On occasion SPAAGs have been used as very effective direct fire weapons against infantry, for example by American forces during late World War II, in Korea against mass infantry assault, and extensively during the Vietnam War, where for example the U. S. M42 Duster SPAAG ( based on a light tank ) was employed purely for this purpose.

Ships with the Mk 26 GMLS, and late marks of the Mk 10 GMLS aboard the " Belknap "- class, could accommodate ASROC in these power-loaded launchers ( the Mk 13 GMLS was not able to fire the weapon, as the launcher rail was too short ).

" when he and Butt-Head are working the late shift at Burger World ) and also having him almost say the forbidden word ( such as one time when he sang " Liar, liar, pants on ..." and pausing before " fire " ( in the " Liar!

Another invention in the late Middle Ages was the use of Greek fire by the Byzantines, which was used to set enemy fleets on fire.

A similar belief was attributed by some ancient sources to Diogenes Apolloniates ( late 5th century BCE ), who also linked air with intelligence and soul ( psyche ), but other sources claim that his arche was a substance between air and fire.

This makes the chaparral most vulnerable to fire in the late summer and fall.

* St. Nicholas Cathedral-a monumental 13th century Gothic church ( cathedral only from 1992, before it was a parochial church ), damaged by fire in the late 18th century, then destroyed in World War II and reconstructed

Reports say Toumba's men opened fire on Captain Camara late Thursday at an army camp in the city of Conakry.

Ratsiraka's dwindling popularity in the late 1980s reached a critical point in 1991 when presidential guards opened fire on unarmed protesters during a rally.

First produced in 1896 as one of the first commercially successful and practical semi-automatic pistols, Spanish gunmakers in the late 1920s introduced " select fire " copies of the C96 with detachable magazines, and in the early 1930s Mauser engineers introduced the model 711 and 712 Schnellfeuer variants, which included a fire selector mechanism allowing fully automatic fire at a rate of 1000 rounds / minute.

Because of this, " Sniper 2 " didn't fire a single shot until late in the gunfight, when hostage-taker Khalid Jawad attempted to escape on foot and ran right at the exposed sniper.

Breech loading weapons proved to have a much faster rate of fire than muzzle loaders, causing military forces to abandon muzzle loaders in favor of breech loading designs in the late 1860s.

The first automatic weapon to fire a pistol round was a scaled-down version of the Maxim machine gun, used for demonstrations in marketing the Maxim in the late 19th century, especially when a full-sized firing range was not available.

In late 2001, a fire in the North Transept resulted in heavy smoke damage to the organ.

The fire finally burned itself out, aided by diminishing winds and a light drizzle that began falling late on Monday night.

With the advent of widespread electricity generation and power supply lines from the late 19th century on, problems also arose with equipment short-circuit failure affecting the power supply, and with local fire and shock hazard when the power line was struck by lightning.

For instance, his late essay, " The Succession of Forest Trees ," shows that he used experimentation and analysis to explain how forests regenerate after fire or human destruction, through dispersal by seed-bearing winds or animals.

A glacis (; ) in military engineering is an artificial slope of earth used in late European fortresses so constructed as to keep any potential assailant under the fire of the defenders until the last possible moment.

Further redevelopment was begun in the late 3rd century, but these alterations were incomplete when the north wing was destroyed in a fire c. 270 AD.

Yellowish clouds may occur in the late spring through early fall months during forest fire season.

From late 1944 until early 1945, the Japanese launched over 9, 300 of these fire balloons, of which 300 were found or observed in the U. S. Despite the high hopes of their designers, the balloons were ineffective as weapons: causing only six deaths ( from one single incident ) and a small amount of damage.

No houses in the town date from before the 17th century, the town having been rebuilt after the fire of 1628.

In the 17th century the buccanneer John Esquemeling recorded the use of mahogany or cedrela on Hispaniola for making canoes ; ' The Indians make these canoes without the use of any iron instruments, by only burning the trees at the bottom near the root, and afterwards governing the fire with such industry that nothing is burnt more than what they would have ...'.

A kind of open fire pit fired with charcoal, called irori, remained in use as the secondary stove in most homes until the Edo period ( 17th to 19th century ).

In December 2010, the Dayton Police Department became the 17th law enforcement agency, along with 11 fire departments, to be dispatched from the regional center.

Many sections collapsed entirely during the 17th century, and further serious damage was done by a fire of 1906 which melted the bells in the central tower.

Next on the left, is Tong Hall, a 17th-century manor house built in the late 17th century, and is part of the historic part of the area, replacing a much older building ( A capital messuage ( manor house ) is recorded in 1343 as part of the holdings of the Tong family, but destroyed by fire around 1700 )

In the 16th and 17th century, the whole Waasland was in the line of fire between Protestant Netherlands and Catholic Spain, often with terrible consequences for the local population.

In the 17th century the beguinage counted some 300 beguines ; it was also able to survive the 1677 fire that destroyed most of the city.

A 17th century manual showing a part of the steps required to load and fire an earlier musket.

During a disaterous period in the Thirty Years War in the 17th century, the town was besieged, plundered and set on fire by the French.

Amsterdam also had a sophisticated firefighting system in the late 17th century, under the direction of artist Jan van der Heyden, who had improved the designs of both fire hoses and fire pumps.

The first extensive archaeological review of the Roman city of London was done in the 17th century after the Great fire of 1666.

In the early 17th century, an earthquake and a fire befell the monastery, and historical documents and a significant part of the artistic heritage were destroyed and lost forever.

The concept of fire plugs dates to at least the 17th century.

The initial charge overran Company H of the 17th Missouri, which dissolved under fire and fled toward Company F, which was attempting to set up a defensive position in a treeline.

St Edmund's church in Sedgefield is noted for its ornate 17th century Cosin woodwork, unique to County Durham: this is especially precious now that the display in Brancepeth has perished through fire.

The great fire of Drayton destroyed almost 70 % of the town in the 17th century.

Tar Barrels, 5 November 2005The town typically stages annual events around Guy Fawkes Night when, in a tradition dating from the 17th century, barrels soaked in tar are set alight Generations of the same family have been known to compete across the years and it is thought that the event may have originated as a means of warding off evil spirits, similar to other British fire festivals, around the time of Halloween.

The palace remained in use until the 17th century, when it was divided into tenements and warehouses, but was mostly destroyed by fire in 1814.

It was heavily damaged after a fire broke out overnight on the 17th March, 2012.

Each year on January 11 a fire festival known as the Burning of the Clavie takes place ; it is thought that the festival dates back to the 17th century, although it could easily predate this by several centuries.

Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition established Jodensavanne in the 17th century, but it was destroyed in 1832 by a fire.