Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch - Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is the weapon used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail to destroy a killer rabbit. The instructions for its use are in the holy book of Armaments. Particularly important is the counting to three after the pulling of the pin (complicated by King Arthur's mental block on counting). The book Armaments, Chapter Two, Verses 9 to 21: "And Saint Atila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'Oh, Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayest blow thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and.
Grenade - Grenade A grenade is a hand-held bomb, made to be thrown by a soldier. The word "grenade" has a Spanish origin in the word granado (which simply means "pomegranate"), in reference to the general size of early grenades. Grenadiers were originally a class of soldier specialized in throwing grenades. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Using grenades 2 Dirty tricks 3 Design and operation Using grenades A classic grenade has a handle and a removable pin that prevents the handle from coming off. After removing the pin and subsequently releasing the handle, the grenade will detonate in four seconds. When using a grenade, the objective is to have the grenade land with too little time for the enemy to throw it back. One grasps the grenade in.
Grenade launcher - Grenade launcher A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires, or "launches" a grenade. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it..
Grenade in a Can - Grenade in a Can The Grenade in a Can was a simple and effective booby trap set by Viet Cong soldiers during the Vietnam War. A primed grenade was put into a container with a string tied around the body. When the grenade is pulled out of the can by force, it will arm and explode, since the pin would be already removed and there would be tension between the handle and the can. This would usually be rigged to a trip wire or an inwards-pulling door..
Rocket propelled grenade - Rocket propelled grenade A rocket propelled grenade (RPG) is a man-portable, shoulder-launched weapon capable of firing an explosive device longer distances than an otherwise unassisted soldier could throw. Its design purpose is broader than that of the Antitank Rocket Launcher, and it is somewhat less effective in that role than more specialized weapons. The weapon An RPG is composed of two major parts, the launcher and the grenade. Some types of RPGs treat the launcher as a throwaway unit (the U.S M72 / LAW, for example), others allow the launcher to be reloaded (the Russian RPG-7, for example). The most common grenades are a High Explosive (HE) or High Explosive Anti Tank (HEAT) round. This warhead is affixed to a rocket motor, to which fins are affixed. The.
Rubber Band Grenade - Rubber Band Grenade The Rubber Band Grenade was a booby trap set by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam war. To make this device, the soldier would remove the pin of a hand grenade and wrap a strong rubber band around the lever, holding it in place. This trap was then hidden in a hut. United States soldiers would torch Vietnamese huts regulary to prevent them from being inhabited again. When a hut with the grenade trap would be torched, the rubber band on the grenade would melt, arming the grenade and blowing up the hut. This would often wound US soldiers with burning bamboo and shrapnel..
Japanese Red Army - Japan. The government hopes to extradite several others members from North Korea, which granted them asylum. The issue is one of several issues blocking the establishment of diplomatic ties between Pyongyang and Tokyo. Terrorist activities During the 1970s and 1980s JRA carried out a series of attacks around the world, including: March 31, 1970: hijacking of a domestic Japan Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 129 people at Tokyo International Airport. Eight Red Army members wielded samurai swords and carried a bomb during Japan's most infamous hijacking. The flight, bound for the city of Fukuoka, was forced to fly to Fukuoka, and later Gimpo Airport in Seoul, where all the passengers were freed. It then flew to North Korea, where the Red Army members defected and the crew members were released. Tanaka is.
Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazalès - - November 24, 1805), French orator and politician, was born at Grenade in Languedoc, of a family of the lower nobility. Before 1789 he was a cavalry officer, but in that year was returned as deputy to the states general. In the Constituent Assembly he belonged to the section of moderate royalists who sought to set up a constitution on the English model, and his speeches in favour of retaining the right of war and peace in the king's hands and on the organization of the judiciary gained the applause even of his opponents. Apart from his eloquence, which gave him a place among the finest orators of the Assembly, Cazalès is mainly remembered for a duel fought with Barnave. After the insurrection of August 10 1792, which led to the.
Jan Kubis - sharp bend where the Czech team waited. As the car approached, Gabchik took aim and pulled the trigger of his Sten, but the gun failed and did not fire. Klein, believing Gabchik to be alone, stopped to shoot at him. Kubis then threw an anti-tank grenade at the car. This exploded and severely wounded Heydrich. Heydrich later died of his wounds. The team then took refuge at the Orthodox Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius in Resslova Street, Prague, but the information wrung out other resistance members gave away the hiding-place. On June 18th 1942 the Germans surrounded the church. The soldiers attacked, but they were held off for fourteen hours by the seven parachutists. When all hope was lost they all committed suicide..
Josip Broz Tito - Tito worked for shorter periods in various places of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From Autumn 1913, Tito served in the military; in May 1914 he won a silver medal for the second place at a fencing competition of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Budapest. At the outbreak of the First World War, he was sent to Ruma. He was arrested for anti-war propaganda and imprisoned in the Petrovaradin fortress. In 1915, he was sent to Galicia to fight against Russia. In Bukovina, Tito was seriously injured by a grenade from a Russian howitzer. In April, the whole battalion fell into Russian captivity. After spending several months in the hospital, Tito was sent to a work camp in the Urals in autumn 1916. In April 1917 he was arrested for organizing demonstrations of prisoners.
Ian McKay - Military personnel - The Victoria Cross. On the 11th\\12th June 1982, Sergeant McKay lead a grenade attack on an Argentine Bunker during the Falklands War, and was killed in the action. At the time he was Platoon Sergeant of 4 Platoon, B Company, The 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment. 3 PARA were at the time fighting Argentine opposition on Mount Longdon in 1982. This battle lasted 10 hours against a well prepared and dug in Argentine enemy. The Battalion lost a total of 22 men during the battle. Having secured Mt Longdon they then held it for 48 hours under intense artillery fire The McKay VC Competiton Yearly troops from 3 PARA take part in a gruelling competition known as "The McKay VC". This involves long marches carrying heavy loads, assault.
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez - efforts to expel them in 1970. When he did leave Jordan it was for London where he attended courses at the University of London and apparently worked for the PFLP. In 1973 Sánchez performed his first terrorist act for the PFLP, an attack on businessman Joseph Sieff in revenge for the Mossad murder of Mohamed Boudia in Paris. He also claims responsibility for a failed bomb attack on the Hapoalim Bank in London and car bomb attacks on three French newspapers who were accused of pro-Israeli leanings. He claimed to be the grenade thrower at a Parisian restaurant, an attack that killed two and injured thirty. He later participated in two failed rocket propelled grenade attacks on El Al airliners at Orly Airport near Paris, France on January 13 and 17,.
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act - based on features that are solely cosmetic. It is illegal after 1994 to manufacture any semiautomatic rifle that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine with capacity greater than ten rounds, AND which has two or more of the following features: A folding or telescoping stock A pistol grip A flash suppressor A grenade launcher A bayonet lug Full text of the Act can be found at http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h3355_en.htm The National Rifle Association argues that this violates the Constitution's 2nd Amendment. In addition, the act discussed hate crimes motivated by gender or against those with disabilities. It should be noted that these features are purely cosmetic; none increase the lethality of a weapon (grenades, being explosives, are already heavily regulated and restricted, and any long gun with a folding/telescoping stock still must.
Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 2001-2003 - war. Laghi told Bush that the Pope believed that a war would be a "defeat for humanity" and would be neither morally nor legally justified. Two days before his scheduled update to the United Nations on Iraqi cooperation with inspection, Hans Blix credited Iraq with "a great deal more of cooperation now", although still expressed some skepticism as to whether or not the cooperation would continue. Among the examples of cooperation that he cited were Iraq's destruction of Samoud 2 missiles, which he called "the most spectacular and the most important and tangible". He added that "here weapons that can be used in war are being destroyed in fairly large quantities." In general, he stated, "you have a greater measure of cooperation on interviews in general." These statements have helped to.
Heckler und Koch - It has recently been contracted by the US Military to produce the Objective Individual Combat Weapon, a planned replacement for the M-16/M203 grenade launcher combination which will fire both 5.56mm and 20mm cannon ammunition. H&K was founded by Edmund Heckler and Theodor Koch in 1949, and the company was registered in 1950. In the beginning, the company produced sewing machines and other fine mechanics, but this was changed in 1956 when the company constructed a rifle for the German Bundeswehr. In 1991, H&K was bought by British Aerospace (now BAE SYSTEMS). The company is located in Oberndorf in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, but also has a subsidiary in the United States. See also: List of modern armament manufacturers.
Heavy weapons platoon - platoon equipped with machine guns, light mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, flamethrowers, grenade-launchers, anti-tank weapons, and/or other portable heavy weapons..
Henri de Tonti - in a revolt against the Spanish viceroy in Naples, Italy and was forced to seek political asylum in France around the time of Henri's birth. In 1668 Henri joined the French Army and later served in the French Navy. During the Sicilian Wars Henri lost his hand in a grenade explosion and from that time on wore a prosthetic hook covered by a glove thus earning the nickname "Iron Hand". In the summer of 1678 Tonti journeyed with the famous René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle who recognized him as an able associate. La Salle left Tonti to hold Fort Crèvecoeur in Illinois while La Salle returned to Ontario. In the spring of 1682 Tonti journeyed with La Salle on his famous descent of the Mississippi River. Tonti's letters and.
History of Grenada - island "Concepcion." The origin of the name "Grenada" is obscure, but it is likely that Spanish sailors renamed the island for the city of Granada. By the beginning of the 18th century, the name "Grenada," or "la Grenade" in French, was in common use. Partly because of the Caribs, Grenada remained uncolonized for more than 100 years after its discovery; early English efforts to settle the island were unsuccessful. In 1650, a French company founded by Cardinal Richelieu purchased Grenada from the English and established a small settlement. After several skirmishes with the Caribs, the French brought in reinforcements from Martinique and defeated the Caribs the last of whom leaped into the sea rather than surrender. The island remained under French control until its capture by the British in 1762, during.
History of Liberia - imports, a situation that led to the rice riots of 1979, repressed by the government with a toll of fifty dead. The beginning of the end came in 1978 when a young Liberian, Baachus Matthews announced the formation of an opposition political party in the country. The True Whig Party dominated all sectors of Liberia from independence until April 12, 1980 when indigenous Liberian Master Sergeant Samuel K. Doe, from the Krahn ethnic group, seized power in a coup d'état. Doe's forces executed President William R. Tolbert, Jr and several officials of his government, mostly of Americo-Liberian descent. As a result, 133 years of Americo-Liberian political domination ended with the formation of the People's Redemption Council (PRC). Seven years of civil strife came to an end in 1996 with the holding.
HMS Triton (N15) - the bridge when an object in the water could be seen very fine on the port bow. Steel ordered propulsion shifted to the main motors, the signalman to the bridge, and torpedo tubes 7 and 8 readied for firing. The object was recognised as a submarine low in the water. Once on the bridge, the signalman sent three challenges over several minutes with the box lamp, none of which were answered. Steel wondered if the boat could be HMS Oxley, which should have been patrolling next in line, but some distance away. Steel and his bridge crew studied the silhouette, but could not distinguish what type of submarine it was. A fourth challenge was sent: three green rifle-grenade flares. After firing, Steel counted slowly to 15 and then decided that they.
