stairway; Winged Victory on naval ram by Edoardo Rubino; Winged Victory on naval ram by Edoardo De Albertis; Tomb of the Italian Unknown...