Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon - Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon The Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon is a shoulder-launched missile weapon with the primary function of being a portable anti-armor rocket launcher. It was introduced to the U.S. armed forces in 1984. It has a maximum range of 500m against a tank-sized target. It can be used to destroy bunkers and other fortifications during assault operations as well as other designated targets with the dual mode rocket and to destroy main battle tanks with the HEAA rocket. Features The Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon is an 83mm man-portable weapon system consisting of the MK153 Mod 0 launcher, the MK 3 Mod 0 encased HEDP rocket, the MK 6 Mod 0 encased HEAA rocket, and the MK217 Mod 0 spotting rifle cartridge. The launcher consists.
Shoulder-launched missile weapon - Shoulder-launched missile weapon A shoulder-launched missile weapon is a weapon that fires a rocket-propelled missile at a target, yet is small enough to be carried by one man, and fired whilst held on their shoulder. The smallest shoulder-launched missile weapons are called rocket propelled grenades (RPG). There are also larger "dumb" shoulder-launched missiles, used in a similar way to a RPG, but with far greater destructive power. A number of specialised "smart" missiles are available in shoulder-launched forms, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft guided missiles. Examples include: M-160 Rocket Launcher Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) FIM-92 Stinger SA-7 REDEYE See also: anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) surface-to-air missile (SAM).
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High explosive anti-tank - British PIAT. The Germans were quick to realize the potential of the HEAT design, introducing a larger copy of the bazooka as the Panzerschreck, and a feared single-use system known as Panzerfaust. These systems were all short-range, meaning that combined arms could reduce their effectiveness on the battlefield. The need for a large bore made HEAT rounds ineffective in existing anti-tank guns of the era. The Germans were able to capitalize on this, however, introducing a round that was placed over the end on the outside of their otherwise outdated (and basically useless) 37mm anti-tank guns to produce a medium-range low-velocity weapon. A more convincing system was created by making a much larger tripod-mounted version of the Panzerschreck, producing what is today known as a recoilless rifle. Introduced in the very.
Thermobaric weapon - Thermobaric weapon A high-impulse thermobaric weapon (HIT), also known as a fuel-air explosive (FAE or FAX), a "heat and pressure" weapon, or a "vacuum bomb," consists of a container of a slurry of volatile liquid or finely powdered explosive and two separate explosive charges. After the munition is dropped or fired, the first explosive charge bursts open the container at a predetermined height and disperses the fuel in a cloud that mixes with atmospheric oxygen (the size of the cloud varies with the size of the munition, and can also be created without explosives). The cloud of fuel flows around objects and into structures. The second charge then detonates the cloud, creating a massive blast wave. The blast wave destroys unreinforced buildings and equipment and kills and.
Cartridge (weaponry) - paper is still known as cartridge paper from its use in these cartridges. This cartridge was used with the muzzle-loading military firearm, the base of the cartridge being ripped or bitten off by the soldier, the powder poured into the barrel, and the bullet then rammed home. Before the invention of the firelock or flint-lock, about 1635, the priming was originally put into the pan of the wheel-lock and snaphance muskets from a flask containing a fine-grained powder called serpentine powder. Later the pan was filled from the cartridge above described before loading. The mechanism of the flint-lock musket, in which the pan was covered by the furrowed steel struck by the flint, rendered this method of priming unnecessary, as, in loading, a portion of the charge of powder passed from.
Fred Hampton - and his associates made a number of significant achievements in Chicago. Perhaps his most important accomplishment was his brokering of a nonaggression pact between Chicago's most powerful street gangs. By emphasizing that racial and ethnic conflict between gangs would only keep its members entrenched in poverty, Hampton strove to forge a class-conscious, multiracial albeit tenuous alliance between the BPP, SDS (a white political action group), the Blackstone Rangers, the Young Lords (a Puerto Rican organization), and the Young Patriots (a white group). In May of 1969, Hampton called a press conference to announce that a truce had been declared among this "rainbow coalition," a phrase coined by Hampton and made popular over the years by Rev. Jesse Jackson. Due to his organizing skills, oratorical gifts, and personal charisma, he rose quickly.
USS Wasp - merchantman and was apparently lost in a storm at sea. The sixth Wasp, originally the captured Confederate iron-hulled sidewheel steamer CSS Emma Henry, was renamed Wasp while under going repairs in June 1865. Her primary duties were protection of American interests in South America and the eastern coast of Africa. Wasp continued those duties until early in 1876 when she was surveyed, found unfit for further service and sold. The seventh Wasp, a steam yacht commissioned at New York on April 11, 1898, spent its first year of operation between Florida, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in support of the blockade on Cuba. From the end of 1898 until being formally decommissioned in 1919, Wasp was used as a training ship and recruiting tool. Wasp was sold on December 1, 1919. The.
82nd Airborne Division - the division came from all 48 states, the unit was given the nickname "All-Americans," the basis for its famed "AA" shoulder patch. Famous soldiers of the division include Sergeant Alvin C. York and General James M. Gavin. In the spring of 1918, the division deployed to France to fight in World War I. In nearly five months of combat the 82nd fought in three major campaigns and helped to break the German Imperial Army. After the Great War, the 82nd was demobilized and ceased to exist for more than 20 years. After the outbreak of World War II, the 82nd was reactivated on March 25, 1942, at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, under the command of Major General Omar N. Bradley. On August 15, 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division became the first airborne.
Afghanistan timeline 1986-1990 - regiments and the Afghan resistance has no air capability. The regiments constitute only a little over 6% of an estimated 120,000 Soviet troops in Afghanistan. The war continues unabated, with many clashes between Soviet-backed Afghan troops and the resistance. Claims of success are made by both sides, but they are impossible to verify. A number of major offensives are launched during the year. Toward the end of 1986, the resistance fighters begin to receive more and better weapons from the outside world - particularly from the United States, the United Kingdom, and China - via Pakistan, the most important of these being shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles. The Soviet and Afghan air forces then begin to suffer considerable casualties. February 1986 A report by the U.S. State Department states that the war has.
Afghanistan timeline August 2003 - by rockets and gunfire. In Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Afghan soldiers and three supsected Taliban fighters died in a clash. In Kabul, Afghanistan, Commander Qalam of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hezb-i-Islami faction was arrested in a raid along with four colleagues August 30, 2003 Afghan soldiers swarmed over remote mountain peaks in an ongoing battle with suspected Taliban holdouts, killing and capturing several enemy fighters. In a new offensive dubbed Operation Mountain Viper, U.S planes launched a second night of bombing in the Dai Chopan area of Zabul province, Afghanistan. Pakistan announced that it had set up 23 new check-posts over a 60 kilometer region along the Durand Line border with Afghanistan. A grenade was thrown at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. No one was injured in the explosion. U.S-led troopslaunched a new.
Battle of Britain - by Germany's Luftwaffe to gain control of British airspace and destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF). Secondary objectives were to destroy aircraft production and intimidate the nation into neutrality or surrender. The campaign was launched as preparation for a planned invasion of Britain. British histories state the battle ran from 10 July to 31 October 1940, which was the most intense period of daylight air raiding. However, German sources begin the battle in mid-August 1940 and end it in May 1941 on the withdrawal of the bomber units in preparation for the attack on Russia. The Battle of Britain was not the first major battle to be fought entirely in the air, as the British mainland had already suffered a campaign of attacks by Zeppelins and long range bombers during World.
Klingon - of Planets, as the Klingon Empire couldn't afford to maintain their excessive military activities and deal with this new problem (parallels with the breakdown of the Cold War and the relationship between the United States and the cash-strapped former Soviet Union were obvious). Thus the two entered into an alliance which lasted about eighty years, ending in 2372 when the Klingons attacked the Cardassians. In 2342 the Klingons and Romulans began a violent war after the Romulans attacked the Klingon outpost Narendra III. In 2357, Worf, Son of Mogh (played by Michael Dorn) became the first Klingon to enter the Starfleet Academy and in 2364 he was assigned to the NCC-1701-D as relief conn and tactical officer. (Rank: Lieutenant j.g) In 2367 the Klingon Civil War began after Chancellor K'mpec was.
HMS Albion - 1794 the Albion was consigned to the role of a 60-gun floating battery moored on the Thames Estuary, but in April 1797 while heading to a new position in the Swin Channel, ran aground and two days later, during salvage efforts, broke her back and was completely wrecked. HMS Albion (18??) The second HMS Albion was a ship-rigged sloop of just 336 tons, and was an ex-merchant vessel bought by the Royal Navy, though she was privately owned in her previous role as a hired armed ship, she was manned by a Royal Navy crew. She had a powerful armament of 22 carronades, and was a competent convoy escort, but was eventually sold in 1803. HMS Albion (1802-1836) The third HMS Albion was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the.
Gun - Gun A gun is an aimable weapon that launches projectiles at high velocity, or a device that resembles such a weapon used for other purposes (e.g., glue gun). The term is also used for types of artillery with long barrels that fire at a relatively flat trajectory. For handguns, long guns and historical cannons the projectile is a bullet, shot by explosives (gunpowder), but it does not contain explosives itself. For modern artillery the projectile is a shell, containing explosives. Technically speaking, the projectile is the weapon and the gun is the weapon platform, although with the use of bayonets and rifle butts as clubs, the double usage of the word could be forgiven. Types of guns: Handgun (Also called a pistol; a gun used for short distances, fired.
Gundam Wing - and challenges him to a rematch at a remote Antarctic base. Zechs' activities do not escape the attention of the Romefeller Foundation, which dispatches a small army to the Antarctic to eliminate the rogue ace. Holding off the Foundation's hit squad, Zechs allows Heero and Trowa to escape. The Space Colonies The five Gundam pilots hijack shuttles and launch into space to defend their home colonies. But OZ uses its dreaded mobile dolls against the Alliance occupation forces, rather than the colonies themselves. After twenty years of the Alliance's tyranny, the colonies are easily persuaded to welcome OZ as a liberator. Submitting to OZ's benevolent guidance, the colonies begin arming themselves - thus funneling more money into the Romefeller Foundation's coffers - and brand the Gundam pilots who fought on the.
Gundam Seed Episodes 1-5 - area nearby explodes, so Kira jumps onto the Strike Gundam with Murrue. ZAFT pilot Rusty is killed, and Athrun rushes in and shoots Murrue in the arm. He flies over to kill her with a knife, but he stops when he sees Kira. He then escapes when Murrue starts shooting at him. Murrue shoves Kira into the Strike Gundam's cockpit and gets in. She breaks the Strike Gundam free of its restraints and gets it to stand up. Episode 2: The Name Is Gundam Murrue pushes Kira into the Strike Gundam's cockpit and gets into it. She manages to get it to stand, and nearby Athrun steals the Aegis Gundam. A GINN piloted by Miguel Ayman joins Athrun, and Athrun explains to him that the theft of the Strike Gundam failed..
Universal Century - sovereign. Zeon Zum Deikun's followers are purged. ;UC 0069.10 The Army of the Principality commissions the first Papua-class transport ship. ;UC 0070.03 The Army of the Principality successfully experiments with the Minovsky effect. ;UC 0070.05 The Army of the Principality completes the mega particle gun. ;UC 0070.06 The Army of the Principality commissions the first Chivvay-class heavy cruiser. ;UC 0070.10 The Federal Forces' '70s Armament Reinforcement Plan produces the Salamis-class cruiser and Magellan-class battleship. ;UC 0070.12 Luna II is moved to a position in Earth orbit opposite that of the moon in order to help construct Side 7. ;UC 0071 The Army of the Principality begins development of new weapons for use under Minovsky particle conditions. The compact fusion reactor is completed. Gihren Zabi proclaims his "Master Race Theory". ;UC 0072.
Ethics - further by Epicurus and the epicurean movement, and by Zeno and the stoics. Although not developed in a formal and analytical sense, the subject of ethics was of great concern to the writers of the Hebrew Bible, and centuries later, the New Testament and the Apocrypha. A suvey of ethics in these subjects can be found in the article Ethics in the Bible; a related article, Ethics in religion covers the more extended topic of how the subject of ethics has developed in major world religions. The formal study of philosophy stagnated until the medieval era, when it gained new strength through the writings of Maimonides, Saint Thomas Aquinas and others. It was at this time that the debate between ethics based on natural law and divine law gained a new.
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) - Kearsarge (LHD-3), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named (the fourth actually commissioned) in honor of the sloop Kearsarge, of American Civil War fame. Her keel was laid down on 9 February 1990 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 26 March 1992, christened on 16 May 1992, and commissioned on 16 October 1993. Kearsarge is fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions. Since her commissioning, she has performed these missions the world over, including evacuating non-combatants from Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 31 May 1997 and rescuing Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady from Serb-controlled territory in Bosnia on 8 June 1995. Additionally, Kearsarge is.
