In the late 1980s, Zildjian released its revolutionary 12 inch Special Recording hats, which were small, heavy hi-hat cymbals intended for close miking either live or recording, and other manufacturers quickly followed suit, Sabian for example with their 10 " mini hats.

Throughout the day, the TACP forward air controllers and Special Forces recce teams that had infiltrated into the area the previous day called in airstrikes from B-1, B-52, F-15, F-18s and F-16 aircraft, inflicting heavy casualties on the Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters, but by no means silencing them.

An array of light and heavy weapons ( including robot sentries, similar to those seen in Aliens Special Edition ), incendiary devices, mines and grenades can be used to take out the enemy ( or friends!

Surrounded in West Beirut and subjected to heavy bombardment, the PLO forces and their allies negotiated passage from Lebanon with the aid of Special Envoy Philip Habib and the protection of international peacekeepers.

against the Iraqi Special Republican Guard, of 36, 000 soldiers protected in sprawling bunkers 30 miles outside Baghdad, using Asad Babil tanks and heavy artillery.

Continuing their border-clearing operations, three North Vietnamese regiments asserted heavy pressure on the U. S. Special Forces camp at Bu Prang, in Quang Duc Province, five kilometers from the Cambodian border.

The Special Force brigade was withdrawn from the mountains in January and on 1 February was landed at the beachhead created by Operation Shingle at Anzio, south of Rome, replacing the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions, which had suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Cisterna.

On 19 November, General Schweiter was informed that a Special Forces Mobile Strike Force company had run into heavy resistance while reconning the area.

Captain von Theofels infiltrates Russia's Special Aviation Corps in order to sabotage the development of the world's first heavy bomber, the Sikorsky Ilya Muromets.

Special riot hand weapons include the wooden or rubber baton ; the African sjambok, a heavy leather or plastic whip, and the Indian lathi, a 6 to long cane with a blunt metal tip.

The Beretta 92G-SD and 96G-SD Special Duty handguns are semi-automatic, locked-breech delayed recoil operated, double / single action pistols, fitted with the heavy, wide Brigadier slide, chambered for the 9mm Parabellum cartridge ( 92G-SD ) and the. 40 S & W cartridge ( 96G-SD ), framed with the addition of the tactical equipment rail, designed and manufactured by Beretta.

Overflying the BATT House, Mirbat. Knowing that the SLRs would not be of full use until the Adoo were closer than the weapon's range of 800 metres, and lacking more heavy firepower, Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba made a run for the 25 Pounder Artillery Piece which was positioned next to a smaller fort which stationed nine Omani Army Special Forces soldiers, who had not played a part in the battle.

The. 44 Special, and other large-bore handgun cartridges, were being loaded with heavy bullets, pushed at higher than normal velocities for better hunting performance.

In an effort to raise money and reduce operating costs, Studebaker sold the naming rights for its Loadstar heavy truck line to International Harvester, which provided the chassis for Boilermaker Special II.

Finally, a heavy brass plaque, which was installed inside the cab above the windshield to commemorate the 1960 dedication of the Boilermaker Special III, was removed and archived.

While the new car was indeed heavy and cumbersome its standing starts on gravel and road grip on Special Stages was staggering.

Special Masters as a whole provide a mechanism to relieve the burdens related to a heavy caseload for the whole body of judges.

William H. McRaven, a United States Navy Vice Admiral who serves as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command ( JSOC ), said in an interview with a Norwegian newspaper in 2007 that he regarded the Special Operations Forces of Norway to be among the top special forces in the world and that one of his favourite operations was the Norwegian heavy water sabotage by the Norwegian resistance forces during World war II.

In the table of the Risk list the NEOs are divided into " Special ", as it is the case of ( 99942 ) Apophis ; " Observable ", objects which are presently observable and which critically need a follow up in order to improve their orbit ; " Possible recovery ", objects which are not visible at present, but which are possible to recover in the next future ; " Lost ", objects which have an absolute magnitude ( H ) brighter than 25 but which are virtually lost, being their orbit too uncertain ; and " Small ", objects with an absolute magnitude fainter than 25 and, even if they are " lost ", they are considered too small to result in heavy damage on the ground.

* Special K, a weapon consisting of a Hellfire missile with a heavy steel sleeve slipped over it.

After a heavy naval bombardment by the Royal Navy, troops of 4th Special Service Brigade ( Nos.

Special commuter rail trains did run to South Station from a temporary platform near near the Riverside light rail station from October 23 – 25, 1996 after heavy rain led to extensive flooding in the Boston area, closure of the Kenmore Square subway station, and cutting off of the Riverside line from the downtown subway stations.

The Soviet tanks broke through in the southeastern section of the front as the Estonian assault team commanded by Hauptsturmführer Oskar Ruut, the 11th Infantry Division ( consisting in personnel from East Prussia ) and the 300th Special purpose Division repelled them while suffering heavy casualties.

In 2007, he made a guest appearance on the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode " Dependent " as a Mafia lawyer.

Special mention, however, must be made of the most important of them all: his biography of Sir Isaac Newton.

Special effects: When Godzilla marches on Tokyo, the buildings are the usual fake miniature models, made out of paint and cardboard.

She has made guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, Third Watch, Cosby, Better off Ted and La Femme Nikita.

Special effort is often made to gather together on Amartithi, the anniversary of Baba's death, and on his birthday.

** Special model available in some markets containing wider front fenders made out of steel and 8 " wide front wheels.

In the commentary for the Special Edition Release of the film, George Lucas stated that had he known of the character's popularity, he would have made the death scene more impressive.

In Malaysia, an amendment to the constitution in 1993 made it possible to bring proceedings against the king or any ruler of a component state in the Special Court.

Though no other visual details are given, a comment made by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel " Bear " Malloy in Rainbow Six indicated that at least some of the Ryanverse Special Operations community had heard of the red seal tattoo and understood that it was associated with the Third Special Operations Group ( SOG ), with whom Clark served during the Vietnam War.

It was Etienne's death that made Violette, having already joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1941, decide to offer her services to the British Special Operations Executive ( SOE ).

Special arrangements were made with the German radio operators to be listening to through the night of 5 / 6 June 1944, using the story that a sub-agent was about to arrive with important information.

Special purpose wire is however made from other metals ( e. g. tungsten wire for light bulb and vacuum tube filaments, because of its high melting temperature ).

Special postage stamps were issued from October 1898 until 1908, when a new communications cable was laid to the mainland, which made the pigeon post redundant.

Brian May playing his custom made Red Special in 1975.

Special mention should be made, among Eck's many writings, of his German translation of the Bible ( the New Testament a revision of H. Emser's rendering ) which was first published at Ingolstadt in 1537.

It made the nutty HSB ( Horndean Special Bitter ) and the newer Gales Bitter.

* On April 22, 2009, Ross Perot was made an Honorary Green Beret at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that also honored the OSS, Alamo Scouts and the First Special Service Force, elite World War Two units that were inducted into the " 1st Special Forces " Regiment.

Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh ( the Queen's husband ) could act as regent in these circumstances.

Special procedures also include working groups made up of up to five experts who monitor and investigate specific human rights concerns.

The novelty of the invention is the focus ; while the invention may in the end accomplish some good, that social end is usually far from the inventor's mind ... inventions seem to be either for the military, especially during World War I ( giant cannon, aerial warship, war tank, and air scout ) or for the wealthy, who buy the Swift Pigeon Special as a private plane, all contributing to the bottom line for Swift Enterprises ... invention is an avocation, a diversion, made possible by wealth and the already existing advanced technology.

John Lasseter received an Academy Special Achievement Award in 1996 " for the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film.

Special cake flour with a high starch-to-gluten ratio is made from fine-textured, soft, low-protein wheat.