Though a side-mounted magazine was common in submachine guns, the larger magazine with heavier ammunition of a full-powered rifle tended to unbalance the weapon.

Though they have not become very popular for their intended application, personal defense weapons have been acquired by many special forces and law enforcement groups as direct replacements for submachine guns.

Though somewhat numerically inferior the Germans were vastly superior in terms of training and firepower, possessing numerous modern submachine guns, light machine guns and hand grenades.

Though a single shell could have disastrous local effect, the guns were susceptible to air attack in addition to being slow to move.

Though defenders on a high ground already have a direct line of sight, a glacis allows defenders to sweep the field more efficiently by minimizing changes to the angle of their guns while firing.

Though light guns have been used in earlier arcade games such as Sega's Periscope in 1966 and Missile in 1969, the first home console light gun was released for the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972 ; later on, Nintendo would include one standard on their Famicom and NES, called the NES Zapper.

Though Matchbox's sets featured fewer figures than comparable Airfix sets ( 15 vs. 29 in 1: 32 ), they included weapons that Airfix did not model ( flame-throwers, heavy machine guns ), and Montgomery and Rommel figures in the Desert War sets.

Though less common,. 20 and. 25 caliber ( 5. 0 mm and 6. 4 mm ) guns also exist and are used predominantly for hunting.

Though both Jackson and Commodore Patterson reported that the retreating forces had spiked their cannon, leaving no guns to turn on the Americans ' main defense line, this is contradicted by Major Mitchell's diary which makes it clear this was not so, as he states he had " Commenced cleaning enemy's guns to form a battery to enfilade their lines on the left bank ".

Though the British had lost no ships, most were severely damaged and three ships of the line had lost all their manoeuvrability and had at the time of the truce drifted within the range of the Tre Kroner's heavy guns which, up until then, like the other fortresses, had been out of range of the British ships.

Though facing the challenge of competitiveness versus conventional guns ( and sometimes railgun alternatives ), coilguns are being researched for weaponry.

Though little-used on the battlefield, sonic weaponry is not uncommon in civilian and law enforcement applications where non-lethal force is required, with handheld sonic stun guns being the most prevalent.

Though the ratio of the guns ( matchlocks ) and the bows was 2: 1 at the first invasion the ratio became 4: 1 at the second invasion since the guns were very effective.

Though this class was technically similar to a heavy cruiser, albeit with considerably heavier guns, they were generally regarded as capital ships ( hence the British label " Pocket battleship ").

Though originally planned to be up-gunned to the L55 for consistency with the 2A6M CAN, the longer barreled guns ( optimized for tank-vs-tank warfare ) were found to be less than ideal in Afghanistan, therefore it was decided to retain the L44.

Though few guns were hit, the attacks kept the French under cover and prevented them from manning their guns.

Though he commanded them ably in engagements with other ships, they performed poorly in an attack on Fort McAllister, due to their small number of guns and slow rate of fire.

Though normal small arms were ineffective against the plate, the elephant guns of the era had enough force to punch through it.

Though the trial court rejected the prosecution theory that the guns had been seized during a search incident to a lawful arrest, the court denied the motion to suppress and admitted the weapons into evidence on the ground that the officer had cause to believe that Terry and Chilton were acting suspiciously, that their interrogation was warranted, and that the officer for his own protection had the right to pat down their outer clothing having reasonable cause to believe that they might be armed.

Though all four guns fell silent, one continued intermittent, though inaccurate, fire through the second day.

Though he personally dislikes them for being " unreliable ", Zsasz is known to occasionally carry guns in order to coerce his selected victims.

Though they were but 2, 400 against 5, 400, and destitute of artillery, they stormed " Stamford Hill ", killed 300 of the enemy and captured 1, 700 more with all their guns, colours and baggage.

Though little democracy had ever been practised in this region, and much of it was still ruled by feudalistic means, it was taken for granted that at least the forms of Western democracy would be established in this area and Western capitalism preserved within it.

Though the reference to race was stricken by the association in 1950, being an agent of such `` detrimental '' influences still appears as the cardinal sin realtors see themselves committed to avoid.

Though equipped with limbs and the ability to breathe air, most still had a long tapering body and strong tail.

Though the are has fallen out of use, the hectare is still commonly used to measure land:

Though his party won the governor's race and control of the legislature, Johnson still had to overcome considerable opposition from the conservatives in both parties.

Though his father, Uthman Abu Quhafa, was still alive, he came to be recognized as chief of his tribe.

Though rarely used by modern conventional military units, abatises are still officially maintained in United States Army and Marine Corps training.

Though cloning is still possible even with digital technologies, the cost of wireless service is so low that the problem has virtually disappeared.

Though most of these laws have been relaxed or repealed in most states, they are still strictly enforced in some other states.

Though most modern vendors serve only the bigger 1 / 4 " pearls, they still use " pearl tea " as the name.

Though Hollingworth gave up his episcopal position to accept the appointment, it still attracted considerable opposition in a country which maintains a formal separation between Church and State.

Though many evangelical commentators still defend the traditional sixth century date for the book's composition, the scholarly consensus is that it is a product of Maccabean times.

Though the notion of a German blitzkrieg concept or doctrine survive in popular consciousness and popular literature, and many professional historians also still support the thesis.

Though Gondwana was still intact in the beginning of the Cretaceous, it broke up as South America, Antarctica and Australia rifted away from Africa ( though India and Madagascar remained attached to each other ); thus, the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were newly formed.

Though a socialist, Attlee still believed in the British Empire of his youth.

Though controversial ( with many traditional herpetologists still using Bufo marinus ) the binomial Rhinella marina is gaining in acceptance with such bodies as the IUCN, Encyclopaedia of Life, Amphibian Species of the World and increasing numbers of scientific publications adopting its usage.

Though conditions have improved somewhat over the past few years, the Khadem are still stereotyped by mainstream Yemenese society, considering them lowly, dirty, ill-mannered, immoral and untouchables.

Though their flesh has died and rotted away, their minds still live on within their skeletons, which communicate telepathically.

Though still valid, the technology is in limited use today, primarily because it imposes some changes to system management and also because it is not widely understood.

Though some new cable car systems were still being built, by 1890 the cheaper to construct and simpler to operate electrically-powered trolley or tram started to become the norm, and eventually started to replace existing cable car systems.

Though the Baron still takes sadistic enjoyment in the suffering of others, he is portrayed as somewhat flamboyant, pompous and self-indulgent, with a tendency to speak in iambic pentameter when the mood strikes him.

Though the different systems are at equilibrium, there is still water passing through the semipermeable membrane.

Though modestly budgeted, at the high end of the B movie scale, Stranger on the Third Floor still lost its studio, RKO, $ 56, 000, almost a third of its total cost.

Though most arachnids are harmless, a person with arachnophobia may still panic or feel uneasy around one.

Though women did not gain the right to vote as a result of the Revolution, they still greatly expanded their political participation and involvement in governing.