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  2. Stormtrooper (Star Wars) - Wikipedia

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    Heavy Weapons Stormtroopers, also known as heavy assault stormtroopers, heavy troopers, or heavy gunners, are stormtroopers that specialize in the use of large rapid-fire blasters. Heavy troopers have appeared in various Star Wars media, with varying designs. Stormtrooper snipers are outfitted with sniper rifles. They can be distinguished by ...

  3. Sturmabteilung - Wikipedia

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    The Sturmabteilung (German: [ˈʃtʊʁmʔapˌtaɪlʊŋ] ⓘ; SA; lit. ' Storm Division ' or 'Storm Troopers') was the original paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party of Germany.

  4. Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany) - Wikipedia

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    Stormtroopers (German: Sturmtruppen [2] or Stoßtruppen [3]) were the only elite shock troops of the Imperial German Army (Deutsches Heer) that specialized in commando style raids, infiltrating the trenches and wiping out the enemy quickly, maneuver warfare, reconnaissance, and shock tactics.

  5. Stormtrooper - Wikipedia

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    Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany), specialist soldier of the German Army in World War I; Sturmabteilung (SA) or Storm Detachment, a paramilitary organization of the German Nazi Party; 8th Infantry Division (Philippines) or Storm Trooper Division, a Philippine Army unit; The term is sometimes applied to Canadian soldiers of the First World War

  6. Shock troops - Wikipedia

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    The Companion cavalry of Alexander the Great (356-326 BC) are described as being the first example of shock cavalry being used in Europe. [1]During the Paraguayan War (1864–1870), in which Paraguay fought against Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, the Paraguayans deployed shock troops (composed of a mixture of dismounted cavalry and fit men who could row and swim) armed with sabres, cutlasses ...

  7. Every state's nickname and where it comes from - AOL

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    The tree, often called a cabbage palm, also appeared on South Carolina's flag when it left the Union in 1861. Lost_in_the_Midwest // Shutterstock. South Dakota: Mount Rushmore State.

  8. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    It's tough to say for sure who the first person to ever utter the words "Black Friday" might have been, but here's everything we know about its origins.

  9. Night of the Long Knives - Wikipedia

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    Deprived of Communist party meetings to disrupt, the stormtroopers would sometimes run riot in the streets after a night of drinking; they would attack passers-by and then attack the police who were called to stop them. [7] Complaints of "overbearing and loutish" behaviour by stormtroopers became common by the middle of 1933.