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A tank or meat shield is a character class commonly seen in co-op video games such as real-time strategy games, role-playing games, fighting games, multiplayer online battle arenas and MUDs. Tank characters deliberately attract enemy attention and attacks (potentially by using game mechanics that force them to be targeted ) to act as a decoy ...
U.S. military personnel coined the word during the Vietnam War, when such killings were most often committed or attempted with a fragmentation grenade, [2] to make it appear that the killing was accidental or during combat with the enemy. The term fragging now encompasses any deliberate killing of military colleagues.
Frag, a DC Comics character, and member of The Blasters Frag (game) , a board game published by Steve Jackson Games, inspired by fragging in video games Frag (video gaming) , in deathmatch computer games, means to kill someone temporarily, originated from the military term
Also isometric graphics. Graphic rendering technique of three-dimensional objects set in a two-dimensional plane of movement. Often includes games where some objects are still rendered as sprites. 360 no-scope A 360 no-scope usually refers to a trick shot in a first or third-person shooter video game in which one player kills another with a sniper rifle by first spinning a full circle and then ...
Fragmentation is the process by which the casing, shot, or other components of an anti-personnel weapon, bomb, barrel bomb, land mine, IED, artillery, mortar, tank gun, autocannon shell, rocket, missile, grenade, etc. are dispersed and/or shattered by the detonation of the explosive filler.
Fragger is a popular trajectory-based puzzle game created and developed by Harold Brenes and released in 2009 for the Internet. After achieving popularity on the Internet, being played more than 100 million times, [1] it was licensed and ported by Miniclip to iPhone in 2010, [1] and to Android and PlayJam in 2012.
At first, Charlton used his YouTube channel to store World of Tanks replays for his own personal use. Inspired by other Let's Play videos, Charlton posted his first video on June 16, 2012, which was a replay of himself playing the Chinese Type 59 tank in World of Tanks along with his own commentary. [ 4 ]
Soldier-carried anti-tank rifles such as the Boys anti-tank rifle could be used against lightly-armored tankettes and light armored vehicles. However, as tank armor increased in thickness and effectiveness, the anti-tank guns needed to defeat them became increasingly heavy, cumbersome and expensive.