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  2. General Frank S. Besson-class support vessel - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Sierra Army Depot - Wikipedia

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    Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and military equipment storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California.It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough inland to be safe from Japanese attack, yet close enough to western military posts and ports to facilitate shipment of supplies. [2]

  4. List of ships of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    (United States Army In World War II – The Technical Services – The Transportation Corps: Movements, Training, And Supply, p.474.) The Paul P. Hastings tugboat (ex U.S. Army LT-814) in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. At this time she was the last of the Santa Fe Railroad tugs still in service.

  5. List of equipment of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Power-assisted, front axle. The Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles ( FMTV) are a series of military vehicles based upon a common chassis, varying by payload and mission requirements. The FMTV is derived from the Austrian Steyr 12M18 truck, but substantially modified to meet United States Army requirements.

  7. List of the United States military vehicles by model number

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    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

  8. All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment

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    Designed. 1965–1973. The All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment ( ALICE) is a set of load-carrying equipment adopted as United States Army Standard A on 17 January 1973 [ 1] to replace the M-1956 individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE) and M-1967 modernized load-carrying equipment (MLCE).

  9. List of currently active United States military land vehicles

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    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.