Sentence examples for to armoured from inspiring English sources

In the US the Obama administration has concentrated on softer support, such as food and medical supplies, but the question's wording also referred to "armoured vehicles and body armour", the sort of harder-edged interpretation of "non-lethal" supplies being emphasised by London.

In the 20th century, dragoon regiments were converted to armoured formations; the French army also reorganized some dragoon regiments as motorized infantry (dragons portés).

Witnesses such as Bishop Daly and one of the local stewards testify unambiguously to armoured vehicles charging down Rossville Street, and soldiers following on foot firing at the marchers.

Before becoming mayor he spent many years confined to armoured cars, with his family under constant surveillance, as he uncovered links between paramilitary groups and the highest offices in the land.

She becomes very intrigued to learn about the mysterious land of the North, home to armoured polar bears, the mystifying, shape-shifting substance known as Dust and one of the most beautiful wonders of the world: the Aurora Borealis, known as the Northern Lights.

In Germany, by contrast, faith in the offensive was never lost, although Adolf Hitler encouraged progressive officers to forsake light infantry and take up tanks—in effect taking the tactical principles pioneered by light infantry in World War I and developing, modifying, and adapting them to armoured warfare.

It was the first battleship to use Harvey armour, which allowed the secondary casemates to be armoured, the first to use a sloping armour deck and the first to provide armoured shields over the main armament.

He was attached to the British 7th Armoured Division in the Middle East to study armoured warfare, returning to Australia in December 1941 to organise the new 1st Armoured Division.

The Syrian government has asked the international community to provide armoured vehicles to help it move the chemicals.

The battalion returned from a tour in Iraq in December 2007 and went on to provide armoured support to operations in Afghanistan.

The UK is to provide armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria "to help save lives", Foreign Secretary William Hague has said.