Raiders
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Raider may refer to:
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in Food:
- Space RaidersSpace RaidersSpace Raiders are a cheap snack food, intended to fill the same niche market as crisps, and are sold in similar style packets. They are made from corn and wheat and available in several flavours. They are made by KP Snacks in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in the UK...
, brand of crisps - the TwixTwixTwix is a chocolate bar made by Mars, Inc., consisting of a biscuit finger, topped with caramel and coated in milk chocolate. Being somewhat smaller in width than other confectionery bars, Twix bars are typically packaged in pairs...
chocolate bar was called Raider in several European countries until the 1990s
in sports organizations:
- Canberra RaidersCanberra RaidersThe Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
, National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia - Oakland RaidersOakland RaidersThe Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, National Football League team based in Oakland, California, USA - Rochester RaidersRochester RaidersThe Rochester Raiders are a professional indoor football team based in the Rochester, New York area. They are currently a member of the Indoor Football League and play their home games at the Dome Arena in the suburb of Henrietta...
, CIFL team based in Rochester, New York, USA - Texas Tech Red RaidersTexas Tech Red RaidersThe Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 15 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
, NCAA Division I team from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA. The women's basketball team is called the Lady Raiders - Adelaide RaidersAdelaide RaidersRaiders is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia, that plays in the South Australian Super League. Its home ground is the Croatian Sports Centre in Gepps Cross, a northern suburb of Adelaide. It is a Croatian Australian-backed club and is also known by the name "Adelaide Croatia"...
, football (soccer) club in Adelaide, South Australia - Wodonga Raiders Football ClubWodonga Raiders Football ClubThe Wodonga Raiders FC, originally played in the Tallangatta & District Football League as the Kergunyah Football Club. This club once played in the Yackandandah DFA....
, football (soccer) club in Wodonga, Australia
in military organizations:
- Marine RaidersMarine RaidersThe Marine Raiders were elite units established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare, particularly in landing in rubber boats and operating behind the lines...
, elite unit established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II - Quantrill's RaidersQuantrill's RaidersQuantrill's Raiders were a loosely organized force of pro-Confederate Partisan rangers, "bushwhackers", who fought in the American Civil War under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill...
, Confederate guerrillas in the American Civil War - Raider (piracy)Raider (piracy)A raider is a person who commits robbery at sea. With use of raid tactics, the raiders uses the naval strategy of attacking an opponent's commercial shipping rather than contending for command of the sea with its naval forces. The raiders destroy supplies of the enemy instead of engaging the...
, people who commit robbery at the sea - Tarleton's RaidersTarleton's RaidersThe British Legion was the name given to a British provincial regiment established during the American Revolution and composed of Loyalist American infantry and cavalry...
, unit of British dragoons active during the American Revolution - Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' FrontGreat Eastern Islamic Raiders' FrontThe Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front is an Islamic militant organization which follows the Büyük Doğu ideology of Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, a well-known Turkish author, poet and Islamist ideologue...
, Turkish terrorist organisation
in military vehicles:
- Merchant raiderMerchant raiderMerchant raiders are ships which disguise themselves as non-combatant merchant vessels, whilst actually being armed and intending to attack enemy commerce. Germany used several merchant raiders early in World War I, and again early in World War II...
, type of ship in naval warfare - Commerce raider, type of warship in naval warfare
in commercial vehicles:
- Dodge Raider, a rebadged Mitsubishi Montero sold by Dodge
- Mitsubishi RaiderMitsubishi RaiderThe Mitsubishi Raider is a pickup truck from Mitsubishi Motors that debuted in the fall of 2005 as a 2006 model for the United States market and is based largely on the Dodge Dakota...
, a rebadged Dodge Dakota sold by Mitsubishi Motors - A brand of skid loaderSkid loaderA skid loader or skid steer loader is a small rigid frame, engine-powered machine with lift arms used to attach a wide variety of labor-saving tools or attachments. Though sometimes they are equipped with tracks, skid-steer loaders are typically four-wheel drive vehicles with the left-side drive...
in video games:
- Star RaidersStar RaidersStar Raiders is a video game for the Atari 8-bit family of computers, released in 1979 and programmed by Doug Neubauer. It was also later ported to other Atari computer and game platforms...
, computer game for the Atari video game system - Tomb Raider SeriesTomb Raider seriesTomb Raider is a media franchise consisting of video games, comic books, novels, theme park rides and movies, centring around the adventures of the fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft...
, series of video games, comic books, movies, animations and novels - Fallout (series), adventure/RPG games featuring Raiders as non-player characters
in books
- Raider (novel)Raider (novel)Raider is a children's novel by Susan Gates, published in 1995. It was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award....
, book by Susan Gates - Raider (detective, novel), book by Pavel AstakhovPavel AstakhovPavel Alekseevich Astakhov is a Russian statesman and lawyer, and became the Children Rights Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation on 31 December 2009.-Education:...
, base for the script to the movie with the same name.
in movies:
- Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderLara Croft: Tomb RaiderLara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 adventure thriller film adapted from the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001. The film was a commercial success...
, 2001 film based on the game - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of LifeLara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of LifeLara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action film directed by Jan de Bont, and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. It is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider...
, 2003 sequel - Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
, original name for the first Indiana Jones movie - Western Approaches (film)Western Approaches (film)Western Approaches is a 1944 documentary war film directed by Pat Jackson.It is the fictional account of 22 sailors marooned in a lifeboat. Much of it was shot in the Irish Sea. Sailors rather than professional actors were used....
, alternatively titled 'The Raider'
in television:
- Raiders of the Lost Harp, episode of DuckTales
- Cylon RaiderCylon RaiderThe Cylon Raider is the standard starfighter used by the Cylons, in the various Battlestar Galactica movies and television series. Cylon raiders are used as the main line of defense for Cylon Basestars.- Original series :...
, basic Cylon fighter craft in Battlestar Galactica - GAT-X370 Raider Gundam, second generation Earth Alliance mobile suit from Gundam SEED
in other people and organizations:
- Paul Revere & the RaidersPaul Revere & the RaidersPaul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band that saw considerable U.S. mainstream success in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s with hits such as "Kicks" , "Hungry" , "Him Or Me - What's It Gonna Be?" and the 1971 No...
, American rock band - Tusken RaidersTusken RaidersTusken Raiders are fictional creatures in the Star Wars universe. They are characterized as a nomadic warrior race that lives on the planet Tatooine.-Appearances in Star Wars media:...
(aka Sand People), fictional creatures in the Star Wars saga - Raider (Babylon 5), space pirates from Babylon 5Babylon 5Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
- Raider (Delhi District Secondary School) the official mascot of Delhi District Secondary School, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
- Raiders (comics)Raiders (comics)The Raiders are a team of three fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Raiders first appear in Iron Man #145 The Raiders are a team of three fictional characters that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Raiders first appear in Iron Man #145...