If the grave is in a cemetery on the property of a church or other religious organization (part of, or called, a churchyard), gravediggers may be members of the decedent's family or volunteer parishioners. Digging graves has also been one of the traditional duties of a church's sexton. In municipal and privately owned cemeteries, gravediggers may be low-paid, unskilled, and temporary laborers, or they may be well-paid, trained, and professional careerists, as their duties may include landscaping tasks and courteous interactions with mourners and other visitors. In some countries, gravedigging may be done by landscaping workers for the local council or local authority.
A gravedigger implements a variety of tools to accomplish his primary task. A template, in the form of a wooden frame built to prescribed specifications, is often placed on the ground over the intended grave. The gravedigger may use a sod-cutter or spade to cut the outline of the grave and remove the top layer of sod. Digging the grave by hand usually requires shovels, picks, mattocks, and/or other tools. Cemeteries in industrialized countries may keep a backhoe loader and other heavy equipment, which greatly increases the efficiency of gravedigging.
Grave Digger is a monster truck racing team in the Feld EntertainmentMonster Jam series. There are nine Grave Diggers being driven by different drivers to allow them to make appearances at more events, but their flagship driver is creator Dennis Anderson. Grave Digger is considered to be one of the most influential and iconic monster trucks of all time.
History
Grave Digger was originally conceived in 1981 by Dennis Anderson as a mud bogger. This first truck was a red 1952 Ford pickup truck. Later on a silver and blue 1951 Ford Panel Truck was his new mud truck that would become the first Grave Digger monster truck . The truck received its name when Anderson, amicably trash talking with his fellow racers, said the now famous line, "I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it", a reference to the age of his old pickup in comparison to their relatively modern trucks. Anderson gained a reputation for an all-or-nothing driving style and quickly became popular at local events. At one show, a scheduled monster truck failed to show up and Anderson, who already had large tractor tires on the truck, offered to crush cars in the absence of the full-size monster. The promoter accepted and Grave Digger was an instant success as a car crusher and led Anderson to leave mud bogging and pursue monster trucks instead.
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2A19 or T-12 is a Sovietsmoothbore 100-mm anti-tank gun, which served as the main Eastern Bloc towed anti-tank gun from 1955 until the late 1980s.
History
The T-12 entered service in 1955, replacing the BS-3 100 mm field gun. It was typically deployed in the anti-tank units of armoured and motor rifle regiments to protect flanks against counter-attacks during rapid advances.
In 1970, it was replaced in production by the T-12A or MT-12 "Rapira", which features a new smooth bore gun, the 100mm 2A29 gun, as well as a redesigned carriage and gun-shield to protect the crew from machine gun fire and shell splinters. Thanks to the redesigned carriage, which has a bigger wheel base, the MT-12 can be towed by the MT-LB, at speeds up to 60km/h on road or 25km/h cross-country.
The 2A29R "Ruta" or MT-12R is a version with a RLPK-1 radar for engaging targets in a poor visibility environment (smoke/fog). From 1981, the gun could fire laser beam-riding guided missiles 9M117 Kastet (weapon system 9K116) and carried the new designator 2A29K "Kastet" or MT-12K.
Gesturing to a small crater-like hole on top of one of the mass graves reserved for women and children, he explains that this was where Assad’s forces attempted to disrupt the earth with a digger, before giving up.
Mrs Thurlow said her mother-in-law died in November and was to be buried in the same grave as her father-in-law ... In November last year, a council came under fire after mini-diggers and heavy machinery were caught driving over people’s graves.
30. He gave me one of my first opportunities 31 years ago to shoot an assignment ...File photo of David B ... (David B ... Sheally II / The Virginian-Pilot) File photo of The Monster Truck GraveDigger and a smaller model will be at Suffolk’s PeanutFest ... .
5 scenic hiking trails in Jacksonville, FL...Free ... All the big names in the monster truck world — GraveDigger, Megalodon, Zombie, Avenger — will be on hand for a tremendously loud and endlessly entertaining evening of car-smashing and freestyle tricks.
Reports of mass graves are not new in Syria...Drawing on examples from Guatemala, he explained that a team comprising forensic scientists, criminologists, and specialists in soil and topography is necessary, not merely grave diggers.
San Diego Union-Tribune
08 Jan 2025
San Diego Union-Tribune
08 Jan 2025