His horse danced and pranced in circles, reared, pirouetted, and ran backwards as Totila tossed his lance into the air and caught it.At last, he rode back to his own army and changed into battle armor.…
Like the infantry, the engineers had been pushed off their targets, and only five of the 16 teams arrived at their assigned locations.Three teams came in where there were no infantry or armor to cover them.Working under heavy fire, the engineers set about their task of clearing gaps through the beach obstacles -- work made more difficult by loss of equipment, and by infantry passing through or taking cover behind the obstacles they were trying to blow.…
That year she returned to the action genre playing the title role in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, under direction of Luc Besson.She cut her hair short and wore armor in several extensive battle scenes.Jovovich received generally good reviews for her performance, although she also received a Razzie Award nomination for "Worst Actress".…
She stayed alive inside his head and built armor for her daughter.The banging of her metalworking made Zeus have a headache, so Hephaestus clove his head with an axe.…
Disheartened by the death of their king, the Hungarian army fled the battlefield.Neither the king's body nor his armor were ever found.…
Some are able to carry conventional or nuclear weapons far behind enemy lines to strike priority ground targets.Attack helicopters attack enemy armor and provide close air support for ground troops.…
New characters begin with a number of gold pieces determined by rolling three six-sided dice and multiplying the total by ten.These gold pieces can be used to buy weapons, armor, and other equipment.Combat is handled by comparing dice rolls between a character and his opponent.…
Many of the intricate designs etched into suits of Greenwich armor, including King Henry's own personal tournament harnesses, were based on designs by Holbein.His style continued to influence the unique form of English armor for nearly half a century after his death.Holbein's cartoon for part of the dynastic Tudor wall painting at Whitehall reveals how he prepared for a large mural.…
Although photos that were published at the time showed rows of Sheridans ready to defend against Iraqi tanks, they would have a limited effect against the Soviet-designed T-72s which comprised the bulk of the Iraqi Republican Guard.Their role was limited to reconnaissance due to their age and light armor.…
DuPont materials were critical to the success of the Apollo Project of the United States space program.DuPont has been the key company behind the development of modern body armor.In the Second World War DuPont's ballistic nylon was used by Britain's Royal Air Force to make flak jackets.…
We needed a strong guy for the team, so I drew up a strong guy.The character's armor just kind of fell into place.He was accepted pretty much as is, except that I had given him bare legs because it seemed only logical that if we're going to show him armored up, the legs should be bare like the arms.…
Along the center of the ship, they were one inch thick, but increased to two inches closer to the sides of the ship.No light armor was fitted above the main belt or at either end of the ship.This made Texas highly vulnerable to rapid-fire guns using high-explosive shells.…
Beyond this point, the belt gradually grew thinner until it ended 4 feet 3 inches (1.3 m) under the waterline, where the belt was only 8.5 inches (220 mm) thick.Below the belt the ship had no armor, only a double bottom.On both ends the belt was connected to the barbettes of the main guns with 14-inch (360 mm) armored bulkheads.…
All the people in the land fought at the hill Ramah (or Cumorah).Men, women, and children were all armed with weapons and wore armor.Men killed women and children as well as other men.…
When a hit is delivered, the attacker rolls a d10, adds the weapon's attack bonus, and subtracts the target's armor rating.In some cases, such as a target with plate armor, few weapons can do much damage directly.Only certain special hits can damage the target severely.…
Centuries passed and Suzunagi's spirit became a wandering spirit, unable to rest until the armors were annihilated.Because, in her mind, these armors brought about nothing but sorrow, pain, and death.While on her mission, she encountered Kaosu during the 1940s (more precisely, World War II) as he was prepared to break the seal that prevented the Armor of Tenkuu (Armor of Strata) from falling into the wrong hands.…
In towns, players can visit various stores where weapons, armor, and items can be bought.Weapons and armor can be equipped to increase character strength and defense, respectively.In addition, items can be used for a number of purposes, such as healing.…
Each time the party wins a battle, Ness' father deposits money in an account that can be withdrawn at ATMs.In towns, players can visit various stores where weapons, armor, and items can be bought.Weapons and armor can be equipped to increase character strength and defense, respectively.…
In the PT Gunboat, the torpedoes were all removed and replaced with more and heavier guns.These versions mounted extra armor, though tests showed this was not very effective.…
The Extremis has since been removed, and he now uses more conventional armors.Some armors still take a liquid form but are not stored within his body.After being critically injured during a battle with the Extremis-enhanced Mallen, Stark injects his nervous system with modified techno-organic virus-like body restructuring machines (the Extremis process).…
