Major Floyd 's Marine and Provisional Guard expedition eventually reached Arriving the area one mile southeast of Santa Clara , where they were attacked Attack by a force of between 60 and 120 ( possibly up to 150 ) Sandinista insurgents who were armed with two machine guns .

One of the machine guns was confirmed Check to be a Lewis gun and the other one was suspected Suspicion of being one as well .

After an investigation Criminal_investigation , a Virginia special justice declared Expressing_publicly Cho mentally ill and ordered Request him to attend Participation treatment ; however , because he was not institutionalized Institutionalization , he was still allowed Preventing_or_letting to purchase Commerce_buy guns .

the use of a small number of very heavy guns , mounted Connect so that they could fire in all directions , was first demonstrated Coming_to_be by `` monitor Scrutiny '' but soon became Becoming standard in warships of all types .

From December 1998 to March 1999 , U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq came Motion under almost daily fire from Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites and anti-aircraft guns .

The most common threat was from anti-aircraft guns .

Three of the four guns in a large emplacement at the Longues-sur-Mer battery were disabled Destroying by direct hits Attack from the cruisers ' and ' at 06:20 .

The British guns continued to fire on the German front line long after the German raiders had crossed Motion_directional no man 's land but an organised Arranging counter-attack Attack at was conducted Action with artillery support Supporting .

On the night of 1942 , the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ( part of the 7th Motor Brigade ) , with thirteen 6-pounder anti-tank guns and the 239th Battery , 76th Anti-Tank Regiment RA , with six more 6-pounders , was ordered Arranging to occupy Control a desert feature known as Snipe , a small depression in the landscape south-west of Kidney Ridge that was suitable for an outpost .

Two batteries of the 15th Field Regiment , RCA were placed Placing in support Supporting but due to the rapid advance Self_motion of the allied armies , supply Supply lines were hundreds of miles long and not much ammunition was available for the guns .

The South Alberta Regiment ( SARs ) would place Placing its tanks on the friendly side of the canal at either side of the crossing Sending point and hold Defending the flanks of the crossing Motion_directional with their fire along with the Vickers machine guns of The New Brunswick Rangers .

The coral atoll surrounding Surrounding Truk 's islands created Creating a safe harbor where the few points of ingress and egress had been fortified Cause_change_of_strength by the Japanese with shore batteries , antiaircraft guns , and airfields .

Large numbers of machine guns were also recovered Recovering as well as a motor bike that had been primed as a suicide bomb .

In October 1861 , the Confederates constructed Building batteries at Evansport ( now downtown Quantico , consisted of two batteries on the river bank , and another inland ) , a CSA field battery located at the mouth of Chopawamsic Creek where it empties to the Potomac ( now the Marine Corps Air Facility ) , Shipping Point ( now Hospital Point on Quantico , number of guns unknown ) , Freestone Point ( a CSA four-gun battery on the shore of the Potomac River , now within Leesylvania State Park ) , and Cockpit Point ( near the current asphalt plant , consisted of six guns ( one heavy gun ) in four batteries , a powder magazine , and rear rifle pits , on top of a high cliff known as Possum Nose ) .

In October 1861 , the Confederates constructed Building batteries at Evansport ( now downtown Quantico , consisted of two batteries on the river bank , and another inland ) , a CSA field battery located at the mouth of Chopawamsic Creek where it empties to the Potomac ( now the Marine Corps Air Facility ) , Shipping Point ( now Hospital Point on Quantico , number of guns unknown ) , Freestone Point ( a CSA four-gun battery on the shore of the Potomac River , now within Leesylvania State Park ) , and Cockpit Point ( near the current asphalt plant , consisted of six guns ( one heavy gun ) in four batteries , a powder magazine , and rear rifle pits , on top of a high cliff known as Possum Nose ) .

By mid-December , the Confederates had 37 heavy guns in position Placing along the river .

The Crown of Aragon was less important : apart from the presence Presence of King Ferdinand himself , Aragon provided Supply naval collaboration Collaboration , guns , and some financial loans .

Equally huge were equipment losses Earnings_and_losses , with hundreds of precious tanks , assault guns and trucks being lost Earnings_and_losses , principally through their abandonment GiveUp in the spring mud .

This amounted to a total of 34 divisions , 550,000 men and 853 tanks , assault guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns .

This amounted to a total of 34 divisions , 550,000 men and 853 tanks , assault guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns .

All told Telling , German forces stationed Placing in France were deprived Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of 45,827 troops and 363 tanks , assault guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns on 6 June 1944 .

All told Telling , German forces stationed Placing in France were deprived Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of 45,827 troops and 363 tanks , assault guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns on 6 June 1944 .

Meanwhile , Army Group Center was deprived Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of a total of 125,380 troops Hostile_encounter and 552 tanks , assault Attack guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns on 22 June 1944 .

Meanwhile , Army Group Center was deprived Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of a total of 125,380 troops Hostile_encounter and 552 tanks , assault Attack guns , and self-propelled anti-tank guns on 22 June 1944 .

The colonists insisted that the peace agreement in 1671 should include Cause_to_be_included the surrender of Indian guns ; then three Wampanoags were hanged for murder Killing in Plymouth Colony in 1675 which increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the tensions .

Cavalry skirmishing on the flanks of the stockades during the first two days and a Crusader night-time attack Attack using Using their wagons and guns against the Sultan 's central position on the night of 18/19 October produced Creating much bloodshed Killing but no conclusive results .

This was completed Process_end by about 2 p.m.. Ushakov ordered Arranging 3 frigates to the off-battle side of the van to guard Defending against an Ottoman doubling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Russian line ( Ottoman ships of the period were usually coppered and therefore several knots faster than Russian ships Sending ) , leaving Departing 13 ships Sending of 710 guns in his line , opposed to 14 with 900 guns .

This was completed Process_end by about 2 p.m.. Ushakov ordered Arranging 3 frigates to the off-battle side of the van to guard Defending against an Ottoman doubling Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the Russian line ( Ottoman ships of the period were usually coppered and therefore several knots faster than Russian ships Sending ) , leaving Departing 13 ships Sending of 710 guns in his line , opposed to 14 with 900 guns .

The conflict Hostile_encounter has been compared to World War I in terms of the tactics used , including large-scale trench warfare with barbed wire stretched across fortified defensive lines , manned machine guns posts , bayonet charges , Iranian human wave attacks , extensive use of chemical weapons by Iraq , and , later , deliberate attacks on civilian targets .

Corbet was a notoriously unpopular officer and his death in the battle provoked Causation a storm of controversy in Britain over claims Statement that Corbet had either committed Committing_crime suicide Killing at the shame of losing his ship , been murdered Killing by his disaffected crew , or been abandoned GiveUp by his men , who were said Communication to have refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to load Placing their guns while he remained Temporary_stay in command Control .

we came Arriving as romans , blessthefall , stick to your guns , for the fallen dreams , at the skylines , obey the brave , the browning and at dawn we rage shared Exchange stage during that tour Traveling .

Võ Nguyên Giáp , however , used Using efficient and novel tactics of direct fire artillery , convoy Patrolling ambushes and massed anti-aircraft guns to impede land and air supply Supply deliveries together with a strategy based on recruiting a sizable regular army facilitated Cause_to_make_progress by wide popular support Supporting , a guerrilla warfare doctrine and instruction developed Coming_to_be in China , and the use Using of simple and reliable war material provided Supply by the Soviet Union .

A series of field works , mutually supported Supporting by artillery , machine guns and rifles , extended Expansion from Gaza eastwards to within of Beersheba .

The battle Hostile_encounter was marked Recording by Farragut 's seemingly rash but successful run through Motion a minefield that had just claimed Statement one of his ironclad monitors Scrutiny , enabling Preventing_or_letting his fleet Military_operation to get Getting beyond the range of the shore-based guns .

The Germans ' initial attack Attack involved Cause_to_be_included 410,000 men ; just over 1,400 tanks , tank destroyers , and assault guns ; 2,600 artillery pieces ; 1,600 anti-tank guns ; and over 1,000 combat aircraft , as well as large numbers of other armored fighting Hostile_encounter vehicles ( AFVs ) .

The Germans ' initial attack Attack involved Cause_to_be_included 410,000 men ; just over 1,400 tanks , tank destroyers , and assault guns ; 2,600 artillery pieces ; 1,600 anti-tank guns ; and over 1,000 combat aircraft , as well as large numbers of other armored fighting Hostile_encounter vehicles ( AFVs ) .

These were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength a couple of weeks later , bringing Bringing the offensive 's total strength to around 450,000 troops , and 1,500 tanks and assault guns .

Much of this , however , went to Motion the Ethiopian government of Mengistu Haile Mariam – a regime the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wanted to `` destabilise '' – and was spent Expend_resource on guns .

the action of 25 february 1781 was a naval engagement fought Hostile_encounter off cape finisterre between the spanish naval frigate sixth rate `` unk '' of 30 guns and the royal navy fifth-rate frigate hms `` cerberus '' of 32 guns .

the action of 25 february 1781 was a naval engagement fought Hostile_encounter off cape finisterre between the spanish naval frigate sixth rate `` unk '' of 30 guns and the royal navy fifth-rate frigate hms `` cerberus '' of 32 guns .

`` Niémen '' was a new and fast ship , carrying Carry_goods 40 guns and a large quantity of much needed naval supplies Supply .

The Allies damaged Damaging at least two of the German ships for the loss Earnings_and_losses of seven Beaufighters shot down Use_firearm by flak guns .

On the British side , `` Rodney '' was lightly damaged Damaging by near-misses and by the blast effects of her own guns .

On May 23 near Uniontown , Pennsylvania , 15 guards armed Connect with carbines and machine guns held off Hold an attack Attack by 1500 strikers , killing Killing 5 and wounding Bodily_harm 8 .

After detecting Know a strong KPA armoured force equipped Supply with T-34 tanks and SU-76 self-propelled guns on a thickly wooded ridgeline astride the line of advance Self_motion , the Australians launched Process_start a series of company attacks Attack with American M4 Sherman tanks and aircraft in support Supporting .

Guards armed with guns and crossbows had been ordered Request to shoot those who fled the Jonestown pavilion as Jones lobbied for suicide .

The number of fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns assigned Choosing to defensive Defending duties in the home islands was inadequate , and most of these aircraft and guns had difficulty reaching the high altitudes at which B-29s often operated Control .

The number of fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns assigned Choosing to defensive Defending duties in the home islands was inadequate , and most of these aircraft and guns had difficulty reaching the high altitudes at which B-29s often operated Control .

Supported Supporting by 280,000 shells and grenades from 1,360 assault guns , the army crossed Motion_directional the river north of the town .

By the morning of September 15 , Jackson had positioned Placing nearly 50 guns on Maryland Heights and at the base of Loudoun Heights .