About 10 results for ‘Sling (weapon)’
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Sling (weapon)
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone or lead "sling-bullet". It is also known as the shepherd's sling. A sling has a small cradle or pouch in the middle of two lengths of cord. The sling stone is placed in the pouch. The index finger is placed through the loop, the other string has a tab that is placed between the thumb and forefinger. The sling is swung and with a flick of the wrist the tab is released at the precise moment. This frees the projectile to fly to the tangent. The sling derives its effectiveness by essentially extending the length of a human arm, thus allowing stones to be thrown several times farther than they could be by hand. The sling is very inexpensive and easy to build. It has historically been used for hunting game and in combat. Film exists of Spanish Civil War combatants using slings to throw grenades over buildings into enemy positions on the opposite street. Today the sling interests sportsmen as a survival tool and as an improvised weapon.
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Le Lion et le Moucheron (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ranged weapon
- Sling (weapon)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Guido Reni
DAVID VAINQUEUR DE GOLIATH
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David tenant la tête de Goliath
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- David
- Goliath
- Sling (weapon)
- Sword
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- Date:
- 19th century
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HISTOIRE MERVEILLEUSE / DU FAMEUX GARGANTUA. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Arrow
- Bassinet
- Bow and arrow
- Boy
- Cuisine
- Design engineer
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- Date:
- 19th century
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David vainqueur de Goliath
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Belt (clothing)
- Crown (headgear)
- Crus (lower leg)
- David
- Goliath
- Lion
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- Date:
- 16th century
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- Artist(s):
- Godefroy Engelmann
- Horace Vernet
Les Deux Pigeons, IX, 2
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Clog (shoe)
- Columba (genus)
- Man
- River
- Sling (weapon)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Godefroy Engelmann
- Horace Vernet
Les Deux Pigeons, IX, 2
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Clog (shoe)
- Columba (genus)
- Man
- River
- Sling (weapon)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Le Lion et le Moucheron, III, 13 (Le texte de la fable es...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château
- Cliff
- Horse
- Lion
- Ranged weapon
- Sling (weapon)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Le triomphe de David
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Armour
- Chariot
- David
- Folk dance
- Fortification
- Goliath
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- Date:
- 17th century
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David vainqueur de Goliath
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- David
- Goliath
- Sling (weapon)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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