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100 miles (160 km) on road. Maximum speed. 50 mph (80 km/h) on road. The M39 armored utility vehicle (T41) is an American armored vehicle designed during the Second World War, which saw service in that conflict and in the Korean War. Like a number of vehicles of this type, it was built using an existing chassis, that of the M18 Hellcat .
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN; Vietnamese: Lục quân Việt Nam Cộng hòa; French: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975. [ 2] At the ARVN's peak, an estimated 1 in 9 citizens of South Vietnam were ...
2-inch snub-nosed versions are given to high-ranking officers. Also used by the Army Military Police Special Duty Team. M1911A1. Colt Manufacturing Company. United States. Pistol. .45 ACP. Mostly replaced by K5, limited usage. Submachine guns.
122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) 76 mm regimental gun M1943. 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K) ISU-152. Katyusha rocket launcher. SU-100. SU-76.
200 mi (320 km) Maximum speed. 45 mph (72 km/h) on road. The M3 half-track was an American armored personnel carrier half-track widely used by the Allies during World War II and in the Cold War. Derived from the M2 half-track car, the M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 standard M3s and more than 38,000 variant units manufactured.
Foreign Military Sales ( FMS) is a security assistance program of the United States government to facilitate the purchase of U.S. arms, defense equipment, design and construction services, and military training to foreign governments. [ 1] FMS is a government-to-government program where the United States Department of Defense through the ...
11 September 1964 – 23 March 1973. Executed by. Approximately 320,000 military personnel, with an average of 48,000 per year. Casualties. 5,099 killed. 10,962 injured. The South Korean government, under the regime of Park Chung Hee, took an active role in the Vietnam War. South Korea's decision to join resulted from various underlying causes ...
The M-1952 Flak vest, or " Armor, Body, Fragmentation, Protective, Vest Type, M-52 " was a flak vest designed for the United States Marine Corps during the Korean war. Following the joint US Army and Marine Corps designed M51 Flak Jacket, the M-52 used aluminum plates instead of Doron. [1] [2]