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When attached to the musket or rifle, it effectively turned almost any long gun into a spear or glaive, suitable not only for thrusting but also for slashing.
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When a vessel is in a narrow channel or on a lee shore so that there is no room to tack the vessel in a conventional manner an anchor attached to the lee quarter may be dropped from the lee bow.
When so used it would generally be fastened on the right shoulder, and would partially envelop the chest as it passed obliquely round in front and behind to be attached to the shield under the left arm.
When the Laplace transform is performed on a discrete-time signal ( with each element of the discrete-time sequence attached to a correspondingly delayed unit impulse ), the result is precisely the Z transform of the discrete-time sequence with the substitution of
When South America became attached to North America creating the Isthmus of Panama, the Arctic region cooled due to the strengthening of the Humboldt and Gulf Stream currents, eventually leading to the glaciations of the Pleistocene ice age, the current interglacial of which is the Holocene Epoch.
: When an amoeba divides, the two daughter cells stay attached by a tubular tether which remains intact unless mechanically severed.
When they are not attached to other molecules, they are known as " free " fatty acids.
When the body is too cold, the arrector pili muscles found attached to hair follicles stand up, causing the hair in these follicles to do the same.
When there is a jump in the time code, a single full-time code is sent to synchronize attached equipment.
When the prototype electric pickup they were developing finally worked to his satisfaction, Beauchamp asked former National shop craftsman Harry Watson to make a wooden neck and body to which the electronics could be attached.
When the Force is attached, either to the front or back, it acts as a weapons system and will fire in whatever direction it is facing.
When in use, laboratory glassware is often held in place with clamps made for that purpose, which are likewise attached and held in place by stands or racks.
When a router interface is configured with an IP address and subnet mask, the interface becomes a host on that attached network.
When the left hand was still attached, it would have been clear to an observer that the goddess was looking at the apple she held up in her left hand.
File: Adams County Illinois 1825. png | When it was created, Hancock County was temporarily attached to Adams until it could organize a county government.
When the first counties were created by the Kansas legislature in 1855, the territory within the present limits of the county was attached to Riley County for all revenue and judicial purposes.
* When the bract is attached to the stem holding the flower ( the pedicel or peduncle ), it is said to be recaulescent ; sometimes these bracts or bracteoles are highly modified and appear to be appendages of the flower calyx.
When GRAPHIC targets are attached, a REDRAW option can be specified which buffers the results of drawing operations until they are specifically requested.
When provoked, or for defense, coatis can be fierce fighters ; their strong jaws, sharp canine teeth, and fast scratching paws, along with a tough hide sturdily attached to the underlying muscles, make it very difficult for potential predators ( e. g., dogs or jaguars ) to seize the smaller mammal.
When the coin was deposited, it fell upon a pan attached to a lever.
When ingesting audio or video feeds, metadata are attached to the clip.
When referred to by the Sovereign in public instruments, The Right Honourable is changed to Our right trusty and well-beloved, with counsellor attached if they are a Privy Counsellor.
When by 1944 it became evident that these two-battalion regiments were not suited to combat operations, certain glider regiments were broken up and their battalions attached to others.
When the animal pressed the bar or pulled the lever the string attached to the door would cause the weight to lift and the door to open.
When the number of users outgrew the capacity of the original computer, additional ' compute ' resource computers could be attached via ARCNET, running the same applications and accessing the same data.
When and musket
When in the 17th century Gustav II Adolf introduced dragoons into the Swedish Army, he provided them with a sabre, an axe and a matchlock musket, utilizing them as " labourers on horseback ".
When aiming for great accuracy, muzzle-loaders are usually cleaned (" swabbed ") before reloading, so that there is no residue left in the barrel to reduce accuracy, though in competitions run by the international governing body, the MLAIC, this is prohibited for military rifle and musket events.
When they were 30 meters from the Russian line, the Swedes fired one volley and charged with their musket and pikesmen, actually pushing the Russians back slowly towards their camp despite suffering heavy casualties.
When the rifle was invented in the West, the musket lost its status as the dominant weapon.
When they were about 150 yards short of the fence, a volley was fired from the Americans, but the British continued until they were within musket shot then fired their own volley in return.
When the Royalists approached the bridge they faced musket fire which made them retreat in confusion.
When Langdon's men rushed the fort, the defenders opened fire with three cannon and a volley of musket shot.
When shot in the thigh she removed the musket ball herself, fearful of having her identity discovered.
When a friend expressed envy of his estate, Lefebvre said " Come down in the courtyard, and I'll have ten shots at you with a musket at 30 paces.
When the relief column reached the Dilkusha park wall, the quiet ended with an outburst of musket fire.
When unmounted from a musket or rifle, sword bayonets with their typical hilts and long blades also could be wielded as short swords.
When and rifle
When, in late afternoon on the last day in June, he saw two people top the ridge to the south and walk toward the house, he quit work immediately and strode to his rifle.
When armed with a rifle, two methods are available when saluting.
When the rifle is being carried on the shoulder, a similar gesture is used in which the flattened free hand is brought across the body to touch the rifle near the rear of the receiver.
When he was eight years old, he told his father he wanted to hunt with a rifle.
When another patron draws his gun on Chance, causing a stalemate, Dude shoots the gun out of the patron's hand, Chance slugs Joe with his rifle, and the sheriff and his deputy drag Joe off to jail.
When Clemente looks into the mirror, he sees visions implying that all four of his confidantes are plotting to assassinate him — D ' Alessandro with the rifle, Garcia and Tabal with knives, and Cristo with a poisoned glass of wine.
When Colt returned to the United States in 1832, he went back to work for his father, who financed the production of two guns, a rifle and a pistol.
When Geronimo surrendered he had in his possession a Winchester Model 1876 lever-action rifle with a silver-washed barrel and receiver, bearing Serial Number 109450.
When it was time for the final stage, guards used whips, clubs and rifle butts to drive the naked people into the gas chambers.
When production problems delayed the general issue of the new rifles, and with the 1978 Battle of Kolwezi showing the immediate need for a more modern weapon, the French Army began searching for a temporary rifle to fill this need until the FAMAS came into full production.
When Hartmann's Crew Chief, Heinz " Bimmel " Mertens, heard what had happened, he took a rifle and went to search for Hartmann.
When he is on the way to the staging area, his helicopter is attacked by a guerrilla with an assault rifle, who kills most of the men in it.
: When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a Javelin,
When installed, barrels are often free-floated: i. e., installed so that the barrel only contacts the rest of the rifle at the receiver, to minimise the effects on impact point of pressure on the fore-end by slings, bipods, or the sniper's hands.
When required an additional rifle company may be formed :- D Company-Dettingen-commemorating the Battle of Dettingen, during the War of the Austrian Succession in 1743 and an additional administration company :- W Company-Waterloo-commemorating the Battle of Waterloo, during the Waterloo campaign in 1815.
When the marchers faced off against more than 2500 Army national guard troops forming a human barricade in front of the Pentagon, demonstrators held flowers and some placed flowers in the soldier's rifle barrels.
When considering all of the gun's deficiencies, taken during combat when it was at its worst, the practical rate of fire of the Breda 30 could even have been comparable to a semi-automatic weapon's practical rate of fire, as the standard American rifle was ( the M1 Garand ).
When Kinkel's rifle ran out of ammunition and he began to reload, wounded student Jacob Ryker tackled him, assisted by several other students.
When Mr. Eckford pointed his rifle towards them, the police officers shot him.
When she overhears Nabuca admit to killing the assassins, Soon attempts to kill Nabuca with a rifle but fails to do so due to Boo's self-sacrifice.
* Lower Receiver: When the SPR program was still just an upper receiver assembly ( and not a complete rifle ), Crane assembled all of its prototypes using either M16A1 or M4A1 lower receivers.
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