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<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:160mm Mortar M1943 003.jpg|150px]]</div> The '''SB-160''' is a 160mm {{wp|caliber}} heavy {{wp|Mortar (weapon)|mortar}} manufactured in [[Menghe]]. It is a license-produced copy of the [[Federation of Socialist Republics|Letnevian]] M42 mortar system, with minor weight-saving modifications to the towing carriage. It is one of the heaviest operational mortar systems in [[Septentrion]], with an impressive explosive payload but a modest range and rate of fire. A single towed SB-160 requires a crew of 8 men, consisting of a commander, gunner, a two loaders, and four additional ammunition handlers, who also help move the weapon into position. Properly digging the baseplate into the ground can take as long as 15-20 minutes, precluding shoot-and-scoot operations. Each battery consists of six mortars in two firing platoons (or ''sampojo''), with three batteries in each heavy mortar battalion. ('''[[SB-160|See more...]]''')
<div style="float:left;margin:0.5em 0.9em 0.4em 0;">[[File:Rytter fra Bagirmi.jpg|150px]]</div> '''Hourege''' (pronounced {{wp|Help:IPA/English|/'hu:rɛʒ/}} or {{wp|Help:IPA/English|/'u:rɛʒ/}}, ''OO-rezh'', from {{wp|Fulani language|Ndjarendie}} "Hooreejo" - Leader, also referred to as "Debere" in [[Kaiye Tourie]] and "Masimbe" in [[Rwizikuru]]) was a semi-{{wp|feudalism|feudalistic}} system of sociopolitical organisation that arose during the Bahian Consolidation. Scholars define Hourege as having been fully adopted in the twelfth century, when the final wave of {{wp|Jihad|proselytory missions}} ended and several key South Bahian states such as the veRwizi Empire arose. The adoption of Hourege marked the end of the prominence of city-states within Bahia and a move towards a more western understanding of statesmanship. Under Hourege societal ties were shifted from allegiance solely to one's tribe to towards the ''Karame'', a wide-reaching term which at once encompasses {{wp|secular authority|secular}} and {{wp|religious authority}} and prestige. It was defined by a mutuality of obligations between the ruler, who was charged with the secular and religious direction of the nation, and the castes below him who all filled societal roles. ('''[[Hourege|See more...]]''')


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Hourege (pronounced /'hu:rɛʒ/ or /'u:rɛʒ/, OO-rezh, from Ndjarendie "Hooreejo" - Leader, also referred to as "Debere" in Kaiye Tourie and "Masimbe" in Rwizikuru) was a semi-feudalistic system of sociopolitical organisation that arose during the Bahian Consolidation. Scholars define Hourege as having been fully adopted in the twelfth century, when the final wave of proselytory missions ended and several key South Bahian states such as the veRwizi Empire arose. The adoption of Hourege marked the end of the prominence of city-states within Bahia and a move towards a more western understanding of statesmanship. Under Hourege societal ties were shifted from allegiance solely to one's tribe to towards the Karame, a wide-reaching term which at once encompasses secular and religious authority and prestige. It was defined by a mutuality of obligations between the ruler, who was charged with the secular and religious direction of the nation, and the castes below him who all filled societal roles. (See more...)

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