...Gengis Khan said, 'I did not try to conquer the world, I was just following my horses.'

...the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pisarro managed to defeat the Inka empire, having at his disposal a detachment of less than two hundred desperados.

...the biggest howitzer of the world is the so-called Czar Howitzer displayed in Kremlin (Moscow) and registered in the Guinness book of records. The length of this howitzer is 5.34 m, the outer diameter of barrel is 1,200 mm, the calibre is 900 mm, and the weight is 39,312 kg. A copy of this howitzer is stored in the city of Donetsk (Ukraine).

...when Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great) decided to submit Spartans and sent them a message, 'You are advised to submit without further delay, for if I bring my army into your land, I will destroy your farms, slay your people, and raze your city', the Spartans replied 'If'.

...a bore evacuator is a device on the gun barrel of an armoured fighting vehicle which helps prevent poisonous propellant gases from venting back into the vehicle's fighting compartment when the gun breech is opened to load another shell.

...Chengis Khan said that the warrior who takes part in a military campaign should be hungry, because there is no use of the hunting dog that is not hungry.

...Tamerlan used to say that bravery is a patience in a dangerous situation.

A german Leapoard2 Engine can be pushed from 1500 to over 2000 hp

...Gengis Khan is believed to have said, 'If you are afraid, do not do it. If you do it, do not be afraid'.

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