Pak 57

Development

After the second World War, Switzerland sought to retrofit it's armed forces, their anti tank guns at the time were mostly older German 75mm guns that were not sufficient for their needs. The Pak 57 and Pak 50 designs were the first domestic designs intended to replace them. The Pak 57, though slightly heavier than the Pak 50, had a very short barrel for an anti-tank gun and was much lighter than foreign designs such as the 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3.

History

The Pak 57 was not accepted into service with the Swiss military and no examples exist today

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Pak

Pak or PAK may refer to:

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PAK (band)

PAK is a New York City based band. They are signed to John Zorn's Tzadik label.

PAK was originally formed by Ron Anderson in 2000, after he spent some time with The Molecules. The original line-up consisted of Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Will Redmond, and Race Age. This line-up released the album 100% Human Hair. In 2003, Race Age was replaced by Keith Abrams, Redmond left the group, and that version released Motel, which was well received. This version of the group also performed at the Bowery Poetry Club with Jac Berrocal.

In 2007, Anderson reconfigured the group, switching from guitar to bass, and recruiting Tim Byrnes on various instruments. This version of the group toured Europe (as a duo, with Abrams and Anderson along with occasional guest musicians), and is currently working on their next release. The band played shows in 2012 with Nonoko Yoshida.

Reviews

Norwegian publication Tarkus Magazine described PAK as a combination of Otis Redding, Captain Beefheart, Gentle Giant and The Talking Heads. Glenn Astaria of Jazz Review described Motel as a tangled web of complexities complete with off-kilter ostinatos, driving bass lines and peppery horns.Alex Lozupone described a 2008 show at The Stone as "varying amounts of frantic, synchronized playing ... more ambient noise pieces ... some nice established grooves ... chess references, keyboard sounds that brought back memories of Mr Bungle's first album, some synchronized sax and trumpet playing, a nigh-hardcore song in Spanish, an amazing drum solo in a time signature that felt like it might be 29/16 or 31/16, and equipment emitting an interesting plastic smoky smell (that) made for a memorable night.".

Park (Korean surname)

Park(박) is a notable Korean surname, traditionally founded by King Hyeokgeose Park (박혁거세) and theoretically inclusive of all his descendants. In Chinese characters (Hanja), it is written as 朴, which is the simplified version of 樸(pu). The name "Park" is usually assumed to come from the Korean noun 박 bak, which means "bottle gourd," or the Korean adjective stem 밝 balk-, which means "bright." In Chinese, it is read as follows: piáo, pǔ, pò, pō. In Korean(박), it is read as 'bak'.

Founding legend

According to Samguk Sagi, a white horse led a village chief to the location of a big egg, and King Hyeokgeose was said to have been hatched from it amid rays of light. the ray of light, or radiance, in pure Korean, "박" is pronounced "Park" or "Bhak". The Chinese character "朴" (pronounced piao in Mandarin and boku in Japanese) was chosen in antiquity to represent the sound. And since 樸 is the traditional character for 朴, they are used together.

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