The article was published just 19 days before Medal of Honor: Allied Assault was released which shares many similar features, and the Nazi protagonists in multiplayer.

Assault weapon is a political term, often used by gun control advocates, typically referring to firearms " designed for rapidly firing at human targets from close range ," sometimes described as military-style features useful in combat.

For example, in California, the Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 bars a number of specific firearm models as well as firearms that have one of a number of features.

Title XI, subtitle A, formally known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, but commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban or Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, barred the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms, classified as " assault weapons " ( a non-technical term ), as well as any semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, and which has two or more of the following features: A telescoping or folding stock, a pistol grip, a flash suppressor, a grenade launcher, and a bayonet lug.

Flash suppressors and barrel shrouds were seen as ' military ' features, and were on the list of Federally defined features that could cause a rifle to be defined as illegal, if manufactured after the effective date of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that went into effect in 1994 in the United States and which expired in 2004.

* September 13, 1994: President Bill Clinton signs the Assault Weapons Ban, which bans the manufacture of new weapons with certain features for a period of 10 years.

Its standalone design meant that the player did not need the original Dawn of War or the Winter Assault expansion for the game's full features ( apart from online multiplayer games ).

Multiplayer features three different modes: Deathmatch, team deathmatch, and ' Assault ' - An attack / defend mode where one team must guard three bases and the other must capture them.

The 1969 Alan Caillou novel Assault on Loveless prominently features the protagonist, Cabot Cain, driving an FF at very high speed throughout parts of Portugal.

California amended its 1989 Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act ( AWCA ) later in 1999, effective January 2000, to ban firearms having features such as barrel shrouds.

The album features well-known songs " Chelsea Smile " and " Season For Assault ".

Like most of the games in the series, Medal of Honor: European Assault features a multiplayer mode.

* The Nintendo 64 videogame Aerofighters Assault features an F-14 with an unlockable alternate paint scheme that mirrors that of VF-84's Tomcats.

Assault features the core Star Fox team, with Falco Lombardi having returned, and Krystal taking over Peppy Hare's former spot.

The game features a multiplayer mode for Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Assault, and Capture the Flag gameplay, with support for 32 players on PC over the Internet and former Xbox Live support for 16 players on the Xbox.

* INSAS ( Foldable Butt ) ( 5. 56 mm ) It resembles 5. 56 mm Assault Rifle Fixed Butt in all other features except that the Fixed Butt is replaced with a foldable type of Butt to shorten the overall length and it does not include automatic mode of firing. It is most suitable for combat from ICV and in Para Troopers role.

The offline ( split screen ) multiplayer also features a range of modes, These include: Deathmatch, Team-Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Breach, Assault, Meltdown and Skirmish.

Global Assault features many gangs returning from the first game, as well as some new ones.

In turn, this song features many samples from Sly and the Family Stone song, " You Can Make It if You Try ", and its theme seems heavily inspired by the The Splash Band track " The End ( Disco Version )" released in 1984, which is itself based on the theme of John Carpenter's film Assault on Precinct 13.

M2 infantry Bradleys also have firing ports for a number of M231 Firing Port Weapons ( FPWs ), providing a means for the occupants to fire from within the vehicle and replacing the top-side gunners on the M113-based Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles ( ACAV ), though the M231 is rarely employed.

* Assault: If a piece with a small value, multiplied by the number of vacant spaces between it and another larger piece is equal to the larger piece, the larger piece is captured.

Each troop would comprise three officers and 62 other ranks ; this number was set so each troop would fit into two Assault Landing Craft.

The phone number for local AAA offices can be found in the phone book blue pages under Abuse / Assault.

Shortly afterward, a live album called Assault on South America was recorded, featuring a number of Iron Maiden and Battlezone tracks and covers of " We Will Rock You " and " Smoke on the Water ".

Accordingly, the use of the Air Assault MTOE template for your organization was intended to provide Combatant Commanders a more ‘ robust ’ infantry structure, not to increase the number of air assault units in our Army today.

The EFV was designed to replace the aging AAV-7A1 Assault Amphibious Vehicle ( AAV ), which entered service in 1972, and was the Marine Corps ' number one priority ground weapon system acquisition.

Examples include Armor Assault ( Order 4 tank units, units in Close Assault, next to the enemy unit, may battle with an extra die ) and Medics and Mechanics ( order 1 unit, roll dice to ' heal / repair ' the unit by adding figures according to number of dice, and let it move and battle ).

The site accommodates a number of British Army regimental museums, including those of the Parachute Regiment ( named Airborne Assault ) and the Royal Anglian Regiment.

The album reached number 145 on the US Billboard 200 chart and Nuclear Assault set off on a 180-day world tour in the United States and Europe ; first as an opening for Slayer and later headlining with British group Acid Reign as a support act.

*" Moonbase Assault "-A small squad must penetrate the Omni Corporation moon base, via the airlocks, and destroy a great number of their databanks and analyzers that hold sensitive information.

" This was during the Monday Night Wars and was part of a number of digs at Hogan's then-new movie project Assault on Devil's Island.

This Boat Section was equipped with a number of aluminium boats, known as Temuai in Malay and Fast Assault Boats ( FABs ).

Enterprise is recalled and retrofitted as a warship, with more powerful weapons and a group of elite Military Assault Command Operations ( MACOs ).

In the early years of Starfleet, as seen in Star Trek: Enterprise, Starfleet's mission is purely exploration and is not military in any sense except for weapons designed for defensive capabilities until the retrofitting of the Enterprise ( NX-01 ) and the incorporation of MACOs ( Military Assault Command Operations ) after the Xindi attack on Earth.

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban ( AWB ) ( or Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act ) was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law in the United States that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms, so called " assault weapons ".

2038, the Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003, on May 8, 2003, before the assault weapons ban expired.

* Assault weapons entry by Robert J. Spitzer in the Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law, Vol.

HCI was the chief supporter of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, known as the " Brady Bill ", enacted in 1993 after a seven-year debate ; and successfully lobbied for passage of the first-ever Federal Assault Weapons Ban, banning the manufacture and importation of so-called military-style assault weapons, a provision that critics called " arbitrary " and " symbolic ".

Once in Italy, their mission is to become qualified with the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle, which actually turns out to be a GMC motorhome with concealed armor and weapons.

SCMITR was part of the CAWS ( Close Assault Weapon System ) program, which investigated ~ 20 mm smoothbore weapons ( basically combat shotguns ) designed to be effective to ranges of 150 metres against combatants wearing body armor.

The gameplay of European Assault is essentially the same as of its predecessor, a first-person shooter ; however, the weapons and interface have been slightly upgraded to be more player-friendly.

Burnie realized that the frantic nature of only having seconds to stop the flag reaching its destination was fun and changed it to the " Assault " gametype so that each team had a point to defend, as well as spawning the players with weapons.

It is most vulnerable to weapons with the physical attribute such as the Pistol ( PSTL. arm ), Assault Rifle ( Assault_RFL. arm ) and the Shotgun ( Shotgun. arm ).

Each Space Marine can be assigned to an Assault Squad ( jump packs and melee weaponry ) or alternately the Marine may be assigned to a Devastator Squad equipped with two heavy weapons such as plasma, rocket, or lascannon systems.

The Armed Assault community also creates custom content such as new missions, campaigns, factions and weapons.

The impression that Sugarmann originated the term may stem from a 1988 study he authored, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, which was the first study to look at semiautomatic weapons the VPC deemed " assault weapons ".

" Assault weapons — just like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearms — are a new topic.