Grasshopper was the nickname for a cannon used by the British in the late 18th century as a light battalion gun to support infantry. It was designed for...
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and deployed by parachute Grasshopper cannon, a British infantry weapon designed in the 18th century Slingsby Grasshopper, a British Royal Air Force...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leather cannons. Bamboo cannon Battalion gun Wooden cannon Grasshopper cannon Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle - A modern...
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projectile weighing approximately 3 pounds. It may refer to: The Grasshopper cannon – of the 18th century QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss – Hotchkiss 47 mm naval...
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battle line, which consisted of dragoons on his flanks, with his two grasshopper cannons in between the British Regulars and American Loyalists. Tarleton's...
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the average light infantry unit requirement today. The 3-pounder Grasshopper cannon was in use with British forces in the 18th century. Each British infantry...
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muzzleloading artillery), used before, and even for some time after, breech-loading cannon became common. Projectile (early on with shot and then later on with shells)...
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The grasshopper is a fairy chess piece that moves along ranks, files, and diagonals (like a queen) but only by hopping over another piece. The piece to...
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Kalyan Singh. The Kachari army also arrived with 300 men and two grasshopper cannons but were defeated by Reza's forces. On the other hand, Kalyan Singh...
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eight sepoys. The Kachari army then arrived with 300 men and two grasshopper cannons but were defeated. During this time, the British were able to gain...
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Rector Strength 800-1,200 Natives 30 British regulars and volunteers 1 Grasshopper cannon 2 Swivel guns 334 regulars Casualties and losses None 3 killed 14...
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switched between mountings). In anti-tank form, it was given the nickname "grasshopper" as it jumped about so much on firing. It was known as the pansarvärnsluftvärnskanon...
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towed howitzer GDF-CO3 Switzerland 35 mm SP twin anti-aircraft gun Grasshopper cannon United Kingdom Light mobile gun Hetzer Nazi Germany 75 mm assault...
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The Greensboro Grasshoppers are a Minor League Baseball team based in Greensboro, North Carolina. They are members of the South Atlantic League and are...
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were surrounded by a force under John Sevier that was equipped with grasshopper cannons. The gunfire from the Cherokee was so intense, however, that Sevier...
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Royal Exchange, London (redirect from The Gresham Grasshopper)
Gresham Grasshopper is the Royal Exchange's weathervane and was the crest of the founder, Sir Thomas Gresham. According to legend, a grasshopper's chirps...
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A Bug's Life (category The Ant and the Grasshopper)
fight back against the grasshoppers, driving all but Hopper and his brother Molt away. The ants shove Hopper into the circus cannon to shoot him off of the...
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prey from Persian mythology. In South Slavic languages, it is called the "cannon" (Serbo-Croatian: Топ, romanized: top). In Kannada, it is known as ಆನೆ (āāne)...
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in Exchange Alley, prior to the 1748 fire John Biddulph Martin, "The Grasshopper" in Lombard Street, New York, Scribner & Welford (1892). J. Pelzer and...
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armed with relatively small caliber cannons, or a mix of cannons and machine guns. If they carried more than one cannon, one might be a howitzer, for shore...
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the cannon is a hopper along rook lines when moving or capturing, except it cannot jump another cannon, whether friendly or enemy. The grasshopper moves...
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Assumption Chapel (redirect from Grasshopper Chapel)
41417°W / 45.45583; -94.41417 Assumption Chapel, also known as the Grasshopper Chapel, is a Roman Catholic Marian shrine, "Calvary Hill" (German: Kalvarienberg)...
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field cannon Type 98 20 mm AA machine cannon Ordnance BL 5.5-inch cannon Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun Ordnance QF 25-pounder field cannon 37 mm...
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The Heuschrecke 10 (English: Grasshopper 10) was a German prototype self-propelled gun and Waffenträger (English: "Weapon carrier") developed by Krupp-Gruson...
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Nov 22, 2013 XBO Shadows of the Damned Third-person shooter, action Grasshopper Manufacture Electronic Arts Jun 21, 2011 Jun 24, 2011 Sep 22, 2011 Nov...
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He is then issued his second challenge, to hit Gregory, the flying grasshopper, with a large mallet. After two weeks of trying, Goku succeeds and fully...
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Killer Is Dead (category Grasshopper Manufacture games)
Killer Is Dead is a 2013 hack and slash video game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture. It is published by Kadokawa Games in Japan, Xseed Games in North...
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No More Heroes III (category Grasshopper Manufacture games)
Heroes III is a 2021 action-adventure game developed and published by Grasshopper Manufacture for the Nintendo Switch. Marvelous published the game in...
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