Belt (firearms)

A belt or ammunition belt is a device used to retain and feed cartridges into a firearm. Belts and the associated feed systems are typically employed to feed machine guns or other automatic weapons. Belt-fed systems minimize the proportional weight of the ammunition to the feeding device along with allowing high rates of continuous fire.

Belts were originally composed of canvas or cloth with pockets spaced evenly to allow the belt to be mechanically fed into the gun. These designs were prone to malfunctions due to the effects of oil and other contaminants altering the belt. Later belt designs used permanently connected metal links to retain the cartridges during feeding. These belts were more tolerant to exposure to solvents and oil. Many weapons designed to use non-disintegrating or canvas belts are provided with machines to automatically reload these belts with loose rounds or rounds held in stripper clips. In use during World War I, reloaders allowed ammunition belts to be recycled quickly to allow practically continuous fire.

Belt, North Holland

Belt or De Belt is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located on the former island of Wieringen.

Belt is located just to the west of the village of Hippolytushoef. It is named after the small hill ("bult") that it lies on. It is not named on recent topographical maps, where it is considered to be a part of Hippolytushoef.

References

  • VUGA's Alfabetische Plaatsnamengids van Nederland (13th edition), VUGA, 1997.
  • ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland, Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005.
  • External links

  • J. Kuyper, Gemeente Atlas van Nederland, 1865-1870, "Wieringen". Map of Wieringen in 1868, showing De Belt.
  • Coordinates: 52°54′18″N 4°57′5″E / 52.90500°N 4.95139°E / 52.90500; 4.95139


    Belt (clothing)

    A belt is a flexible band or strap, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. A belt supports trousers or other articles of clothing.

    History

    Belts have been documented for male clothing since the Bronze Age. Both genders used them off and on, depending on the current fashion. In the western world, belts were more common for men, with the exception of the early Middle Ages, late 17th century Mantua, and skirt/blouse combinations between 1900 and 1910. Art Nouveau belt buckles are now collector's items.

    In the period of the latter-half of the 19th century and up until the first World War, the belt was a decorative as well as utilitarian part of the uniform, particularly among officers. In the armed forces of Prussia, Tsarist Russia, and other Eastern European nations, it was common for officers to wear extremely tight, wide belts around the waist, on the outside of the uniform, both to support a saber as well as for aesthetic reasons. These tightly cinched belts served to draw in the waist and give the wearer a trim physique, emphasizing wide shoulders and a pouting chest. Often the belt served only to emphasize waist made small by a corset worn under the uniform, a practice which was common especially during the Crimean Wars and was often noted by soldiers from the Western front. Political cartoonists of the day often portrayed the tight waist-cinching of soldiers to comedic effect, and some cartoons survive showing officers being corseted by their inferiors, a practice which surely was uncomfortable but deemed to be necessary and imposing.

    Cassiopeia

    Cassiopeia (/ˌkæsiəˈpə/) may refer to:

    Mythology

  • Cassiopeia (mythology) (or Cassiepeia), a queen of Ethiopia and mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology
  • Science

  • Cassiopeia (constellation), a northern constellation representing the queen
  • Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant in that constellation
  • Cassiopea, the genus of the "upside-down" jellyfish
  • Entertainment

  • Cassiopeia (film), a 1996 Brazilian CGI film
  • Cassiopeia (Battlestar Galactica), a TV character from Battlestar Galactica
  • Cassiopea (Encantadia), the first Queen of Lireo in the Encantadia fantasy series of GMA Network
  • Cassiopeia, a tortoise featured in Michael Ende's fantasy book Momo
  • Cassiopeia, the mother of Octavian in The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
  • Music

  • Casiopea, a Japanese jazz fusion group
  • Cassiopeia (TVXQ), the fan club of South Korean boy band TVXQ
  • "Cassiopeia," a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2004 album The Milk-Eyed Mender
  • "Cassiopeia," a song by Dragonland from their 2006 album Astronomy
  • "Cassiopeia," a song by Shabütie (now known as Coheed and Cambria) from their 1999 EP The Penelope EP
  • Encantadia

    Encantadia is a Filipino fantasy television series (locally known as telefantasya) produced by GMA Network. It was dubbed as the grandest, most ambitious, and most expensive production for Philippine television during its time of release. The pilot episode was aired on May 2, 2005. Its last episode was aired on December 9 of the same year to give way to its second book, Etheria. This series aired its pilot episode on December 12, and its last episode on February 18, 2006. The third and latest installment of the Encantadia saga, entitled Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas, aired its pilot on February 20, 2006 and the series ended on April 28, 2006.

    The series garnered both popular and critical recognition at home and abroad, including winning the 2005 Teleserye (Television Series) of the Year at the Los Angeles-based Gawad Amerika Awards.

    The entire Encantadia saga is currently aired on Fox Filipino.

    Premise

    Encantadia is a term coined from the Filipino words "enkanto", "enkanta", "enkantada", or "enkantado" (which was in turn derived from the Spanish term encant(ad){o/a}) which means enchanted beings endowed with supernatural powers.

    Nightfall (band)

    Nightfall is a Greek heavy metal band from Athens. Formed by vocalist/bassist Efthimis Karadimas in 1991, the group is currently signed to Metal Blade Records. They are widely considered the forerunners to a "mediterranean way to black metal" together with Inchiuvatu and Moonspell.

    History

    Nightfall was formed in 1991 by frontman and bassist Efthimis Karadimas. Within a few months of existence, Karadimas had produced Nightfall’s one-and-only demo tape, Vanity. The 4 track demo was noticed by Holy Records, a new French record label that was looking for an act to use to help introduce itself to the music business worldwide. A deal followed and gave birth to the debut release of Nightfall and Holy records, Parade Into Centuries, in 1992. The release proved a successful pioneering step as time went on for both Nightfall and Holy Records. This paradigm was followed by many in both countries, establishing a tradition for French labels to release Greek metal albums.

    Nightfall stayed with Holy Records throughout the decade, resulting in 1994’s Macabre Sunsets, 1995’s Athenian Echoes, 1997’s Lesbian Show, and 1999’s Diva Futura, backed by European tours. Line-up changes were effected in almost every release, with Karadimas remaining the only constant. The early days saw Chris Adamou on rhythm guitars and Costas Savvidis on drums, while later Jim Agelopoulos and Phil Anton would take the guitar spot; Bob Katsionis would join on keys for their summer of 2001 Wacken appearance, with Mark Cross on drums, and Mike Galiatsos coming in on lead guitars. Katsionis would later handle guitar duties as well, and both himself and Cross would later go on to perform with Greek power metal outfit Firewind (the main band of guitarist Gus G, who became Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist in 2010).

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