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  2. Viking Age arms and armour - Wikipedia

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    The shield wall or skjaldborg was a main formation in which accomplished Viking warriors would create a line of interlocked shields and thrust spears at adversaries. Other notable tactics included the svinfylking "boar battle formation", in which warriors would create a wedge configuration and attempt to burst through the front line of nearby ...

  3. Richard Marcinko - Wikipedia

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    Richard Marcinko (November 21, 1940 – December 25, 2021) was a U.S. Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran. He was the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six.After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker.

  4. Weapons and armour in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    For defensive purposes, the shield was the most common item used by warriors, although sometimes mail and helmets were used. Weapons also had symbolic value for the Anglo-Saxons, apparently having strong connections to gender and social status. Weapons were commonly included as grave goods in the early Anglo-Saxon burials. The vast majority of ...

  5. History of weapons - Wikipedia

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    Old Japanese weapons and other military paraphernalia, c. 1892–95 A Gilbertese shark-toothed weapon (late 19th century). Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to ...

  6. List of Deadliest Warrior episodes - Wikipedia

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    The Māori Warrior is also the only warrior so far to lose the match despite having the edge in 3 out of 4 tests. This is the first episode which does not feature a long range weapons category, as well as the only ancient match in which neither warrior has any kind of projectile, armor, or shield.

  7. Armoured warfare - Wikipedia

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    A British heavy tank during World War I. Modern armored warfare began during the First World War of 1914–1918. Strategists wanted to break the tactical, operational and strategic stalemates forced on commanders on the Western Front by the effectiveness of entrenched defensive infantry armed with machine guns – known as trench warfare.

  8. Man-at-arms - Wikipedia

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    Though in English the term man-at-arms is a fairly straightforward rendering of the French homme d'armes, [b] in the Middle Ages, there were numerous terms for this type of soldier, referring to the type of arms he would be expected to provide: In France, he might be known as a lance or glaive, while in Germany, Spieß, Helm or Gleve, and in various places, a bascinet. [2]

  9. List of military equipment of NATO - Wikipedia

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    The standard NATO ammunition for service small arms is 5.56mm NATO, although 7.62mm NATO is still in use with machine guns and sniper rifles. However, some former Warsaw pact countries now in NATO still use the standard Soviet assault rifle round for their Kalashnikov rifles and variants.