In addition, the army was equipped with a precursor to the machine-gun: the mitrailleuse, which could unleash significant, concentrated firepower, with a weakness of having short range and relative immobility and thus prone to being easily overrun.

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Some modern submarines, such as the Type 212 submarines of the German Navy, are equipped with surface-to-air missile systems, since helicopters and anti-submarine warfare aircraft are significant threats.

Superfluity of graphemes ( letters or characters ) is often an issue in spelling reform, which prompts the " Economic Argument "— significant cost savings in the production materials over time — as promulgated by George Bernard Shaw, although in modern times with computer systems changing rapidly and equipped to produce the scripts of a variety of languages this is now a bit far-fetched.

With most homes equipped with oil or gas central heating and the railways long since converted to diesel and electricity, the only remaining significant sector of Britain's national infrastructure that was still reliant upon coal was the electrical generation industry under the Central Electricity Generating Board.

DOS games usually made an FPU optional because the games either didn't use a significant amount of floating point arithmetic or just added some extra bonus features if the computer was equipped with one.

The French eventually overran the Mexicans in subsequent battles, but the Mexican victory at Puebla against a much better equipped and larger French army provided a significant morale boost to the Mexican army and also helped slow the French army's advance towards Mexico City.

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Presently, due to advances in technology, many airports are replacing VOR and NDB approaches with RNAV ( GPS ) approach procedures ; however, receiver and data update costs are still significant enough that many small general aviation aircraft are not equipped with a GPS certified for primary navigation or approaches.

By competing at the highest level allowed in the battleground bracket, and equipped with the best possible gear, twinks played with a significant advantage over regular players.

The Hashemite forces were initially poorly equipped, but later were to receive significant supplies of weapons, most notably rifles and machine-guns from Britain and France.

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Any of the available engines could be equipped at the dealer with Chrysler's Hyper Pak parts kit for a significant power upgrade: the 170 Hyper Pak's published output was, while the 225 Hyper Pak's was.

The front of the saucer section is equipped with a " deflector " that protects the ship from space dust and other particles that would otherwise cause significant damage at impulse, or even cruising speeds.

Another significant change was the switch to Ford's new 6F 6-speed automatic, which became standard on all V6 equipped models and optional on the I4.

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For individual Viet Cong soldiers, the battle proved that they could defeat the superior South Vietnamese forces, equipped with modern military hardware and significant support and funding from the United States.

Due to its capabilities, the French and Burgundy designed siege gun, equipped with its trunnions, required little significant modification from around 1465 to the 1840s.

Ground Based Air Defence has recently been equipped with additional RBS-70 systems and a significant upgrade of radar and monitoring systems.

Because of the regiment's status ( it was better trained, equipped, paid and clothed than the regular army ), significant resentment was directed at its members, which led to violence directed against it by the army during the coup that overthrew Nkrumah.

Winchester Model 70s equipped with the BOSS provide a significant improvement in accuracy for a production rifle.

This proved to be a significant feature for the Confederate troops equipped with it.

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Ptolemy owed his victory in part to having a properly equipped and trained native Egyptian Phalanx which for the first time formed a large proportion of his Phalangites, thus ending his manpower problems.

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Before the outbreak of the Korean War, Joseph Stalin equipped the KPA with modern medium tanks, trucks, artillery, and small arms.

In this context, proposals to develop the army into a well equipped, mobile conventional land force, are unlikely in the near to medium term.

Many proponents of e-learning believe that everyone must be equipped with basic knowledge in technology, as well as use it as a medium to reach a particular goal.

This runway is long, wide, is equipped with medium intensity runway lighting, and has an asphalt surface.

The Italians were equipped with L3 tankettes and M11 / 39 medium tanks, neither of which had any chance against the Matildas.

Aside from the obstacles created by canals, rivers and railway embankments, by early 1942 the line was defended by 309 light machine gun pillboxes, ( typically for the Bren gun ), 61 medium machine gun emplacements ( typically for the Vickers machine gun ), 21 static anti-tank gun emplacements ( equipped with ex-World War I naval six-pound guns ), along with numerous anti-tank obstacles in the form of concrete posts, cubes and pyramids, while charge chambers were cut into bridges ready for demolition.

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When the war began in June 1950, the four American infantry divisions on occupation duty in Japan had no medium tanks at all, having only one active tank company ( equipped with M24 Chaffee light tanks ) each.

The northwest-facing runway 32 is equipped with an instrument landing system approach and an associated medium intensity approach light system with runway alignment lights.

IX Bomber Command equipped with Martin B-26 medium bombers and Douglas A-20 light bombers in preparation for the Normandy Invasion.

No organized cavalry formations or formations of troops equipped with projectile weapons are recorded: instead the bulk of the forces were formed in units of light, medium and heavy infantry, with bowmen or slingers distributed among the infantry units operating as light support skirmishers. Before the end of the Commonwealth at least 21 fortresses and castles had been built in Iceland. During the Age of the Sturlungs the average battle consisted of fewer than 1000 men with the average casualty rate of only 15 %.

The locomotive was equipped with a medium height cab and AAR Type B trucks.

Runway 15 was equipped with a medium intensity approach lighting system.

At this time, the division's artillery assets included two artillery field regiments, a medium regiment, and a divisional locating battery, and although on paper the division was a large, combined arms formation, in reality many of its units were hollow and inadequately equipped, and in the decades following this the division, and indeed the CMF in general, underwent a period of uncertainty as the government attempted to solve the issues that the organisation faced, the most pressing of which was the question of its role and strategic relevance, as well as those concerning conditions of service, centralisation of training and access to equipment.

The unit was initially equipped with de Havilland DH-4 medium bombers.

Some vessels were also equipped with the American medium / long range Standard.

These 220-ton shallow-draught vessels were capable of transporting up to 200 fully equipped infantrymen, 2-3 medium tanks or an equivalent weight in cargo, and could unload directly onto an open beach via a drop-down bow ramp.

The 1st Armoured Division's armoured regiments were equipped with M3 Grant medium tanks and M3 Stuart light tanks in April and May 1942.

AAM ( Anti Aircraft Missile )- Carrier-AAM-Carriers are medium speed moving units that are not equipped to attack ground units.

The Force initially comprised five squadrons-one from each of the operational Bomber Command Groups: No. 1 Group contributed No. 156 Squadron RAF ( equipped with the Vickers Wellington medium bomber ), No. 2 Group No. 109 Squadron RAF-then " special duties "-( Wellingtons and Mosquitoes ), No. 3 Group No. 7 Squadron RAF ( Short Stirling heavy bombers ), No. 4 Group No. 35 Squadron RAF ( Handley Page Halifax ) and No. 5 Group No. 83 Squadron RAF ( Avro Lancaster ).

There were two medium groups, the 38th Bombardment Group, which was equipped with B-25 Mitchells, and the 22nd Bombardment Group, which was equipped with Martin B-26 Marauders, but the former was missing two of its four squadrons that had been diverted to the South Pacific Area, and the latter had taken so many losses that it had been withdrawn to Australia to be rebuilt.

Fuchs CBRN Reconnaissance VehicleThe Royal Yeomanry was formed in 1967, following the amalgamation of six distinguished county yeomanry regiments, as a medium reconnaissance regiment equipped with armoured cars.

In Australia, Toyota had categorized the V6 equipped Camry as a large car and the 4-cylinder Camry as a medium or mid-size car in order to dominate more segments, despite the physical size of the cars being identical.