Sentences with phrase «of body armour»

Cudney are required to carry about 45 kilograms of body armour, weapons, water, food and other essentials when they embark on 12 - hour foot patrols.
Finally, intelligence underestimated Hamas's military ability demonstrated by the Israeli military's use on several occasions of old M113 personnel carriers with inferior armour reinforced, at times a lack of body armour and radio communications, and the deployment of some troops that had no combat experience.
However, it is also one of the best protected, due to the amount of body armour and protective headgear the players wear as a mandatory standard.
The Police Federation survey also finds that 58.4 per cent of officers would support making the wearing of body armour compulsory, although Ms Berry warned that it must be suitable to protect them against both guns and knives.

Not exact matches

The family's claim states: «Although (Kelley) undoubtedly «pulled the trigger» that resulted in injuries and death of J.B. Holcombe and others, the failures of the US Air Force, and others, allowed the shooter to purchase, own and / or possess the semiautomatic rifle, ammunition and body armour he used.»
As the prisons inspector found last year, children are left traumatised when the front door of their family home is knocked down by immigration officers wearing helmets and body armour in the early morning.
Or is it like how you get to wear body armour on the streets of London whilst the rest of us have to take our chances?
«Geoff Hoon, the former defence secretary, will face questions at the Iraq Inquiry about pre-war planning that left some British troops short of vital equipment when the invasion began... According to Liam Fox, the Conservative shadow defence spokesman, Mr Hoon delayed an order for body armour from September 2002 to November 2002.»
Ahlberg says it might be because of the rigid armour covering the front halves of their bodies.
The soft body of D. cactiformis suggests that arthropods grew armour on their legs first, rather than their bodies, contradicting the results of some developmental gene studies.
Under Armour's new ad featuring Gisele Bündchen does a fantastic job of highlighting the vicious scrutiny women face regarding their bodies and their...
Known in many parts of the world as linseed, flax has not only served as a food source, but is also the plant from which linen is produced for clothing, the creation of sails, bowstrings, and body armour historically.
It may sound crazy but it made sense to me that if I could reclaim my body being stripped bare, I would be able to redress myself with a new set of healing armour.
Modest Dressing, as a Virtue (The New York Times) «In a vulnerable, volatile time — perhaps one particularly so for women — figure - obscuring clothing serves as a kind of armour, as well as a retort to a reality - TV - inured culture apparently intent on exposing any private moment, any intimate body part, for public consumption.»
Unofficial shots of Joel Kinnaman in José Padilha's sci - fi remake have hit the web — and it looks like a skinny bloke in matt - black body armour has replaced the crime - fighting cyborg
On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy....
Phase 2 of their slate of films is due early next summer with the return of Robert Downey Jr's flamboyant billionaire Tony Stark and his jet - powered metallic body armour.
This annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design exhibition, now in its 19th year, features costumes from 20 films of 2010, including Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb's leather jacket and cargo slacks from Inception (designed by Jeffrey Kurland), Jake Gyllenhaal as Dastan's body armour in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Penny Rose), Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko's «shark suit» from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Ellen Mirojnick) and Michael Kaplan's pearl studded and sequin stage wear from Burlesque.
Available in five doors and fully armoured crew and cargo compartments or with four doors and an armoured crew compartment and unprotected rear body structure, it is an armoured version of G 280 CDI with engine rated 184 PS (135 kW; 181 hp) and 400 N ⋅ m (295 lb ⋅ ft) @ 1600 — 2600, 5 - speed automatic transmission.
It included a high torque common rail diesel engine, top speed of 150 km / h, 1.3 tonnes cargo capacity, monocoque full steel body, compact 2850 mm wheelbase, modular armour plate including a mine deflector plate on the vehicles floor, adjustable variable lift front and rear coil - over air shock absorbers with maximum 450 mm of ground clearance, hydraulic braking system with four ventilated disc brakes, EADS vehicle data recorder system, EADS integrated communication system for UHF or VHF bands, EADS integrated mobile command, control and information system; EADS jamming system.A10 Warhog
Since it has a soft top, the Hardtop's armour body option is unlikely to be an option, but inside expect the Huntsman to be almost as luxurious as its German counterpart — and almost as expensive with pricing expected to be in excess of # 275,000 ($ A490, 000).
There are fairly standard things like body - armour up to things like Bionic Ear's which lets you pinpoint gunfire and the sound of footsteps.
They have body armour and wield assault rifles, but they're quickly jumped in turn by a group of Necromorph «twitchers».
From unrealistic boob plated armour to Korean MMOs where females must cover less and less of their body for a confusingly higher defence rating, gaming hasn't been kind to women in combat roles.
Preventing you from picking up body armour or decreasing the potency of health and ammo pickups are only some of the less troublesome Oaths.
You can target certain parts of an enemies» body; armoured or unarmoured.
Attacking body armour is required in order to obtain the right bits and pieces of scrap so that you can upgrade your own gear.
Appearances deceive: this lithe, slender protagonist packs a serious punch, able to take out swarms of well - armed men, even those protected by Teflon body armour and six - foot - tall shields.
As well as upgrading yourself through the use of body items you can gain new abilities from wearing armour that has been created from the body parts of the body parts of the bosses that you have defeated upon your epic adventure.
The exhibition entitled M * A * S * H * E * D presents a new body of work using original military armour, weaponry and bullet - proof textiles.
During a later residency at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2016 - 17, he researched the museum's collections of Mughal miniature paintings, jewellery and armour to create protective body vests configured out of bricks titled «The Weight I Carry», which comment on the male responsibility to build a home.
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.
The industrial unit where Potts was held contained an arsenal of weapons including guns, grenades, plates for body armour, and 1,548 rounds of ammunition for a rifle.
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