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To a large degree, in order to keep the vastly more numerous helots subdued, it would require the constant war footing of the Spartan society. [11] One of the major problems of the later Spartan society was the steady decline in its fully enfranchised citizens, which also meant a decline in available military manpower: the number of Spartiates ...
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer noted that "the main special feature is elephants, who have the nasty habit of running amok after being in combat." [ 1 ] In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames , game designer Jon Freeman called it "a marvelous, if colorless, way to introduce people to wargaming ...
Military units and formations of the United States by size (14 C) Pages in category "Military units and formations by size" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier.It was developed for the British Army as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members.
Tank classification is a taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of tanks. The classification by role was used primarily during the developmental stage of the national armoured forces, and referred to the doctrinal and force structure utility of the tanks based on design emphasis.
The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)) is a family of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) developed in the 1960s and is in service with the British Army and others throughout the world. They are small, highly mobile, air-transportable armoured vehicles, originally designed to replace the Alvis Saladin armoured car .
Weight classes underwent many changes in the ensuing years, but the ability of promotions to autonomously decide their own weight classes eventually disappeared after athletic commissions began supervising mixed martial arts. In 2000, the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts were codified by the New Jersey State Athletic Commission.
Mixed martial arts weight classes (1 C, 19 P) P. Professional wrestling weight classes (1 C, 7 P) S. Super middleweight (1 C) T. Taekwondo weight classes (8 P) W ...