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Named in honor of Gen. Frank S. Besson Jr., former Chief of Transportation, U.S. Army, these ships have bow and stern ramps and the ability to beach themselves, giving them the ability to discharge 900 short tons of vehicles and cargo over the shore in as little as four feet of water, or 2,000 short tons as an intra-theater line haul roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. [2]
The Admiral Halstead, the Coast Farmer, and the MS Sea Witch, chartered by WSA; and the Anhui, the Yochow and the Hanyang, believed to be chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (BMWT) for the U.S. Army, though no official information concerning their status had been received.
M1129 mortar carrier (MC) M1130 command vehicle (CV) M1131 fire support vehicle (FSV) M1132 engineer squad vehicle (ESV) M1133 medical evacuation vehicle (MEV) M1134 anti-tank guided missile vehicle (ATGMV) M1135 nuclear, biological, chemical, reconnaissance vehicle (NBC RV) M113 armored personnel carrier – 6,000 [ 2][ 3] M58 Wolf.
List of military vehicles; List of U.S. military vehicles by supply catalog designation; List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles; List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces; Military technology and equipment; United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center; NATO Stock Number
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
5.56×45mm NATO. USSOCOM. Piston operated rifle, ergonomics and controls based on the M16/M4 platform. M27 IAR. Assault rifle, Squad automatic weapon. Heckler & Koch. 5.56×45mm NATO. Marine Corps. Derived from the HK 416, currently supplementing the M249 as the Marine Corps’ squad automatic weapon (SAW).
First United States Army – U.S. Army Training, Readiness, and Mobilization Command formation at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Third United States Army – United States Army Central command formation headquartered at Shaw AFB. Fifth United States Army – United States Army North command formation at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
Avon Rubber. Produced. 2006–present. Specifications. Weight. 1.9 lbs (M50) The M50 series protective mask, officially known as the Joint Service General Purpose Mask ( JSGPM or JSGPM/M50 ), is a lightweight, protective mask system consisting of the mask, a mask carrier, and additional accessories. It was adopted and manufactured by Avon ...