The mandibles appear as large pincers on the front of some beetles. There is evidence of Roman shipbuilders pulling nails out of construction with plier-type pincers. He also has an exceptionally strong grip, reminiscent of a real scorpion's pincers. The pincers of a crab are sometimes shown attached to her temples. The large pincers are blackish-red and have a granular texture. These defences succeeded in stopping the German armoured pincers from meeting and enveloping the salient. Primitive pinnate pincers, converging to from 3 to 5 separate conductive beams. It is equipped with a more powerful tail, mechanical pincers, and is bulletproof. Trapped between their pincers were three Soviet armies. If attacking pincers link up in the enemy's rear, the enemy is encircled. The lever design may derive from blacksmiths' pincers. They can communicate by drumming or waving their pincers. Amongst the tortures she underwent was the cutting off of her breasts with pincers. The head is flat and square, with a pair of long, large pincers. The Romanian Army and its Russian allies were forced back between those pincers.