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Door breaching - Wikipedia  Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open ... Weapons used can range from small arms to the 120mm cannon of a main battle ... Most shotgun ammunition can be used for breaching, though the risk of injury varies with type. .... FM 7-8 INFANTRY RIFLE PLATOON AND SQUAD.
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J! Archive - Show #4823, aired 2005-07-20  When sent down, the rescue capsule for the Quecreek miners in this ... An old infantry weapon, or the type of "pole" used to tear down walls...
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Anti-tank warfare - Wikipedia  Anti-tank warfare arose as a result of the need to develop technology and tactics to destroy ... The predominant anti-tank weapons at the start of the Second World War were ... limbered (towed) anti-tank guns and anti-tank grenades used by the infantry ..... This type of tank destroyer had the advantage of a reduced silhouette,...
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Mughal weapons - Wikipedia  Mughal weapons significantly evolved during the ruling periods of Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb ... Weapons used for more distant attack were the bow and arrow (Kaman & Tir), the ... One kind of short sword was called the nimchah-shamsher. .... Legend told that the bow and arrow were brought down straight from Heaven and...
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Medieval Weapons - Medieval Warfare  A falchion ( from Old French fauchon, ultimately from Latin falx "sickle") is a ... The Longsword is a type of European sword used during the late medieval period, ... For close personal infantry combat, however, the longsword was prized for its .... Most cultures mainly fought with pole weapons, swords, and axes at arm's length...
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Fortification - Wikipedia  Blast pen protecting a Supermarine Spitfire in Italy, circa 1944. Fortifications on the Iraq-Iran Border, viewed from the ISS, 2014. Fortifications are military constructions or buildings designed for the defense of territories in ... Roman forts and hill forts were the main antecedents of castles in Europe, which ... History[edit].
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Lance - Wikipedia  Norman cavalry attacks the Anglo-Saxon shield wall at the Battle of Hastings as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. The lances are held with a one-handed over-the-head grip. The lance is a pole weapon or spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry ... Lances were often equipped with a vamplate  a small circular plate to...
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Medieval Weapons used by knights by Connor Binkley on Prezi  The weapons used during the Middle Ages included the Crossbow. The correct term for a crossbow is an Arbalest. The crossbow applied engineering to the short bow. The crossbow bolt, unlike a light flying arrow, was short with a deadly point. The crossbow range was 350  400 yards but could only be shot at a rate of 2...
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An Electromagnetic Catapult For Hurling Planes Into The Air ...  Jun 9, 2015 ... No runway is more limiting for a plane than an aircraft carrier deck. ... The device borrows its name from the iconic medieval siege engines, which hurled ... but they look completely different, with only their names giving away the similarity. Steam catapults used steam pressure to launch a piston which pulled...
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World War 2 Weapons - History of American Wars  The backstory of World War 2 weapons used on land, sea and air was the focus of ... the government distributed to its citizens this type of weapon which followed the ... to improve the grasp of the throwing hand and increase its deadly fragments ... Machine guns are a hybrid falling between small arms and traditional artillery.
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The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years' War  De Re Militari  Jun 30, 2014 ... A tactical revolution based on the use of linear formations of drilled musketeers ... of the Hundred Years' War, and solidly in place by the end of that conflict. .... their military services,48 but part of the reason why the great nobles needed .... used some type of gunpowder weapon (crakkis of wer) during the...
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Kanab - Wikipedia  The kanab () was a spiked/knobbed club or truncheon used in feudal Japan as a weapon by samurai and their retainers. Other related weapons of this type are the nyoibo, konsaibo, tetsub (), and the ararebo. Related solid iron weapons with no spikes or knobs are the kanemuchi ... The shape could be that of a baseball bat with a thick heavy end tapering...
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Siege Warfare - The Roman Empire  In conducting sieges the Romans showed their practical genius combined with ... a defensive wall and ditch and spread their units around these fortifications. ... inserted into a hole in the wall made by the ram and with which stones would be dragged out. ... The Roman army used several types of powerful siege weapons for...
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Amazing, Rare Photographs of the Berlin Wall Coming Down | History  Nov 7, 2014 ... Men hammering through the Wall as E. German guards fire water cannon ... In the distance I saw uniformed, armed men standing motionless with ..... 9th 1989 here: http://youtu.be/fjNz1lvXgzU - and try to see if you see ... Then you watch this footage from German TV news (jump to 2:00) and ... City / State.
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March | 2011 | The Oldspeak Journal  Mar 30, 2011 ... I can't imagine he has, because they're reason enough to initiate complete ... Yet when the shots rang out, some soldiers didn't seem especially ..... old frag grenades, bent RPG tails, duct-taped claymore mines, C-4, ... First Gibbs fired the AK-47 into a nearby wall and dropped the .... Snitches get stitches..
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France calls its capability to use this type of weapon its - Trivia Bistro  Jeopardy Question: POLITICAL TERMS - France calls its capability to use this type of weapon its "Force de Frappe"
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Zulu weapons used in the slaughter of British troops at the infamous ...  Jan 9, 2014 ... Collection: Zulu stabbing spears (left) and staffs, collected as part of the set of ... A collection of weapons used to slaughter British troops at the famous battle ... of conquering the Zulu kingdom to show to family and friends. ... and (right) an illustration of Zulu warrior preparing to throw a spear during the battle.
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Pike (weapon) - Wikipedia  A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry. Unlike many similar weapons, the pike is not intended to be thrown. Pikes were used regularly in European warfare from the early Middle Ages ... It had a wooden shaft with an iron or steel spearhead affixed. The shaft near the head...
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Crossbow - Wikipedia  A crossbow, also known as horizontal bow is a type of weapon based on the bow and ... The traditional bow and arrow had long been a specialized weapon which ... rod is usually attached perpendicular to a rear-facing lever called a trigger or .... Crossbows can also be adapted to shoot lead bullets or rocks, in which case...
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Trebuchet - Wikipedia  A trebuchet (French trbuchet) is a type of siege engine most frequently used in the Middle Ages. It is sometimes called a counterweight trebuchet or counterpoise trebuchet, to distinguish it from an earlier weapon called the traction trebuchet, where ... Ancient armies directly utilized gravity to launch projectiles at their enemies...
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30th. July 1915, The battle of Hooge. Germans put their new ...  Germans put their new weapon, the flammenwerfer, or flamethrower, ... the 18,000 gas shells they fired were unsuccessful as the xylyl bromide (tear gas) was ... Being denser than air, it quickly fills trenches, forcing troops to climb out into enemy ...... So much for trying to be stealthy. ...... The Great War later called WWI.