The phalanx (pl.: phalanxes or phalanges) was a rectangular mass military formation, usually composed entirely of heavy infantry armed with spears, pikes...
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The Phalanx CIWS (SEE-wiz) is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such...
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The phalanges /fəˈlændʒiːz/ (sg.: phalanx /ˈfælæŋks/) are digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes...
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The Macedonian phalanx (Greek: Μακεδονική φάλαγξ) was an infantry formation developed by Philip II from the classical Greek phalanx, of which the main...
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Look up phalanx in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The phalanx is a rectangular mass military formation. Phalanx may also refer to: Phalanx CIWS, a U...
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The Phalanx are a fictional cybernetic species appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They have come into conflict with the X-Men...
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"Phalanx Covenant" was a crossover storyline that ran through Marvel Comics' X-Men family of books in September and October 1994. One of its unique aspects...
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Aliens: Phalanx is a 2020 science fiction horror novel by Scott Sigler and the ninth book in the third novel series based on the Alien franchise. The...
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Hoplite (category Phalanx)
were primarily armed with spears and shields. Hoplite soldiers used the phalanx formation to be effective in war with fewer soldiers. The formation discouraged...
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Phalanx (full title: Phalanx: The Enforce Fighter A-144) is a 1991 horizontally scrolling shooter developed by ZOOM Inc. and Kemco for the Sharp X68000...
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Phalanx (Ancient Greek: Φάλαγξ, romanized: Phálanx, lit. 'spider') is a minor Attic figure in Greek mythology who features in a lesser-known narrative...
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Centurion C-RAM (redirect from Phalanx C-RAM)
The Centurion C-RAM, also called the Land Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS), is an American Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) air defense artillery...
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Falange Española (redirect from Spanish Phalanx)
Falange Española (FE; English: Spanish Phalanx) was a Spanish fascist political organization active from 1933 to 1934. The Falange Española was created...
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Phalanx Mountain is a 2,441-metre (8,009-foot) summit located in Garibaldi Provincial Park of southwest British Columbia, Canada. Phalanx Mountain is...
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Demon's Crest (redirect from Phalanx (Demon's Crest))
victorious, though badly wounded. In his weakness, a rival demon named Phalanx ambushes Firebrand and takes all the Crests except the Fire Crest, which...
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World War Z (redirect from Phalanx (vaccine))
suppressed by the military. Worldwide, a widely marketed placebo vaccine named Phalanx creates a false sense of security. This period later becomes known as the...
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Swiss mercenaries (redirect from Swiss Phalanx)
enemy and relied more on a straightforward steamroller assault of the phalanx formation. Such deep pike columns could crush lesser infantry in close...
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warning. The 20mm Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System (also called Centurion C-RAM) is a land-based variant of the U.S. Navy's Phalanx close-in weapon system,...
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The Royal Phalanx (Greek: Βασιλική Φάλαγξ) was a military body composed of veteran officers of the Greek War of Independence, established on 18 September...
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Phalanx is an unincorporated community in Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is identified by signage as Phalanx Mills.[citation...
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Ancient Greek warfare (section The hoplite phalanx)
of warfare: the hoplite phalanx. Hoplites were armored infantrymen, armed with spears and shields. Seen in media, the phalanx was a formation of these...
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The Putnam Phalanx of Hartford, Connecticut, United States, was a quasi-military unit, originally organized as ceremonial honor guard in 1858, it functioned...
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1845 more than 30 such "associations" – known to their adherents as "phalanxes" – were established in the United States, all of which met with economic...
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for both phalanx bones to flex more than 100° until the base of the middle phalanx makes contact with the condylar notch of the proximal phalanx. At the...
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Epaminondas (game) (section Phalanx)
Theban general Epaminondas, known for the use of phalanx strategy in combat. The concept of the phalanx is integral to the game. Epaminondas was originally...
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Phalanx is the first live album released by Australian surf rock band Australian Crawl. It was recorded live at concerts at Bombay Rock Gold Coast, Queensland...
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Phalanx was a jazz quartet featuring guitarist James "Blood" Ulmer, drummer Rashied Ali, tenor saxophonist George Adams, and bassist Sirone. They released...
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The North American Phalanx was a secular utopian socialist commune located in Colts Neck Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. The community was the...
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The Phalanx; or Journal of Social Science was a Fourierist journal published in New York City, edited by Albert Brisbane and Osborne Macdaniel from 1843...
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Phalanstère (redirect from Phalanx (Fourierism))
Fourier. Fourier chose the name by combining the French word phalange (phalanx, an emblematic military unit in ancient Greece), with the word monastère...
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