Группа из 20 женщин сегодня приступила к обучению по специальности «помощник машиниста» в учебном центре профессиональных квалификаций Екатеринбурга. Всего в программе ОАО «РЖД» по подготовке женщин-машинистов уже участвуют 36 человек, они проходят подготовку в учебных центрах ОАО «РЖД» в трех городах:...

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The OICW - Objective Individual Combat Weapon - was part of a program in the 1980s and 1990s to replace the whole lineup of uS small arms with a consolidated group of new high-tech ones. The M4, M16, and M203 would be replaced by the OICW, the M240, M2, and Mk 19 would be replaced by the Objective Crew Served Weapon, the M40 sniper rifle would be replaced by the Objective Sniper Weapon, and the M9 pistol would be replaced by the Objective Personal Weapon. The OICW was basically a mashup of a 5.56mm carbine with a semiautomatic 20mm grenade launchers. The weapon received a lot of attention because it sounded really impressive on paper - the grenades could be programmed with a laser rangefinder to detonate at any desired range. Just past walls, just inside windows, that sort of thing. The weapon had a big multi-function optical sight that would allow both day and night vision and a bunch of…