Sentences with phrase «armour plating»

Writing PMs need armour plating, it seems.

My own shields were down but I had plenty of armour plating left in my hull (about 85 %) so I knew victory was at hand.

Over millions of years, rows of protective armour plates gradually fused together and to the reptile's vertebrae, eventually creating a complete shell.

As well as its ability to pierce armour plating, DU has the unfortunate tendency to ignite on impact, creating clouds of uranium oxide dust — facilitating its spread in the environment and increasing the danger posed by the alpha radiation it emits.

The jagged dermal denticles on sharks and skate — and, quite possibly, vertebrate teeth — are remnants of the earliest mineralised skeleton of vertebrates: superficial armour plating.

The Cambridge scientists hypothesise that these early armour plates were multi-layered: consisting of a foundation of bone and an outer layer of dentine — with the different layers deriving from different types of cells in unborn embryos.

But for newbies, it's a muddy mess to fight, mostly because you've got to contend with his bone - like armour plating that it also covers in mud to further protect itself.

Gone are the series of Miura - style slats bridging the pair of flying buttresses, and in their place lies a flat engine cover designed to look like hi - tech armour plating, and featuring two windows through which the V12 is visible.

IED threats can be suppressed courtesy of the underbody armour plating that will keep the damage to a minimum.

Beginning 540 million years ago at the beginning of the Cambrian Period many marine species of invertebrates evolved the ability to control calcification and to build armour plating to protect their soft bodies.

A thick skin may be a necessary attribute for a politician; you need armour plate to withstand the knocks you'll get during the editing process as your beloved masterpiece gets torn to pieces and you're asked questions such as, «Do you think you can re-write chapter two again, only with 6,000 fewer words?»

He would later learn that while the blast killed five bystanders and injured 17 others, his colleagues were protected by the Land Cruiser's armour plating and legged it back to Sallyport's compound safely.

That would have created powerful shearing forces against the armour plates.

Knock off the mine launcher first, to stop it randomly firing into cover, then go for the armour plates on each shoulder and along its flanks.

Energy absorbent material and armour plating was built into the body during the initial production stages.

Later enemies have armour plating that must be broken before they can be taken down — with special Blade Mode prompts that allow you to slice and dice sections of armour to open up weak spots.

Every weapon and armour plate has a respective rarity value highlighted by a specific colour that represents each rarity group including white items are common, green items are uncommon, blue items are rare, purple items are legendary and yellow items are exotic.

Car customisation is also featured, allowing you to kit your car with tools such as wheel spikes and armour plating.

And if you had the perseverance to crack its armour plating, it was also one of the most rewarding.

Shouldn't you be true to your principles and put up some pix of nicely smoking factories, tracts of felled forests, or even an armour plated SUV instead?