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There emerged the only major vigilante movement in colonial America. The term "vigilante" was not yet in use, and the acitivists called themselves "regulators." The poor farmers bitterly resented the overpaid corrupt local officials appointed by a distant elite, By 1768 the decentralized movement was highly popular in the backcountry.
31 August 1958. Retired. 20 November 1979. An A3J-1 (later A-5A) during trials on USS Saratoga, 1960. The North American A-5 Vigilante is an American carrier-based supersonic bomber designed and built by North American Aviation (NAA) for the United States Navy. Before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations, it was designated A3J.
Montana Vigilantes. The history of vigilante justice and the Montana Vigilantes began in 1863 in what was at the time a remote part of eastern Idaho Territory. Vigilante activities continued, although somewhat sporadically, through the Montana Territorial period until the territory became the state of Montana on November 8, 1889.
When the numbers "3-7-77" were painted on a tent or cabin, it was a warning that the occupants could face vigilantism if they did not leave the area. In 1917, union organizer Frank Little was lynched, and a note pinned to his body read, "Others take notice, first and last warning, 3-7-77." [1]
Vigilantism. The "Bald Knobbers", an 1880s vigilante group from Missouri – as portrayed in the 1919 film The Shepherd of the Hills. Vigilantism (/ vɪdʒɪˈlæntɪzəm /) is the act of preventing, investigating, and punishing perceived offenses and crimes without legal authority. [1][2] A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in ...
The T249 Vigilante was a prototype 37 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the Bofors 40 mm gun in both towed and self-propelled (M42 Duster) forms in US Army service. [1] The system consisted of a 37 mm T250 six-barrel rotary cannon mounted on a modified M113 armored personnel carrier chassis.
Copenhagen Suborbitals is a crowd-funded human space program. It has flown six home-built rockets and capsules since 2011. [3] The organization successfully launched its Nexø II rocket in the summer of 2018. [4][5] Its stated goal is to have one of its members reach space (above 100 km) on a sub-orbital spaceflight.
Anti-tank warfare. Appearance. A soldier preparing to fire the FGR-17 Viper, an American experimental one-man disposable antitank rocket. Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks. After the Allies deployed the first tanks in 1916, the German Empire introduced the first ...