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The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before World War II.. The Char B1 was a specialised break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret was added, to allow it to function also as a Char de Bataille, a "battle tank" fighting enemy armour, equipping the armoured divisions of the Infantry Arm ...
Defenders of the Faith is the ninth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 4 January 1984 in the US [13] and on 20 January 1984 in the UK. [2] The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, [13] and spawned the singles "Freewheel Burning", "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll", and "Love Bites".
English heavy metal band Judas Priest have released 19 studio albums, six live albums, seven compilation albums, 29 singles, 10 video albums, and 21 music videos. The band currently consists of bassist Ian Hill, drummer Scott Travis, singer Rob Halford, and guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner.
Turbo is the tenth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in the UK on 7 April 1986 by Columbia Records. [5] The album is notable for the band's change to a commercial glam metal sound, [6] [7] [8] that had them using synthesizers for the first time.
The Sinner Rides Again is the second studio album by English band KK's Priest, formed by former Judas Priest guitarist K. K. Downing. It was released on 29 September 2023 through Napalm Records . Four singles preceded the album, including the lead single "One More Shot at Glory".
It marks the last Judas Priest studio album featuring the Painkiller-era lineup, as guitarist and founding member K. K. Downing retired in April 2011. [5] To promote Nostradamus, Judas Priest toured with Motörhead, Heaven & Hell, and Testament on the Metal Masters Tour. The band also embarked on a world tour in 2008 and 2009 in support of the ...
The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. [3] In the summer of 1916, likely in July, [3] General Léon Augustin Jean Marie Mourret, the Subsecretary of Artillery, verbally granted Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), a shipyard in the south of France near Toulon, the contract for the development of a heavy tank, a char d'assaut de grand modèle.
Esme's middle names are the result of a Lancre tradition that whatever the priest says at the naming ceremony becomes the child's full and correct name. Magrat—who owed her own name to a combination of this tradition and her mother's inability to spell "Margaret"—was determined it would not happen again, hence the "Note Spelling".