Sentence examples for fired heavy from inspiring English sources

For weeks, the former rebels fired heavy weapons indiscriminately at the city.

In a wooded area below, around a long concrete wall, other former rebel fighters fired heavy weapons at buildings to the northeast.

The group also noted that Syrian security forces fired heavy machine guns, including antiaircraft guns mounted on vehicles, on the civilian neighborhoods of Homs and nearby towns.

Indian troops in the area have fired heavy mortars and waged regular gun battles across the border, he said, and several other rockets have landed without exploding.

The military fired heavy artillery and tank-gun barrages and dropped guided bombs on militant safe houses and weapons caches, military officials said.

For a whole day and a night the two families positioned their pick-up trucks behind rock fortifications and fired heavy machine guns and mortars at each other.

The newest 12-inch (305 mm) guns had longer range and fired heavier shells than a gun of 10 inches or 9.2 inches calibre.

In the western Damascus neighborhood of Mezze, opposition activists reported helicopters firing heavy machine guns and tanks shelling buildings.

The snipers could be equipped with special rifles firing heavy.50-caliber slugs, which could immobilize or destroy a vehicle.

With regional tensions growing, neighbouring Rwanda accused Congolese soldiers of firing heavy weapons into its territory, wounding three civilians.

Their armour, only 12 to 16 millimetres thick, could be defeated by a determined defender employing field artillery, heavy machine guns, or even special rifles firing heavy ammunition.