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Rifle – Essentially a long rifled barrel firearm primarily designed for relatively long range use in warfare or hunting. Rifles are available as single shot, self-loading, manual action, bolt action or automatic, though most commonly encountered are self-loading. The manuballista was a handheld version of the traditional ballista. This new version was made entirely of iron, which conferred greater power to the weapon, since it was smaller, and less iron (an expensive material before the 19th century), was used in its production. It was not the ancient gastraphetes, but the Roman weapon. However, the same physical limitations applied as with the gastraphetes. Furthermore, thousands of Cham Albanians were driven out of Greece and accused of collaborating with the Axis occupation forces. Baldur’s Gate 3 is an immersive roleplaying game set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe. It features a rich story with multiple outcomes for almost every encounter, and plenty of character customization features including more races, classes, subclasses and party combinations than you are ever likely to explore. The seemingly endless possibilities and numerous choices that you can make throughout your journey make a helping hand always welcome, and that’s where we come in! This guide features the following:

a b "CIA zbardh përçarjet brenda Ballit Kombëtar, Hasan Dosti ishte njeri i dështuar për amerikanët, ja përplasjet mes konservatorëve dhe socialistëve, roli i dyshimtë i Ali Këlcyrës dhe lëvizjet e Abaz Kupit". Agjencia e Lajmeve SOT NEWS. 5 July 2016. Although Këlcyra and Frashëri had initiated opposition actions against the Italian authorities almost from the beginning of the fascist occupation in 1939, they had practically not developed any military organization for open struggle against the invader. Albanian nationalists from the end of 1942 began an irregular fight against the Italian garrisons. [24] Robert Elsie. "Milan von Šufflay: Mediaeval Albania". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011 . Retrieved 16 June 2011. After Julius Caesar, the ballista was a permanent fixture in the Roman army and, over time, modifications and improvements were made by successive engineers. This included replacing the remaining wooden parts of the machine with metal, creating a much smaller, lighter and more powerful machine than the wooden version, which required less maintenance (though the vital torsion springs were still vulnerable to the strain). The largest ballistae of the 4th century could throw a dart further than 1200 yards (1,100 m). The weapon was named ballista fulminalis in De rebus bellicis: "From this ballista, darts were projected not only in great number but also at a large size over a considerable distance, such as across the width of the Danube River." [8] Ballistae were not only used in laying siege: after AD350, at least 22 semi-circular towers were erected around the walls of Londinium ( London) to provide platforms for permanently mounted defensive devices. [9] Eastern Roman Empire [ edit ] Fischer, Bernd J. (1991). "RAnother common use of a ballast resistor in the automotive industry is adjusting the ventilation fan speed. The ballast is a fixed resistor with usually two center taps, and the fan speed selector switch is used to bypass portions of the ballast: all of them for full speed, and none for the low speed setting. A very common failure occurs when the fan is being constantly run at the next-to-full speed setting (usually 3 out of 4). This will cause a very short piece of resistor coil to be operated with a relatively high current (up to 10A), eventually burning it out. This will render the fan unable to run at the reduced speed settings. Meyer, Hermann Frank (2008). Blutiges Edelweiß: Die 1. Gebirgs-division im zweiten Weltkrieg [Bloodstained Edelweiss. The 1st Mountain-Division in WWII] (in German). Ch. Links Verlag. p.469. ISBN 978-3-86153-447-1.

Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-building and Legitimation, 1918–2005. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34656-8. Germany annexed Austria, and moved against Czechoslovakia without notifying Mussolini in advance, so the Italian dictator decided in early 1939 to proceed with his own annexation of Albania. [ citation needed] Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III criticised the plan to take Albania as an unnecessary risk. Current limiting [ edit ] A typical 230V, 50hz series choke ballast (inductor) used in older lighting. This example is used for a tanning lamp. It requires a starter switch (below). A lamp starter, required with some inductor type ballasts. It connects the two ends of the lamp to preheat them for one second before lighting. Ballast was also a component used in early model automobile engines that lowered the supply voltage to the ignition system after the engine had been started. Starting the engine requires a significant amount of electrical current from the battery, resulting in an equally significant voltage drop. To allow the engine to start, the ignition system was designed to operate on this lower voltage. But once the vehicle was started and the starter disengaged, the normal operating voltage was too high for the ignition system. To avoid this problem, a ballast resistor was inserted in series with the ignition system, resulting in two different operating voltages for the starting and ignition systems.

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The Balli Kombëtar (literally National Front) was an Albanian nationalist, [2] [3] [4] [7] collaborationist, [2] [8] and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. [9] [10] [11] [12] It was led by Ali Këlcyra and by Midhat Frashëri. [13] The movement was formed by members from the landowning elite, liberal nationalists opposed to communism, and other sectors of society in Albania. [14] [15] [16] Soedel, Werner; Foley, Vernard (March 1979). "Ancient Catapults". Scientific American. 240 (3): 120–28. Bibcode: 1979SciAm.240c.150S. doi: 10.1038/scientificamerican0379-150. In Europe, and most 220-240V territories, the line voltage is sufficient to start lamps over 30W with a series inductor. In North America and Japan however, the line voltage (120V or 100V respectively) may not be sufficient to start lamps over 30W with a series inductor, so an autotransformer winding is included in the ballast to step up the voltage. The autotransformer is designed with enough leakage inductance ( short-circuit inductance) so that the current is appropriately limited. Irene Grunbaum (1996). Escape Through the Balkans: The Autobiography of Irene Gr_nbaum. U of Nebraska Press. p.187. ISBN 0-8032-7082-8. The Romans adopted the torsion-powered ballista, which had by now spread to several cities around the Mediterranean, all of which became Roman spoils of war, including one from Pergamon, which was depicted among a pile of trophy weapons in relief on a balustrade.