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M60 machine gun
The M60 machine gun is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun adopted by the US Army in 1957 and widely used in the Vietnam War.
M60 tank
The M60 tank, also known as the M60 Patton, is an American main battle tank adopted in 1959 as an upgraded M48, serving until 1997.
M60T tank
The M60T is a Turkish main battle tank based on M60A1 hulls upgraded to the Israeli Sabra Mk II design, delivered from 2002 to 2010.
M61 Vulcan
The M61 Vulcan, also called the Vulcan cannon, is a six-barrel 20 mm Gatling-type rotary cannon developed by General Electric for US Air Force fighters and adopted in 1956.
M62 motorway
The M62 is a motorway in northern England running east–west from Liverpool to Hull across the Pennines, linking Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Hull, completed in 1976.
M62H
M62H (PSR J1701–3006H) is a 3.70 ms millisecond pulsar in globular cluster M62; its companion M62H b, confirmed in 2024 via MeerKAT pulsar timing, has a 3.2-hour orbit and mass above 2.47 Jupiter masses.
M65 atomic cannon
The M65 atomic cannon, nicknamed "Atomic Annie," was a US Army 280-mm artillery piece and the first gun to fire an atomic warhead, in the 1953 "Grable" test.
M67 grenade
The M67 grenade, also designated C13, is the US military's standard spherical steel fragmentation hand grenade since type classification in March 1970, killing or disabling personnel with high-velocity fragments.
M7 Priest
The M7 Priest, officially the 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7, was an American World War II self-propelled howitzer that mounted a 105 mm gun on a tank chassis.
M72 LAW
The M72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon) is a 66 mm man-portable, single-shot, disposable rocket launcher developed for the US Army in 1959 and still in service with over 30 countries.
M74 motorway
The M74 is a motorway in southern Scotland running from central Glasgow to Gretna near the English border, continuing as the M6 toward Carlisle.
M777 howitzer
The M777 howitzer, informally the Triple 7, is a lightweight 155 mm towed howitzer used by the United States, Canada, Australia, India, and other countries.
M79 grenade launcher
The M79 grenade launcher, nicknamed the Thumper, is a single-shot, break-action, shoulder-fired weapon firing a 40×46mm grenade, developed by Springfield Armory and adopted in 1960.
M795
The M795 is the standard 155-millimeter high-explosive projectile of the US Army and Marine Corps, replacing the M107 in the 1990s and central to expanded artillery production for Ukraine.
M8 (railcar)
The M8 is a dual-voltage electric multiple-unit railcar built by Kawasaki Rail Car for the Metro-North New Haven Line and CTrail Shore Line East, entering service in 2011.
M8 Greyhound
The M8 Greyhound, also known as the M8 armored car, was an American six-wheeled light armored car of World War II, built by Ford and used for reconnaissance.
M81
Messier 81 (M81, NGC 3031, Bode's Galaxy) is a grand-design spiral galaxy in Ursa Major about 11.6 million light-years away, discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1774.
M82
M82, also called the Cigar Galaxy, is a starburst galaxy in Ursa Major about 12 million light-years from Earth, forming stars ten times faster than the Milky Way.
M82 X-1
M82 X-1 is the brightest ultraluminous X-ray source in the starburst galaxy Messier 82, about 12 million light-years away, and a leading candidate for an intermediate-mass black hole.
M829
The M829 is the US Army's family of 120 mm depleted uranium armor-piercing tank rounds fired from the Abrams, first used in combat in the 1991 Gulf War.
M83 (band)
M83 is a French electronic project formed in 1999 in Antibes by Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, named after the Messier 83 galaxy; known for Hurry Up, We're Dreaming and Midnight City.
M87*
M87 is the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, with a mass of about 6.5 billion Suns, first imaged in April 2019.
M88 Recovery Vehicle
The M88 Recovery Vehicle is a U.S. Army armored tracked recovery vehicle that retrieves, lifts, and tows disabled combat vehicles like the M60 Patton and M1 Abrams tanks.
M9 (railcar)
The M9 (LIRR M9) is a Kawasaki-built electric multiple unit railcar serving the Long Island Rail Road since September 2019, replacing the M3 and supporting Grand Central Madison service.
M9 bayonet
The M9 bayonet is a multi-purpose United States Army knife and bayonet adopted in 1986, serving on the M16 and M4 rifles as a knife, saw, and wire cutter.
M9 flamethrower
The M9 flamethrower was the last portable backpack flamethrower in American infantry service, used by the Army and Marine Corps from the 1950s until it was replaced in 1974.
M982 Excalibur
The M982 Excalibur is a 155 mm GPS-guided, extended-range artillery shell used by the US Army and allied armies, accurate to under 10 meters at ranges up to 70 km.
Ma (2019 film)
Ma (2019 film) is an American psychological horror film directed by Tate Taylor. It stars Octavia Spencer as Sue Ann, a woman who traps teenagers in her Ohio basement.
Ma Anand Sheela
Ma Anand Sheela, born Sheela Ambalal Patel, is an Indian-born former secretary of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh who ran his Oregon commune from 1981 until fleeing in 1985.
Ma and Pa Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle are the fictional rural couple played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, spun off from The Egg and I (1947) into nine Universal comedies (1949-1957) that helped save the studio from bankruptcy.