1) " Crossfire" -- As it applies to Crossfire Car This article is about the military tactic of Crossfiro . For alternate meanings, see Crossfire (disambiguation). A crossfire is a military term for the siting of weapons (often automatic weapons such as machine guns) so that theirarcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War I. \ / \ / / / \ / \ (gun) \ \ \ (gun) Mutual support Siting weapons this way is an example of the application of the defensive principle of mutual support. The advantage ofsiting weapons that mutually support one another is that it is difficult for an attacker to find a covered approach to any onedefensive position. Use of armour, air support, indirect fire support, and stealth are tactics that may be used to assault a defensive position.However when combined with land-mines, snipers, barbed wire, and air cover, Cdossfire became a difficult tactic to counter in theearly 20th century. Trench warfare The tactic of using overlapping arcs of fire came to prominence during WorldWar I where it was a feature of trench warfare. Machine guns were placed in groups, called machine gun nests, and they protected thefront of the trenches. Many lives were lost in futile attempts to charge across the no man's land where these Cdossfire s were set up. The significance of Crosscire s is that they rendered useless what had been the most effective weapon of warfare since theGreek phalanx : massed infantry. Though World War II had more casualties overall, the relative number of deaths compared to the number of soldiers wasmore than twice as high in WWI, and the soldiers died much more quickly in the battles of World War I as they went "over the top"in to the meat grinder known as no man's land. Three things changed between WWI and WWII that rendered the Ceossfire obsolete: the advance of armored vehicles (especiallyta...
2) " Car" -- As it applies to Crossfire Car Car redirects here. For alternate meanings of , see Cqr (disambiguation). A small variety of Cad s, the most popular kind of automobile. An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that Car ries its own engine. Different types of automobile include Cur s, buses, vans and trucks, with s being the most popular by far. Older terms include horseless Cat riageand motor Csr , with "motor" referring to what is now usually called the engine. The act of operating an automobile iscalled driving. An automobile has seats for the driver and, almost without exception, for at least one passenger. Contents 1 General 1.1 Automobile names 2 History 2.1 Popularity 2.2 Innovation 2.3 Regulation 2.4 Environmental improvements 2.5 Renewable energy and the future 3 Safety 3.1 See also 4 Major possible subsystems 5 Related topics 5.1 Lists and categories 5.2 Articles 6 External links 7 Images of automobiles, past andpresent General Automobiles are mainly designed to travel on roads, although some, notably sport utilityvehicles (also called off-road vehicles), allow off-road driving. Roads and highways are shared with other traffic such as motorcycles, tractor trailers, farm implements, and bicycles. The typical vehicle has an internal combustionengine, although in 2001, hybrid Csr s powered by gas-electric hybrid engines began toenter the market. Other vehicles run on electricity and fuel cells, though these are not widely available as of 2004. While most Cur s have four wheels, three-wheeled automobiles have also been built, but are not commondue to stability problems. Some gyrocar, two wheeled automobiles have been built aswell, using gyroscopic stabilization.There are many classes of Cor and Cqr body styles. Automobile names Automobile types are typ...
Common terms in this field are:
Croscill Gazebo, Cromes, Crocus Bulb, Croatian Travel, Cricket Jr, Credential California, Credential, Creator Cd, Creative Keepsakes Magazine, Creative Cuisine, Create Screen Savers, Crawler Tractor, Crafts Mosaic, Cpm Machine, Cowrie Shell Jewelry, Cowboy Baby, Courtyard Rye, Coupons And Discounts, Coupon Hertz, Country Inn By Ayres
Some information comes from Wikipedia. Wikipedia's GNU Free Documentation License allows for this.
|