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The Knight XV (Xtreme Vehicle) is an armored SUV produced in limited quantities by Conquest Vehicles. Unveiled at the 2008 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) in Las Vegas, Nevada, [1] it is Conquest Vehicles' flagship product. According to the manufacturer, the vehicle takes approximately 4,000 hours to build at its production ...
The Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha (or Terradyne Gurkha for short) is a tactical armored vehicle built by Ontario-based Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. The Gurkha is available in three different variants, and are built on a Ford F-550 Super Duty chassis, as well as sharing the same engine and interior.
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
The 2012 German Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2012, [1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 22 July 2012 as the tenth round of the 2012 season. [3]
Ludovico and his children took refuge in Germany with Emperor Maximilian, while the French entered Milan on 6 October 1499. [14] Following his victory, Louis' Franco-Visconti heraldry and name were painted over the Sforza arms at the Castello Sforzesco , while portraits of French kings replaced those of the Sforza family in the library at Pavia .
The Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) were a series of conflicts between the Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire.Tensions between the Germanic tribes and the Romans began as early as 17/16 BC with the Clades Lolliana, where the 5th Legion under Marcus Lollius was defeated by the tribes Sicambri, Usipetes, and Tencteri.
Leighton was the son of the artist Charles Blair Leighton (1823–1855) and Caroline Leighton (née Boosey). He was educated at University College School, leaving at 15 to work for a tea merchant.
In the course of the siege, an English knight, Sir Edward Sprenghose, managed to scale the walls, but fell and was burned alive by the city's defenders, who threw burning straw down on him. Thomas Walsingham wrote that this was one of the factors in the violence with which the captured town was sacked by the English. [ 8 ]