Florida, being a world wide tourist destination, spends much effort making sure our signs are friendly and welcoming. This sign is decidedly not that. Today's adventure -
Nike Missile Site HM-69.
I had never heard of this base and thanks to a tip off from a fellow blogger, The Florida Rambler, I had the rare privilege to take this amazing tour.
The base is pretty run down and there are no missiles lying about so the site itself is not all that impressive. A renovation and actual missile are in the works for the near future. The amazing part - our tour guide was an actual Nike missile veteran volunteering for the day and who loaded our tour with personal, living history experiences, and maybe a few military secrets hopefully now declassified.
We started our tour in the base briefing room and got a short history of the cold war in the 60's. The Nike missile named after the winged goddess Nike, was the most feared cold war weapon of all time. I well remember my proud father telling me as a kid how Philadelphia was protected by the Nike Missile as we would pass them on the way to the Jersey Shore. This missile was none to secret. It's purpose was to knock down nuclear missiles or bombers on their way to destroy America. The US really wanted the Russians to take note of that and put them in plain sight. One thing Dad might not have known was the tip of the spear on this winged goddess was a "physics package". Oh yeah - up to a 45 kiloton nuke. About 45 times the blasts in Japan. Whereas the Patriot missile is much like a bullet, shooting a bullet out of the sky, the Nike is more like swatting a mosquito with a stick of dynamite. Dad also might not have gotten the news that the Nike bases were number two on the enemy strike list after communications.
According to our guide, the missile breaks the sound barrier one second after launch and is miles down range in 3 seconds. How is that possible? A ten thousand pound missile sat on four, 150,000 thousand pound thrust rocket motors pushing the 41 foot bomb up to 3,000 miles per hour. I asked if he had ever seen one launched. The answer - six times and he was only too happy to explain in loud and graphic detail. I also learned the Nike was never fired in anger thankfully and the only proven way to stop it was with another Nike. There is nothing else in the world fast enough to catch it. The Nike came in different versions like the Ajax and Hercules, and had a conventional package that had a kill zone of 30 miles. Does not sound very conventional to me. The Nike's are no longer deployed in the US. We have bigger and better weapons. I didn't ask. Not sure I wanted to know. I was still digesting this bit of history. They are still relevant and are deployed by NATO in Europe.
Pop quiz soldier. What's the difference between a Police dog and a Military dog. Police dogs catch and release. Military dogs have a doggie license to kill and they don't care what uniform you are wearing. That's the kind of off the script info you get when a real military person takes you on tour. Our guide loaded us down with such anecdotal information adding much needed color to this dreary, run down facility. In one of the bunkers he told me he once had the privilege of holding the key that self destructs the base if it were to be overrun. Didn't take much imagination to figure out what would happen if that key was turned or the nerve it would take to turn it.
Now some of you out there are thinking how did we spend literally billions on this weapons system and never even shoot one off in anger. All I can tell you is Russian is a very difficult language to learn and I use my microwave oven every day. That's right - the microwave oven is a direct decedent of the telemetry radar used to guide this missile system. Accidentally standing in front of the dish was one of the dozens of ways to get killed or injured on a base like this. Our guide was very proud to point out how this one weapon changed the world in many ways.
We should all personally thank the 173 men who manned each one of these bases around the country and the world. They lived with these hazards and the stress of being constantly ready to fire one of these missiles in 5 minutes from notification - around the clock. They kept the peace and never fired a shot because the price of their vigilance was just too high for any aggressor to pay. We only met this one Nike Missile veteran and we thanked him with two, loud and appreciative rounds of applause.


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The United States Air Forces first swept wing fighter the North American F-86 Sabre became an aviation legend in the hands of skilled US pilots in the hotly contested skies of MiG Alley during the Korean War.
Designed late in the World War 2 the first prototype F-86s did not fly until 1947 allowing the US design team to take advantage of captured German technical data relating to the advantages of swept wing designs in high-speed jet fighters. Powered with a General Electric J47 turbojet and armed with six .50 caliber machine guns the F-86 Sabre entered USAF service in 1949.
When war broke out on the Korean peninsula, F-86 Sabres were rushed to the Far East after older-model US fighters proved no match for the nimble MiG-15s of the communist forces. By the end of the conflict, USAF Sabres were credited with the destruction of 792 MiG-15s for the loss of 78 F-86s, an astonishing ten to one success rate. Later, after the fall of the Soviet Union when records became available, the rate was revised to a still respectable 1.8 to 1 by 2008 Rand Corporation study "Air Combat Past, Present and Future."
With 7,800 F-86 aircraft manufactured between 1949 and 1956, and an additional 1,815 built in Canada and Australia for a total of 9,615 the F-86 was by far the most produced western block fighter of all time.
The museums F-86H serial number 53-1304 (on loan from the USAF) was manufactured by North American Aviation, Columbus Ohio and delivered to the Air Force on April 8, 1955. Armed with the four powerful 20mm cannons the H model 53-1304 wears the bright orange livery of its first assignment in April of 1955, the 413th Fighter Day Group, Tactical Air Command, George Air Force Base California.
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According to the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA/RSA), Maxwell AFB, AL, the museum's F-86H has the following history:
F-86H, s/n 53-1304, was manufactured by North American Aviation, Columbus OH and delivered to the USAF on 8 Apr 1955. Its assignments were:
Apr 1955 - To 413th Fighter Day Group (TAC), George AFB CA
Nov 1955 - To 479th Fighter Day Wing (TAC), George AFB CA
Jul 1956 - To 312th Fiqhter Bomber Wing (TAC), Clovis AFB NM
Oct 1956 - To 83rd Fighter Day Wing (TAC), Seymour Johnson AFB NC (deployed to Eglin AFB FL)
Dec 1957 - To 101st Fighter Interceptor/Tactical Fighter Squadron (ANG), Logan AP MA
Nov 1961 - To 102nd Tactical Fighter Wing (USAFE), Phalsbourg AB France
Jul 1962 - To 102nd Tactical Fighter Group (ANG), Logan AP MA
Mar 1963 - To 175th Tactical Fighter Group (ANG), Glenn L Martin AP MD
May 1968 - To 140th Tactical Fighter Wing (TAC), Cannon AFB NM
Dec 1968 - Returned to 175th Tactical Fighter Group
Jun 1970 - Dropped from inventory by donation to school or museum


3 edition of Naval surface fire support found in the catalog.
Naval surface fire support
by The Office in Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington 20013)
Written in English
|Other titles||Navy"s near-term plan is not based on sufficient analysis|
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To perform the duty of providing naval gunfire, the observer must communicate effectively with the fire support ship. To do this with the least confusion and the greatest speed, the observer uses. commander on matters pertaining to naval surface fire support (NSFS). Normally an artillery second lieutenant from the artillery battalion in support of the maneuver regiment, the NGF spot team is responsible for NSFS missions.
Naval Station Color Guard () Naval Station Quarterdeck () TRICARE Mid-Atlantic Region () Naval Station Administrative Department () Destructive Weather/Hurricane Information for Essential/Non-Essential Personnel () These scenarios provide for practical application of Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), artillery and mortar fire, neutralization, suppression, illumination, interdiction, and harassment fire missions. SAVT simulations can utilized for certified JTAC controls with a certifying official from the command.
The big-gun battleships softened the German defenses and made for dramatic newsreel footage 60 years ago. But the spunky destroyers in the Normandy Invasion—including the Emmons (left) and Doyle (background right) in Dwight Shepler’s dramatic combat art—came within less than 1, yards from the shore, providing direct gunfire support for troops on the beach. Official definition of the United States Department of the term naval surface fire support. naval surface fire support Fire provided by Navy surface gun and missile systems in support of a unit or units.
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Naval Surface Fire Support: Navy's Near-Term Plan Is Not Based on Sufficient Analysis [United States Government Accountability] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Naval Surface Fire Support: Navy's Near-Term Plan Is Not Based on Sufficient AnalysisFormat: Paperback. This thesis analyzes the ability of the Army to effectively utilize Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) to provide indirect fire in support of brigade-sized units.
The Fire Support Simulation Tool (FSST) takes the capabilities and limitations of weapon systems being studied and simulates their employment in the context of a well-defined scenario for : Juan K.
Ulloa. Naval surface fire support (NSFS) has been a traditional mission of U.S. Navy surface combatants. Although naval guns have been viewed as a major instrument of sea control, they have also been seen, and widely used, as ways to directly influence the battle ashore by providing the equivalent of artillery support for U.S.
Marine Corps (USMC) forces operating ashore. Instruction includes procedures outlined in FXP-5, NWP M, ATP-4 (series), CNSL/CNSP Instruction Surface Force Exercise Manual. Course provides classroom/lab instruction in the operational procedures used in Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS).
The National Security Strategy's emphasis on regional threats demands flexible and effective Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), previously known as Naval Gunfire Support (NGFS), for these.
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Based on a media release on the US Navy website, dating from 5th August "The HVP, combined with the Mk, will support various mission areas including naval surface fire support, and has the capacity to expand to a variety of anti-air threats, anti-surface threats, and could expand the navy's engagement options against current and emerging threats.".
To provide a Naval Surface Fire Support Team with training in the proper execution of Naval Gunfire Support (NSFS) to conduct safe and effective firing. This includes procedures outlined in FXP-5, NWP M, ATP-4 (series), CNSFINST (series). Modifications made by Fleet Commanders are incorporated in the course.
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The Navy has had no credible surface fire-support capability since it retired its last four Iowa class battleships in This statement, which was in a report to the Congressional Armed Services Committees inis echoed by military and congressional leaders alike.
When the Marine Corps perfected amphibious operations, primarily amphibious assaults against hostile forces during World Author: B. Mills. Naval gunfire support (NGFS) (also known as shore bombardment) is the use of naval artillery to provide fire support for amphibious assault and other troops operating within their range.
NGFS is one of a number of disciplines encompassed by the term naval fires. • Use of Naval platforms (e.g. radars) independent ability to acquire targets and provide the necessary effects to support Forces ashore • Overall system responsiveness capable of a first round away within minutes of acquiring the counterfire target.
A flexible and robust counterfire detection/location capability from the sea. The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS) is the Fire Support Command and Control (C2) system employed by the U.S.
Army and U.S. Marine Corps units to provide automated support for planning, coordinating, controlling and executing fires and effects.
Modern U.S. Navy guided-missile cruisers perform primarily in a Battle Force role. These ships are multi-mission Air Warfare (AW), Undersea Warfare (USW), Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) and.
B2CXQ Principles of Fire Support 2 Basic Officer Course Principles of Fire Support Introduction The purpose of this instruction is to provide you with a basic understanding of the different fire support assets (artillery, mortars, and naval surface fire support) available to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), as well as the.
These were used for signaling, visual search, navigation and even fire control. They were installed on almost every surface ship. Instruction Book For Quick-Acting Doors, NAVSHIPSdescribes the single handle (wheel) US Navy water-tight door. Principles of Naval Engineering, NAVPERSB, ( pages, MB PDF).
coordinating, and executing joint fire support across the range of military operations. Purpose on the surface and in the air, which assists the maneuver of friendly forces. Joint Fire Support Effects. Typically, the execution of joint fire support hasFile Size: 1MB. Three Missions of Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) NSFS ships exist to support the assault of an objective by destroying or neutralizing: • Shore installations that oppose the approach of ships and aircraft (Normally an advance force will split from the main amphibious task force (ATF) body to accomplish tasks in advance of the main force.Long gone are the days of the inch guns of Iowa class battleships and the proficiency to match.
From World War II through the early s, the Iowa class battleships loomed off enemy shorelines with one goal in mind: effective and deadly fire support. Current Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) doctrine fails to meet the needs of the Marine Corps within the littoral battle : Rene Torres.Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Navy's upgrade of its surface ships' guns to determine whether the Navy has chosen the most cost-effective system for improving naval surface fire support (NSFS).GAO found that: (1) the Navy did not sufficiently analyze its needs before deciding on the upgrade of its 5-inch, caliber guns and the development of a 5-inch precision-guided.


You see, most people get their ideas about guns from the movies, where if you shoot someone he dies immediately. That's not how guns work in real life. Guns poke holes in you; that's it. Yeah, one or two shots will probably cause you to bleed out eventually, but "eventually" doesn't really count when someone is trying to kill you or your family. To make someone stop, especially with a handgun, you're probably going to have to put a lot of bullets into him (hardened or drug-addled criminals have been known to soak up ten or fifteen rounds and still walk to the ambulance). Then, if he has an accomplice or two...well, you get the idea.
One thing about this video is that the guy really should have barricaded his family in the basement or an interior room or something rather than waiting in the living room (quite apart from what happens here, what if the first guy just started shooting right away?). That, and he ought to have had a spare magazine handy for just such an occasion (or, you know, a shotgun or assault rifle handy in the basement. You know what I said about putting a lot of bullets into the guy? Shotguns let you put eight or nine in with a single blast). Good on him for looking out the window before letting the thief in, though.
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, On 17 November, director Moritz, introducing to the CCAS the forthcoming presentation of the FCM 1A prototype, explained it was a test bed that did not exactly correspond to the original "A version" specifications. During World War I, there was only one super-heavy tank that ever achieved operational status, and that was the Char 2C. This monster had a crew of 12, weighed some 152,100 pounds, and was powered by two Maybach or Daimler Benz 250-hp gasoline engines. The massive tank was nearly thirteen and a half feet tall. On his return an enraged Thomas caused Mourret to be fired, thus removing Estienne's greatest rival. It weighed 76 tons. , The fighting compartments were connected by the engine room. Because the Char 2C was mainly a propaganda tool, it never saw combat. Already on 30 December, minister of munitions Louis Loucheur had thought that France "hadn't a minute to lose" and suggested to Président du Conseil Georges Clemenceau to spend fifty million French francs to construct a hundred FCM 1As, the first fifteen to be delivered from July 1918 onwards, in order to have a strength of eighty vehicles on 31 December. The Char 2C was intended as a breakthrough tank or “Fortress Tank” (Char de forteresse), intended to lead the great Allied offensives that were planned for the spring of 1919. They would be the last French tanks to be produced for the home market till the Char D1 pre-series of 1931. The turret was a truncated cone with a roof sloping down to the front, so that in side view its profile was wedge-shaped. François Vauvillier, 2012, "Tous le Blindés de l'Armée française. Did I mention the tank had two turrets? , At first, progress with the FCM 1A prototype was satisfactory. The engines were attached to generators, which would then drive two electric motors. In late January Nivelle learned of the heavy tank project from Estienne. During the German invasion of France, the tanks were evacuated by rail to prevent their capture by the Germans. To stop this, the Direction de l’Artillerie d’Assaut on instigation of Estienne decided in April 1919 to procure ten Char 2Cs after all, and use this as an argument to reject any other projects. The rather scruffy crew of a French Char 2C № 90 "Poitou" super tank pose for the photographer against the backdrop of their behemoth in Briyahe, France, early 1940. Without tail, the hull length was 10.372 metres, the width 2.95 metres, the height 3.8 metres. The suspension consisted of bogies, sprung by leaf springs, of four wheels each with alternating external and internal flanges. The committee decided to have two prototypes developed, one with an electrical transmission, the other with a hydraulic transmission. The Char 2C is a Behemoth featured in the Battlefield 1: They Shall Not Pass expansion on two multiplayer maps.. In 1930 and 1931, the vehicles were rebuilt with a frontal armour of forty-five millimetres. , Discussing the results of the trials, on 4 January 1918 the technical department of the Artillerie Spéciale concluded that the FCM 1A seemed a powerful combat vehicle capable of having an important negative effect on enemy morale. FCM director Moritz was assured by Renault in January 1917 that the desired 200 HP engines were reliable and would pose no danger to the project. Meanwhile, Estienne and Pétain complicated the issue with further demands. 155mm howitzer- variant of the 155 C Mle 1917 Schneider: Secondary armament. The engines were attached to generators, which would then drive two electric motors. At the time, French industry was very active in lobbying for defence orders, using their connections with high-placed officials and officers to obtain commissions; development contracts could be very profitable even when not resulting in actual production, as they were fully paid for by the state. Char 2C is a Codex Entry featured in Battlefield 1, introduced in the They Shall Not Pass expansion. The Char 2C was a super-heavy French tank—and possibly the largest tank ever built. Re: 1/35 Char 2c crew? , Mourret's stated motive in having the tank designed by a shipyard ensured much attention was given to ergonomics. The Char 2C also had what is likely the largest tanker crew ever: twelve. Later production models had thicker, 45-millimeter hull armor. One prototype was completed. The Char 2C also had what is likely the largest tanker crew ever: twelve. It is the French Char 2c, a 69 tons behemoth that was in use between 1921 and 1940. No, it's not the Maus, the massive German Tank which was a lot heavier and slightly bigger but that never went beyond the prototype state and certainly. The Consultative Committee of the Assault Artillery (Comité Consultatif de l'Artillerie d'Assaut or CCAS) had been created on 13 December 1916 and for the first time met on 17 December. For comparison, some variants of the heaviest American tank now in service, the M1 Abrams, weighs just over 70 tons. However, the FCM tank had already made a powerful and influential enemy. 10 Char 2C tanks were built in 1922. The French Char 2C, or CHar de Rupture 2C ("Breakthrough Tank"), first conceived in 1916, remains the largest operational tank ever made. By the end of the 1930s they were largely obsolete, because their slow speed and high-profile made them vulnerable to advances in anti-tank guns. While escaping the oncoming German Blitz, the train they were loaded onto was forced to stop due to a rail traffic jam. The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. He was much more alarmed than Joffre had been. A speed of 6 km/h was attained. It was very elongated with a length of 6.5 metres and width of 2.05 metres. The reason he later gave was that the British tanks then in development by a naval committee seemed to be better devised as regarded lay-out, ventilation and fire protection, so a shipyard might improve on existing French designs. On 15 September 1916 the British introduced the Mark I tank in the Battle of the Somme, and a veritable tank euphoria followed. On 30 September he personally took control of the project. This was not completely successful; as late as 1920 it was proposed to the Section Technique des Appareils de Combat to build a 600-tonne tank with 250 mm armour. A rather large riveted turret with a stroboscopic cupola, adopted from the Char 2C, brought its height to 252 centimetres. It’s still the biggest tank ever taken into production in the world. The armor combined with the general large size gave the Char a staggering weight of 69 tons, which outclassed all other European tanks. This fortunate circumstance allowed a full-size wooden mock-up to be constructed in a remarkably quick time. The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. Estienne on this occasion stressed that production should be "orientated towards small types and very large types". On 10 April 1917 he still assumed that the first trials could have begun within five weeks. This was the Char 2C. In January 1917, the Ministry of Armament proposed to build three weight classes of tanks: light, medium and heavy tanks, the latter class corresponding to the new project. On 29 January he wrote a letter to Minister Thomas, making clear that under no circumstances could the project be allowed to impede production of the Schneider CA. According to French tradition, each tank had a proper name, matching one of the provinces: Province, …  Ground clearance was sixty centimetres. , On 20 December 1917 the first prototype was ready to be shown to an investigating commission of the CCAS, with actual trials being held at La Seyne-sur-Mer on 21 and 22 December. The other 6 tanks have been transported by rail south of Neufchateau. Badass French Tank Crew in front of the biggest operational tank ever, Char 2C (interwar period). A rather large riveted turret with a stroboscopic cupola, adopted from the Char 2C, brought its height to 252 centimeters. The Char 2C could cross a trench 425 centimetres wide, enough to pass the typical canal sluices in northern France. For the time, the Char also had very thick armor. Ground clearance was 400 mm (15.7 in). Since 1976 Char Crews has offered fine china, flatware, giftware, holiday china and ornaments, stemware, artisan-quality collectibles, and home decor items from leading American and European designers and manufacturers. 1914-1940", Steven J. Zaloga, 2011: French Tanks of World War I, p. 42, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank, French armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Char_2C&oldid=1002414978, Wikipedia articles with style issues from August 2014, Articles lacking in-text citations from February 2008, Articles with multiple maintenance issues, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2017, Articles with French-language sources (fr), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 January 2021, at 09:48. The Char 2C also had what is likely the largest tanker crew ever: twelve. Each track was powered by its own 200 or 250 hp engine, via an electrical transmission. The armour was among the thickest of World War I-era tanks, though by modern standards this would be considered thin. Wehrmacht soldiers visiting the French tank Char 2C No.98 Berry, destroyed by the crew. The tank could overcome a 1 m (3.3 ft) high vertical obstacle and cross a trench 3.5 m (11.5 ft) wide. It was very elongated with a length of 6.5 metres and width of 205 centimetres. As no orders had been received regarding their destination, they remained at this spot during the 14th, being bombed in the early afternoon but without incurring any damage. The change was only temporary though, as the vehicle was brought back into its previous condition after 1934; the new turret was used in the Tunisian Mareth Line. The Char 2C was 10.27 m long and weighed about 69 tons. Even before knowing what the exact nature of the project would be, on 20 October Mourret ordered one prototype to be built by FCM. The front of the hull followed the profile of the tall climbing faces of the tracks and therefore gradually curved upwards, ending in a high, vertical, nose plate. Visit to search funny and cool military pictures, videos, memes and more - Keep Calm and Chive on!  At first, the production order for the Char 2C was cancelled. . The first engines were of the Chenu type, of 210 hp each. Thomas answered on 5 February that there was no danger of this; anyway he had just happened to affirm on 1 February the policy of General Mourret, who had already ordered the simultaneous development of three prototypes: the lightened "A" version, weighing thirty tons, having a length of 6.92 metres, with a suspension featuring twenty-nine double road wheels, four main bogies and five top rollers, powered by two Renault 200 hp engines and to be equipped with a 75 mm gun, to fulfil the original order of 20 October; the "B" version of forty-five tons with a hull lengthened to 7.39 metres, armed with a 75 mm gun and two machine guns, with a suspension featuring thirty road wheels, five main bogies and six top rollers, using a new 380 hp engine and a petro-hydraulic transmission and the "C" version of 62 tons with a 75 mm gun, a length of 9.31 meters, a suspension featuring forty-five road wheels, six main bogies and nine top rollers, and four engines of 110 hp combined with a petro-electrical transmission. , To man the tank required a crew of twelve: driver, commander, gunner, loader, four machine gunners, mechanic, electrician, assistant-electrician/mechanic and a radio operator. Charges were placed and the fuel pipes cut. Meanwhile, there were unexplained delays in the delivery of the engines and the gearbox by Renault. It was Char D 1 s colonial version. The Char 2C had a loaded weight of 69 tonnes, partly because of its armour, which was among the thickest of World War I-era tanks, but mostly because of its huge size. Armament: 75mm Cannon + 4 8mm machine guns (1 on the front, 1 on each side, & a secondary turret on the back) Armor: Front & Turret- 45mm's, Sides & Rear- 22mm's, Top- 13mm's, … Estienne began to fear that the production of the heavy vehicle would use up all available production facilities, making the procurement of the much more practical Renault FT light tank impossible. In the late afternoon, an order arrived to send the tanks to Neufchâteau which was reached in the early morning of 15 June. Uniquely, the Char had two engines, one for each track. It was equipped with a rotating front turret and armed with a 75mm gun. Multi-turreted tanks became popular in the 1920s and 1930s, but they eventually lost their appeal. He himself preferred a 75 mm gun. The Minister of Armament, Albert Thomas, had committed himself too openly to Mourret's cause and did not dare to retract support now. As a result, the army received only 10 copies of 2C, which began to be assembled at the end of 1918.  In fact the company, in its efforts to get an actual running vehicle ready as soon as possible, had built a prototype that was largely based on the original mock-up and thus was much closer to the "B"-concept, albeit with a 105 mm gun and a petrol-mechanical transmission; the hydraulic transmission had been abandoned by the CCAS on 10 May. Char 2C was a French super-heavy tank designed in the last phase of WWI. The sprocket was at the rear, the idler at the front. Char 2C "Champagne" - posted in Armored Vehicle History: The char 2C. Designed to negotiate the challenging terrain of trench warfare, the type had in principle excellent mobility. Though the Char 2C never served in combat, that’s probably for the better. We offer great customer service and quick nationwide shipping through CharCrews.com. Main armament. Specifically, the mismatch in crew values caused by commander's 10% crew skill bonus. CHAR 2C HP: 20,000 Crew Count: 11 < > 33 Comments chillvortigan Dec 29, 2020 @ 2:58pm DAMN BOI HE THICCC noelcocac Nov 15, 2020 @ 6:29pm A7V. These 69 ton gaints where designed during WW1 and where used during WW2 as propaganda tools by the french describing them as invincible gaints These tanks where hastly sended to the south when the germans invaded france. When Thomas happened to visit Russia, Mourret surreptitiously ordered a restart of the tank projects. In many ways it was remarkable. Besides, the allies (specifically the British and the US) would only c… Guy François, 2011, "Le char lourd FCM 1A, ou le rêve immolé". The armour was among the thickest of World War I-era tanks, though by modern standards this would be considered thin. It is still easily the largest tank ever taken into production. When the war ended, not a single tank had been built. In the summer of 1916, probably in July, General Léon Augustin Jean Marie Mourret, the Subsecretary of Artillery, verbally granted Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), a shipyard in the south of France near Toulon, the contract for the development of a heavy tank, a char d'assaut de grand modèle. Had the behemoth actually tried to slow the advancing German Blitzkrieg, it would likely have been smashed to smithereens. FCM then largely neglected the project, apart from reaping the financial benefits. Neglected is the first true mammoth AFV of the war, the French Char 2C. Originally they were of a domestic French design, but were later replaced with higher output German engines that were captured and rigged to power the tank. In the design four engines had been planned but this was reduced to two, each track being powered by its own engine via an electrical transmission. Alarmed, Estienne now wrote a letter to the Commander-in-Chief, General Joffre, dated 27 November 1916 and defending the light tank concept. As the turret ring was larger than the width of the hull, it partly rested on rounded lateral extensions. The transmission was mechanical, using a disc clutch. Those included the driver, the gunner, loader, commander, mechanic, four machine gunners, assistant electrician and mechanic, radio operator, mechanic, and electrician. It is still easily the largest tank ever taken into production. It resembled a scaled-down Char 2C, the giant tank produced by the same company. The next operational tank to approach its weight would be the German Tiger II heavy tank of World War II. "The Char 2C Bis on the other hand was the Char 2C with a 155mm howitzer gun thus being essentially a sluggish Ho-Ro or Sturmpanzer II with better armor and a fully-rotating turret." The Char 2C also had what is likely the largest tanker crew ever: twelve. The Char 2C is a powerful five-seater tank armed with a variety of mounted weapons. © Copyright 2021 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved. The tank could accelerate up to 17 kph. A possible explanation of the delays might be a deliberate decision by Renault to give priority to other projects. The crew was composed of 12-13 men. In addition to the two turrets, there were also three internal machine guns with hull mounts, one on either side of the tank’s hull, and one next to the driver. In their day they were the most powerful tanks in the world, with a crew of twelve, a 75mm gun in the front turret and four machine gun (one in an auxiliary turret at the rear of the tank). The crew numbered 12 men. In summer of 1918, less than three years … General Philippe Pétain, the new High Commander of the French Army, asked Estienne to use his position to end the project. This led to an emergency alliance between Estienne and Mourret to bring about a reversal of this decision. In woods, it could break a 28 centimetres thick pine tree and run over a 35 centimetres thick one. In this configuration the tank weighed perhaps 74 tons. Due to engine unreliability, two mechanics were constantly on hand to attend to the engines should a breakdown occur. Neglected is the first true mammoth AFV of the war, the French Char 2C. This German propaganda myth was accepted as an authentic event by contemporary writers and later repeated in many postwar sources. It resembled a scaled-down Char 2C, the giant tank produced by the same company. The second rear turret housed a machine gun. The rear turret was made of 22 millimetre plates. Each track of the Char 2c was powered by its own 200 or 250 hp engine to a top speed of 15 kmh. Estienne told Pétain that this was ill-advised while the public was questioning why these heavy tanks had not been produced. Three were placed in gimbal mounts at the front and sides and one in a rear turret. This land battleship was armed with a 75 mm gun, model Canon de 75 modèle 1897.  During a meeting of the CCAS on 18 October, Moritz could at last announce that trials could begin on 20 November. The front armour was enhanced to 90 mm, the side to 65 mm. Char FCM 2C specifications: Dimensions: 10.27 x 3 x 4.10 m (33.69 x 9.84 x 13.45 ft) Total weight, battle ready: 69 tons: Crew: 12: Propulsion: Two Maybach Diesel 12-cyl, 250 hp (186.5 kW) The wading capacity was 140 centimetres. In that meeting Estienne was critical of heavy tanks: "the infantry has as much need of large tanks, as it needs 400 mm cannon; it has need of small tanks, as much as it needs 37 mm and machine-guns". The main gun was a respectably powerful 75-millimeter French field gun that had been slightly adapted for tank use. Due to the curve, it was impossible to unload the tanks. The mechanic could access the engine from both sides and the commander could communicate with the driver, the front machine-gunner and the mechanic via speaking tubes. The Char 2C was the first mass production tank that used an electrical transmission. It is unlocked upon obtaining ten kills with the Char 2C. Besides, the allies (specifically the British and the US) would only consent to give France 700 of the new Mark VIII "Liberty" design if France had made at least a token effort to produce its own heavy tanks. A rather large riveted turret with a stroboscopic cupola, adopted from the Char 2C, brought its height to 2.52 metres. French politicians, not having been greatly involved in them and leaving the matter to the military, were no less inquisitive. Char 2C is a Codex Entry featured in Battlefield 1, introduced in the They Shall Not Pass expansion. The French Army had no stated requirement for a heavy tank, and there was no official policy to procure one, so the decision seems to have been taken solely on his personal authority. The six remaining tanks hastily embarked on two trains at the station of Landres on 13 June. In addition to its primary weapon, there were four 8 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine guns. , Within its ample frame there was room for two fighting compartments. The next tank that would come close to matching its weight would have been the German Tiger … CHAR 2C HP: 20,000 Crew Count: 11 < > 33 Comments chillvortigan Dec 29, 2020 @ 2:58pm DAMN BOI HE THICCC noelcocac Nov 15, 2020 @ 6:29pm A7V. It fired a HE shell with four kilogrammes of explosives and a muzzle velocity of 240 m/s. Studies on the design of a light tank were initiated in July 1916 by Louis Renault, a major automobile and truck manufacturer. This sudden attention greatly alarmed Mourret, who promptly investigated the progress that had been made at FCM and was shocked to find there was none. Four machine gunners, a mechanic, an electrician, an electrician/mechanic, a driver, a main gun gunner, a loader, a commander, and a radio operator. The assistant-mechanic was seated to the front right of the rear fighting compartment, on top of an escape hatch, and the radio operator was seated at the front left.. The last was enlarged at both sides over the tracks, to create room for long rectangular fuel tanks. Post by trekfanj » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:25 pm HamilkarBarkas wrote: Verlinden produces several sets of tankers, but most of the time they are in "surrender" pose. This version of Char 2C bis was idealized and renderized, but never was used in this game. The tank could be entered through the cupola, but each member had oval or round escape hatches above or below him. In 1939, the Normandie was renamed Lorraine. He insisted that Joffre use all his influence to bring about the cancellation of the heavy tank project. The tracks were 600 mm (23.6 in) wide, resulting in a ground pressure of 0.6 kg/cm2. Joffre advised Estienne not to worry too much; he would make sure at least that the Renault FT would not be cancelled, and precisely because heavy tank development would take such a long time, for the immediate future it would not get in the way of light tank production. A plan by Breton to immediately order fifty vehicles more or less identical to the mock-up was therefore rejected.  Adding the cupola, normally detached for transport, brought height to 408 centimetres. As their main value was in propaganda, the giants were kept carefully out of harm's way and did not participate in the September 1939 attack on the Siegfried Line. At the time, French industry was very active in lobbying for defence orders, using their connections with high-placed officials and officer… Thus the French authorities had to delay the project while outwardly endorsing it. The Char 2C was 10.27 m long and weighed about 69 tons. Joffre answered that Estienne was no doubt correct in his tactical and organisational analysis, but that he could not oblige him because political backing of the heavy tank was simply too strong. The three independent 8 mm machine gun positions, one at each side and one to the right of the driver at the front, all in ballmounts, gave protection against infantry assault. Further Reading. It had a very heavy gun for the time, and thick armor—but suffered from extremely low power output, which significantly hindered the tank’s cross-country ability. After the war, rumours circulated that this vehicle had been transported to the Soviet Union.. Estienne was absent on the crucial meeting of 17 January, but by letter informed the committee that he found the project well-presented and satisfactory and agreed with the quick construction of two prototypes; he stated his preference for a 75 mm over a 105 mm gun. Though the Char 2C never served in combat, that’s probably for the better. Description. The crew was composed of 12-13 men. All of this tanks were destroyed in 1940, when they were being transported to the front by train. Brigadier Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, commander of the new tank force, the Assault Artillery, closely cooperated with Renault in the development of the Renault FT, and through this connection was kept well informed of the other tank project. With the tail fitted, the hull was over twelve metres long.  In this period both the French and the British military had become aware of severe mobility and steering problems with heavy tracked vehicles; the French designs paralleled extensive British experiments with all kinds of improved tank transmissions to solve them.  That his fears were not unfounded became apparent when in November Mourret tried to obstruct further development of the Renault FT, arguing that all available resources should be concentrated into heavy tank production. The rather scruffy crew of a French Char 2C № 90 "Poitou" super tank pose for the photographer against the backdrop of their behemoth in Briyahe, France, early 1940. The Char 2C also had what is likely the largest tanker crew ever: twelve. Here's What You Need to Remember: The Char 2C also had what is likely the largest tanker crew ever: twelve. A vertical obstacle could be climbed of 170 centimetres and a slope of 70%. Seven fuel tanks, containing 1,260 litres, gave it a range of 150 kilometres. On 12 June 1940 the order was given to send the tanks south by rail transport. The Char 2C was very similer to the FCMfcm 1A, had massive size, up to 45mm armor, but had two 250hp engines giving it a top speed of 15km/h. Correctly concluding that no such deliveries would materialise, on 23 January 1917 he ordered that French tanks should be developed that were faster, and more powerfully armed and armoured than any British vehicle.  However, fifteen kilometres south of Neufchâteau near the Meuse-sur-Meuse station, in a curve of the railway, the track was blocked by a blazing fuel train, while other trains jammed the exit to the rear. Feb 3, 2016 - Military Pictures - Search our military gifs collection to salute our troops! He was not averse to the production of heavy tanks as such but only in a limited number and on the condition it did not impede the manufacture of light tanks. The minimum speed was 2 km/h (1.24 mph). Four machine gunners, a mechanic, an electrician, an electrician/mechanic, a driver, a main gun gunner, a loader, a commander, and a radio operator. It was very elongated with a length of 6.5 metres and width of 2.05 metres. There would surely be no harm in allowing some prototypes to be built. The front turret, made of 35 mm plates, was placed so high that its crew had to climb into it by means of a ladder, sitting on seats suspended from the turret roof and operating on an elevated level compared to the hull machine gunners below. Some sources report thirteen, probably due to pictures of the crews that included the company commander.  A detailed army report on the plans of January 1917 survives that can give a good impression of the qualities of the eventual prototype.  During the next meeting on 30 December, Estienne was surprised to discover that for no clear reasons a 105 mm gun was planned. It featured a 105 mm gun in a turret, had a proposed weight of 38 tons and 35 mm armour. The high-profile main turret was accessed via a ladder and had space for three crew members. In 1940 twelve FCM F1 tanks were ordered, another very large twin-turret tank. Like the superheavy tank it had no real spring system for the twelve small wheels per side. Outside of a crew of 1 commander only, 100% crew is a fiction. When the German Panzerdivisionen, in the execution of Operation Fall Rot, breached the French lines after 10 June 1940, the decision was made to prevent the capture of the famous equipment. Estienne had already set this course by choosing the heaviest version, the "C", for production, requiring a completely new prototype, causing a considerable delay. The Char 2C is the only super-heavy tank ever to attain operational status – a super-heavy tank is not simply a tank that is very heavy but one that has been deliberately made much heavier than regular tanks of its period. The 2C was produced in only 10 copies until 1921. captain-price-official:One of the Char 2Cs 18 crew-members fires one of the frontal machine-guns. The tank could accelerate up to 17 kph. To the public, they obtained the reputation of invincible super tanks, the imagined dimensions of which far surpassed the actual particulars. These original engines wore down quickly and were eventually in turn replaced by two 250 hp Maybach engines, 16,950 cc, which rendered a maximum speed of 15 km/h. The Char 2C, French heavy tank 1930s [1600x864] It was, in physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made. Designed by FCM (A naval shipyard) during the last months of WW1, basing theirself on their wartime FCM 1 design. New engines of the Soutter-Harlé type were fitted and the three independent machine gun positions deleted. The large hull allowed for a large ammunition stock of 122 rounds: eighteen, stacked in three vertical rows of six in front of him, were directly accessible to the gunner/loader; two batches of eight were stowed below the fighting compartment floor and forty-four, stacked in four vertical rows of eleven, lined each wall of the ammunition room. The 1 February order of two additional prototypes was confirmed by the CCAS on 7 February. The hull of the FCM 1A was very elongated, in order to cross wide trenches. This land battleship was armed with a 75 mm gun, model Canon de 75 modèle 1897. In addition to its primary weapon, there were four 8 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine guns. It was very elongated with a length of 6.5 meters and width of 205 centimeters. 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For a photo idea, I require a prop gun equipped with a silencer. Luckily, I have an airsoft pistol that appeared sufficiently realistic in photos. However, in order to complete the illusion, I needed to fabricate a silencer. I made it from a PVC pipe, 3D printed parts, a machine screw, and some glue.
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You can play game scenarios aimed to bring the bomb to the enemy's base and explode it, or vice versa, for some fixed time, destroy all “terrorists” and defuse the bomb.
In this scenario, the device is a bomb of a given type. There can be 3 types of bombs: High-explosive, Neutron, and Biological. When a High-explosive bomb is exploded, a single command of "Blow up a player" is emitted. When the Neutron bomb is triggered, it sends periodically radiation command that lessens the player’s health hit points each time by 25%. When the biological container is triggered, the device emits a Zombie command.
To activate the bomb, the player should press and hold the game button for a certain time. After that, the bomb is considered activated and it starts a countdown before the explosion. During this countdown time, the bomb can be deactivated.
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The Armorium is the attempt to create an extended weapons list for Second Edition. Aditionally, the Armorium also makes the attempt at balancing official weapons by changing their statistics. It's current version, created by Democritus contains over 100 mundane weapons and their artifact counterparts. It also adds a few extra rules to clarify armed combat.
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The following rules and weapons are excerpts from the downloadable document.
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May 22, 2014
We have variety of weapons, for every situation.We designed all of our weapons for maximum game experiance and realism. With serious development and research weapon classes started to shape.
We have 7 types of weapons and each of the designed for specific purposes.
1- Standart Issue Side-arm
2- Close Combat Tactical Shotgun
3- General Purpose Assault Weapon
4- Automatic Gatling Weapon
6- TGL Multi Launcher
7- Missle Launcher
Each of this has its very own capibilities.We made them as realistic as possible.
This weapon designed as assistance and backup weapon of a soldier. Recharable battery allows you to fire 20 rounds for single battery when the battery goes down it recharges itself and reload the gun. Shoots mini plasma projectiles and comes with only single fire mode.
-Close Combat Tactical Shotgun
With its extended clip size and power, Tactical Shotgun is great for, close quarters battles.
Which is firing with pump action.Also has fast reloading time with its extended magazine.
-General Purpose Assault Weapon
With less weight , the Carbine rifle ensures perfect combat efficiency. Whether moving town to town or room to room. Easy to change magazines various rounds and perfect accuracy.
- Automatic Gatling Weapon
With its six barrels and ultimate speed this one is a monster.100 Rd. magazine capacity and firing speed its a great support weapon.
The perfect weapon for agile marksmans, its firing high speed plasma projectiles and it can hit the target even its to far.With its enhanced digital IR scope, no one can hide from the marksman.
-TGL Multi Launcher
Shoots 40 MM multi type granades.With its 6 round capibility its very effective in close ranges.
Shoots 40 mm rocket propelled explosive and heat tracking missiles.


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On 9 december 1941, the KABAR knife manufacturer proposed a knife to the U.S.M.C specifically for troops in GUADAL CANAL.The blade became a legend synomynous with TARAWA and IWOJIMA, symbolizing the war in the Pacific. The blade is 9/64 guage steel paekerized for anti-reflection and corrosion.It comes with leather sheath. Lenght : 300 mm Blade : 175 mm Wt : 350 grs.
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Hunting Sword (Hanger)
- Dated: circa 1630
- Culture: British
- Medium: steel, wood
- Measurements: overall length 74 cm; blade length 63 cm; blade width 3.8 cm; hilt length 13 cm
- Inscriptions: on the blade, obverse; inscribed: FERARA; reverse inscribed ANDRIA
- Provenance: Gardner Sale, Sotheby’s 20/11/29, lot 20A
The pommel of the sword is made of steel and has the shape of an eagle’s head. The knuckle-guard curves outward at the top under the eagle’s beak and swells at midpoint to an oval cartouche crudely carved on each side as a human mask. The weapon has very short downcurled rear quillon, its terminal formed as an eagle’s head en suite with the pommel.
The large, sharply turned down shell-guard is carved on the outside ‘à jour’ with leaves and tendrils enclosing another mask, turned upward. Two of the tendrils end in grotesque heads are reminiscent of the ‘Babewyns’. The sword has a curved blade with a back-edge and a long narrow fuller against the back. On the obverse of the blade, lies an inscription, ‘FERARA’, and on the reverse ‘ANDRIA’.
imagine having a tattoo like that
#tattoos in the wizarding world
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The topic of guns inspires heated debate just about anywhere you go. But no matter where you stand on the complicated issues of gun laws, you’ll agree there is a need for gun safety.
Here are some reminders about basic gun-handling safety if you use firearms or ever encounter them:
Treat every gun as if it were loaded. The muzzle must always be pointed in a safe direction.
Store and carry guns unloaded. Do not load a gun until you are ready to use it. Do not carry a loaded gun unless you are actually ready to fire it.
Never rely on your gun’s safety device to prevent a gun from firing. This mechanical device is not a substitute for safe gun handling.
Don’t point a firearm at something you do not intend to shoot.
Do not fire unless you are totally sure of your target and also what is beyond it. Bullets can travel through walls and other obstacles. If a bullet strikes a flat, hard surface or even water, it can ricochet in an unexpected direction.
Store guns and ammunition separately, in locked locations. Guns should be kept out of sight and in a place children cannot reach.
Take a firearms safety course if you use a gun or live in a home where guns are kept.
Countless deaths have occurred because of supposedly empty weapons. Always assume a gun is loaded.


It’s tough being the world’s most expensive weapon system. Years behind schedule and billions over-budget, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has had to absorb its fair share of critiques. Over the past several years, it’s been described as too complex, too reliant on high-tech sensors and software, and—at $400 billion for development and procurement—far too costly.
A spate of recent program milestones—including being declared operational by the U.S. Marine Corps last month—seemed to suggest the program might be turning a corner this summer. But a scathing report published Monday by a D.C.-based think tank indicates otherwise. To paraphrase analysts at the progressive National Security Network (NSN): The F-35 Lightning II fighter jet will perform horrendously against “near-peer” enemies, and the Department of Defense should rethink its proposed buy of nearly 2,500 F-35s.
“The F-35 will find itself outmaneuvered, outgunned, out of range, and visible to enemy sensors,” the NSN…
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In Austin currently, federal costs were being submitted versus two Austin area residents and an Arizona machinegun company in connection with a firearms smuggling scheme that associated machine guns and assault weapons, announced U . s . Lawyer John F.
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Light-weight machine guns frequently have a butt inventory hooked up, although auto and tripod mounted machine guns commonly have spade grips. In the late twentieth century, scopes along with other elaborate optics became extra typical in contrast to the more standard iron sights.
The Škorpion is usually a decide on-fireplace, straight blowback-operated weapon that fires with the shut bolt situation. As the bolt is fairly light, the Škorpion utilizes an inertial fee reducer system (housed Within the wooden pistol grip) used to lessen the weapon's amount of fireplace from one,000 rounds/min to a more manageable 850 rounds/min. Hold On !!! Firing this a person will set a smile with your confront.
Building its to start with look in 1891 this weapon has noticed support by way of two earth wars and will continue to be found on some contemporary-day battlefields.
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Apart from synchronizing with aircraft propellers, the machine gun remained tiny altered throughout Environment War I and into Planet War II. Considering that then, innovations like sheet-steel bodies and air-cooled, fast-modifying barrels have manufactured machine guns lighter plus more reliable and fast-firing, Nevertheless they nevertheless run beneath the exact same ideas as in the times of Hiram Maxim.
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The charging cope with is connected to the top of your bolt provider and may be rotated to the left or to the ideal. When not in use, the charging cope with aligns by itself Using the axis of the weapon underneath the force of its spring, and reciprocates With all the bolt group at the best on the receiver. The gasoline block is fitted that has a self-adjustable gasoline valve, that expels all of the used gases ahead, from the shooter. The ejection window is located at the ideal aspect in the receiver and features a expended situations deflector to propel the ejected instances clear of the experience from the remaining-handed shooter.


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Novice is the base Class in the game that everyone starts with, The Novice has only 2 skills, 1 for melee and 1 for ranged, The Novice does not start with any Magic skill. You cannot change from a novice till you reach level 10 where you can start your class change quest to advance into the class of your choice.
The Warrior job is known for being able to cause massive amounts of damage in Asda 2. There are three types of Warrior each with its own Skill Tree and purpose. They can wield One-Handed swords and shield, Two-Handed Swords, or a Spear.
The One Handed Sword Warrior is mainly associated as being the tank. They have the higher defense than any other class due to them being able to wield a shield. They commonly use the Splinter skill in order to be able to attack many mobs at a time. Also they have the lowest damage of all the jobs.
The Two Handed Sword Warrior is mainly associated as being the Damage Dealer. It wields a sword that uses both weapon slots and is able to cause large amounts of damage, but lacks the defence needed to be a tank.
The Spearman is known for its quick attacks and ability to quickly cause damage. Their defence is the lowest of the three Warrior classes but easily makes up for it with its speed.
The Archer is mainly associated with Damage Dealing and speed. There are two types of Archers; one of them is the Bow Archer, and the other is the Crossbow Archer.
The Bow Archer wields a Bow and a Quiver. It is able to do great amounts of damage in short periods of time, but lacks the defense necessary to hold aggro.
The Crossbow Archer (Xbow Archer), or "Shooter," as the game calls it, wields the crossbow and is able to deal a greater amount of damage than the Bow Archer, but is slower than the Bow Archer. It lacks Area of Effect (AoE) attacks, but inflicts much more damage to single targets. The Crossbow Archer is recommended for any player that would prefer to play this game solo.
There are 3 diffrent Types of Mages, the Attack mage, Support Mage and Healing Mage, each has there benafits and flaws, but each are really powerful for what they are made for.
The Attack Mage Can have some of the highest damging moves in the game, it is the most powerful of the 3 Mage classes aswell with its focus on DPS and High Damage hitting moves, but it doesnt have as many buffs or healing as the Support or the Healing mage does.
The Support mage is a vital asset to any party, The support mage skills are focuesd around boosting the satst of the whole party aswell as shielding them from damage with barrier skills. But the Support mage only has 1 Healing ability and has very few powerful attacks late game.
the Healing mage is focued in healing allies in battle they work best in partys. The Healing mages skills are focused in Healing skills, they also have buffs that help keep allies alive longer aswell as shielding from damage. they lack many high damageing attack aswell as buffs but there healing is the best of all 3 of the mages.


The Best loader is a military-grade, pocket-size, universal pistol magazine loader and unloader designed to load and unload virtually all* 9mm Luger up to .45ACP single and double stack magazines of all manufacturers.
It also loads most.380ACP single and double-stack mags, and 1911’s mags. The Best loader self-adjusts to the magazine and loads it easily.painlessly, and reliably !
- Loads all* 9mm Luger, .357 Sig, 10mm, .40, and .45ACP cal. single and double stack magazines., including 1911 mags, of all manufacturer, and also loads most .380ACP single and double-stack mags.
- Pocket-size. One size fits all. No inserts, spacers or adjustments at all !
- Easy loading; the rounds just drop in with no thumb pushing or pressing.
- No more pain ! Load hundreds of rounds painlessly.
- Protects your fingers and mags.
- Up to one round per sec. loading rate. 1/3 the time loading several mags with thumb.
- Fits in hand and pocket, weighs only 66 grams (2.3 Ounce).
- Highly durable.
- May not load the last round in a few types of magazines
- Will load some other caliber rounds and magazines including some 380 (9mm short) rounds and magazines
- The universal UpLULA® loader loads the following mags :
Caliber Magazine Loading quality / comment Single Stack, 1911, & Double Stack 9mm Luger All pistol magazines in that caliber.* Loads & unloads well ! .357 Sig. All pistol magazines in that caliber. Loads & unloads well ! 10mm All pistol magazines in that caliber. Loads & unloads well ! .40 All pistol magazines in that caliber. Loads & unloads well ! .45 ACP All pistol magazines in that caliber.* Loads & unloads well ! .22TCM Rock Island Loads & unloads well ! (Note: Tested to work well by users [not tested by maglula]) It will also load the following .380 Single & Double Stack mags: .380 Beretta 84 Cheetah Loads & unloads well ! .380 Bersa Thunder – Double Stack Loads & unloads well ! .380 Browning BDA 380 Loads & unloads well ! (tested by a user) .380 CZ 83 Loads & unloads well ! .380 Glock .380 Loads & unloads well ! .380 Glock 42 Loads & unloads well ! Our 1911AI® is not needed. .380 Remington RM-380 Loads & unloads well ! (Try using our 1911AI® with the UpLULA® loader) .380 Ruger LC380 Loads & unloads well ! (Try using our 1911AI® with the UpLULA® loader) .380 S&W Body Guard Loads & unloads well ! (Can also use the BabyUpLULA® loader) .380 S&W M&P Shield 2.0 EZ Loads & unloads well ! .380 Taurus Curve magazine Loads & unloads well ! .380 Walter PK380 Loads & unloads well ! (Can also use the BabyUpLULA® loader)
* The UpLULA® loader does NOT load the following:
S&W 7rd 9mm SS for models 908,3913,3913,3953 & 3954 (Beak too wide, does not enter between lips). It will load the S&W Shield magazine ! Glock G36 6rd .45 SS (Single Stack) (Beak will not retract from the mag.) Glock G37, G38, G39 .45 G.A.P. mags (Beak will not retract from the mag.) Kel Tec PMR-30 mags. Luger P08 (Parabellum) 9mm (round angle in mag too steep) Rounds longer than 33mm, like: 9×23 Win, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .357 Max., .41/.44 Rem. Mag., .44 S&W Special, .45 Colt, .45 Win Mag., .50AE. May not load the last round in few types of mags. Mags with less than 8.0mm between their lips.
Magazines this loader will not work properly with:
- Magazines with less than 8mm between feed lips
- Glock G36 6 round single stack (Beak will not come out of magazine)
- Glock G37/8/9 45 GAP double stack (Beak will not come out of magazine)
- S&W 7 round 9mm SS (Beak too wide, does not enter between feed lips)
- Rounds longer than 33mm, like: 9×23 Win, .38 Special, .357 Magnum, .357 Max., .41/.44 Rem. Mag., .44 S&W Special, .45 Colt, .45 Win Mag., .50AE
- Kel Tec PMR-30 mags
Loads the following mags: Astra, Auto Ordnance, Barak, Beretta, Browning, Bul, Colt, CZ, EAA, FN, Glock, HK, Hi-Point, High Standard, Jericho, Kahr, Kel-Tec, Kimber, Les Baer, Llama, Luger, Magnum Research, Para, Pheonix Arms, Ruger, Sigma, Sig/Sauer, S&W, Springfield Armory, Star, Steyr, Taurus, Vector, Walther, and more.
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Goldwing GL1800, F6B Kill Switch Cover is made of steel and finished in chrome.
Fits over the stock kill switch.
A locator line is stamped into design to provide instant visual identification of its position.
Easy, fast installation.
Cover mounts with double sided tape. Tape incl.
2001-2017 Goldwing GL1800
2013-2016 Goldwing F6B


The MP7, now known as the Vel 46, is back and better than ever in MW2.
The Vel 46, better known to the greater CoD community as the MP7, is a highly versatile SMG in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and one of the better weapons available to players in-game. Below you'll find a quick guide on how to unlock the Vel 46 in MW2 as well as the best attachments to be using on it.
How to Unlock the Vel 46 in MW2
Unlocking the Vel 46 is a relatively simple process in MW2. Unlike other SMGs, like the Lachmann Sub, or the MX9, you don't need to go through some convoluted weapon progression tree to gain access to it. In fact the Vel 46 is available to players once you unlock the create-a-class option at Level 4. And it is without question one of the best weapons in the game right now.
Best loadout to use on the Vel 46 in MW2
Here you will find our recommendation for the best loadout to use on the Vel 46 in MW2. Note that these are merely suggestions and not set in stone. If you come across something else that you would prefer to use on the weapon then go right ahead.
The best attachments to use on the Vel 46 are as follows:
- Barrel: Lach-165 Zulu
- Muzzle: AVR-T90 Comp
- Underbarrel: Operator Foregrip
- Stock: Assault-60 Stock
- Magazine: 30 Round Magazine
The Vel 46 is an SMG built with high mobility playstyle in mind. It is a solid option for those of you who prefer to adopt a run-and-gun playstyle. It is very reliable in short-range engagements and can do considerable damage in medium-range fights. These attachments together will have you speeding your way around the map and give you the immediate advantage with its high-ADS stats.
The recoil on this particular gun isn't as noticeable an issue compared to other weapons in its class, it is an area worth improving on. This is where the Assault-60 stock and AVR-T90 muzzle come into play. Meaning that medium-range fights will be even easier to manage.
Lastly, we have the 30-round mag attachment. While it does come with the slight drawback of a reduced clip size for the Vel 46, from 40 rounds to 30 per mag, the trade-offs are more than worth it. Especially the faster reload time. Either way, we recommend you also use Scavenger or a munitions box on your Vel 46 class regardless of what mag you use.


Who Discovered Nuclear Energy?
Posted In: Science.
There were a number of scientists that have contributed to the discovery of nuclear energy. Albert Einstein’s famous equation, E=MC2, suggested the idea that you could get a huge amount of energy by splitting the mass of an object but there was simply no way to test it in a lab. In 1896, French scientist and physicist, Antoine Henri Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity when he was doing research on phosphorescence in uranium salt.
He won a Nobel Prize
This discovery led him to win a Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie Curie and Pierre Curie in 1903. This discovery also led him to research on spontaneous emission of nuclear radiation, which was the foundation of modern nuclear energy. After five decades of research on radioactivity, the discovery of nuclear fission was finally made. James Chadwick, an English scientist discovered neutron in 1932 and won the Nobel Prize in 1935. His work would lay the foundation for making the atom bomb a reality. Enrico Fermi researched on uranium with neutrons in 1934 and said that his experiments created a new element, although people were doubtful about the authenticity of his experiments.
The nuclear chain reaction discovered
When his findings were published, three European physicist Fritz Strassmann , Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn began conducting similar experiments in Berlin where they managed to create barium from uranium using nuclear fission. The change of mass surprised the scientific society and they began to investigate the cause. A number of scientists, including Leó Szilárd, a Hungarian physicist, identified the release of additional neutron and thus discovered the process of the nuclear chain reaction.
Jean Frédéric Joliot & Irène Curie proved it can be done
In 1939, the possibility of such nuclear chain reaction was practically proved by Jean Frédéric Joliot and Irène Curie. Because World War 2 was just around the corner, many countries including the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the former Soviet Union, realized the potentials of nuclear energy and began experimenting with it. The United States successfully tested the first nuclear bomb during the Trinity test and few weeks later, dropped 2 bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Intelligent UAVs choose their victims themselves as the race for more focused military influence leads to the proliferation of assassination tools.
Over the past couple of years, Afghanistan and Pakistan have seen a significant increase in the use of drone aircraft by the US military and other security services. They have become the proving ground for a fundamental shift in how military power is exercised, how information is collated and used and, ultimately, how wars will be fought. With a military budget that accounts for nearly half of the world’s military spend, the US has become increasingly attracted to drones which cost a fraction of the price of a fighter but have the potential to provide equal if not greater presence. With over 7,000 unmanned aircraft already being used by the US military alone and as other countries scale up their arsenal, by 2020 the majority of both surveillance and conflict will be undertaken by increasingly sophisticated and intelligent unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs.
Initially used for surveillance in Kosovo in the late 1990s and then armed from 2001, the Predator undertook one of its first CIA-controlled assassination assignments in Yemen in 2002. Since then the Chinese, Russians, Israelis, French and Pakistanis have all been using UAVs. In 2006, Hezbollah flew drones over Israel during the Lebanon War.
By 2010, the US Air Force was flying at least twenty Predator drones each day in Afghanistan. Much of their use has been for surveillance, with each drone providing up to ten video streams of footage back to their ‘pilots’ sitting either in Kandahar Airbase or, more likely, 7,000 miles away in secure facilities in Arizona or Utah. By 2011, an upgraded version of the more powerful Reaper drones will be carrying up to thirty cameras each. Alongside surveillance activities, drones also carried out over 200 missile and bomb attacks in the year – striking Taliban leaders and bomb-making factories. By comparison, at the peak of activity in Iraq, in 2008, seventy-seven missile strikes were launched.
In Pakistan, where drones are run by the CIA but launched from Pakistani airfields, there has been increasing coverage of their controversial use for the surveillance and assassination of both Taliban and Al Qaeda personnel. In 2009, there were sixty-nine recorded drone attacks in Pakistan. In the ‘Af-Pak’ region, where military ground action is complex, where exerting military power in no-go areas has become common place and where reports of US casualties have been an increasingly unwelcome item on CNN, the use of unmanned drones each equipped with four Hellfire missiles has been an attractive option and ‘the weapon of choice’. Even though many see that these assassination machines are visibly provoking increasing anger in moderate society, their use is widely accepted and even promoted in the media.
It is not just the big Predator and Reaper UAVs that are being used. Thousands of hand-launched drones are used by soldiers to see what lies over hills and these are getting so easy to use that there are now even iPhone apps for controlling them. MIT’s Human and Automation Lab has led the development of apps that use the iPhone’s touch screen, tilting sensors and 3G data transfer to navigate drones and simultaneously view corresponding video feeds. Elsewhere, already in the final stages of development, are control systems that allow a single ‘pilot’ to control as many as three UAVs simultaneously while BAe Systems’ Taranis drone is intended to be completely autonomous, and so does not need human piloting. Scheduled for trails flights in 2011, the Taranis shows the direction we are heading – a pilotless plane that can make its own decisions and even undertake air-to-air combat. As the world of gaming is integrated within military systems, the means of ‘covert and overt engagement’, as the military terms it, are changing rapidly.
In ten years’ time, many speculate that drones will be engaging in aerial battle and choosing targets for themselves. The US Defense Department is already financing studies of autonomous, self-governing, armed robots that could find and destroy targets on their own. And as far back as 2002, initiatives such as the Autonomous Intelligent Network and Systems Program were planning to create an operational drone army by 2020. Going beyond autopiloting and pre-programming, these developments are preparing the way for a world where hordes of unmanned, unattended and untethered drones in the air, on the ground and underwater reinvent the whole concept of a military structure. Linked together by an impregnable wireless mesh network capable of routeing data between flying drones moving at 300 mph, this swarm approach to military operations is taking many countries rapidly into what was previously a world of science fiction. As one analyst quoted in the New York Times article said: ‘The systems today are very much Model T Fords. These things will only get more advanced.’