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The Joint United States Military Advisory Group, Thailand (JUSMAGTHAI) is the U.S. Department of Defense's Security Assistance Organization in Thailand. It was established on September 22, 1953. The chief of JUSMAGTHAI also serves as the senior defense official and defense attaché to Thailand. At the height of the Vietnam War, many American ...
7.62×51mm NATO United States [24] Barrett M82/ Barrett M107: Anti-materiel rifle.50 BMG United States: Used by special forces. [25] Machine gun; M249: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO United States: Used by Royal Thai Army Special Forces. [26] Daewoo K3: Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO South Korea: 2 K3s transferred according to a 2019 ...
Thai involvement did not become official until the total involvement of the United States in support of South Vietnam in 1963. The Thai government then allowed the United States Air Force in Thailand to use its air and naval bases. At the height of the war, almost 50,000 American military personnel were stationed in Thailand, mainly airmen. [57]
The Austin K2 was a British truck built by the Austin during World War II, approximately half of the 13,102 built were bodied as Austin K2/Y ambulances; it was the most widely used ambulance during the war with some being provided to the US military as well as the militaries of France, Norway and Russia. [9] Autocar U7144T: 4–5-ton semi ...
Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to select a new slate of senators who will no longer be allowed to vote on who becomes prime minister, removing what has effectively served as a veto ...
The United States ended its involvement in Southeast Asia by treaty and disengagement rather than by military victory. After the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, relations between Washington and Bangkok turned sour. In May 1975, the Royal Thai Government asked the United States to remove all of its combat forces (27,000 troops, 300 aircraft) by ...
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command has issued a flight clearance for the V-22 Osprey, three months after the military aircraft was grounded following a fatal crash in Japan, the U.S. Forces Japan and ...
The Logistic Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) is a family of heavy-duty military logistics vehicles of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) based on a common 5-axle ten-wheel drive (10x10) chassis. The vehicles vary in individual configuration by mission requirements, with three variants in service: a cargo, a wrecker and a tractor truck .