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A Russian Strategic Rocket Forces MZKT 79221 missile vehicle carrying an RT-2PM2 Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile. A missile vehicle, also known as a missile carrier, missile truck, or (if capable of launching) missile launcher vehicle, is a military vehicle that is purpose-built and designed to carry missiles, either for safe transportation or for launching missiles in combat.
List of Military Rockets Name Type Country of Origin AIR-2 Genie: Air-to-air rocket USA: Gimlet: Air-to-air rocket USA: Le Prieur: Air-to-air rocket France: Arash: Tactical rocket Iran: T-122 Sakarya: Tactical rocket Turkey: BORA: Tactical rocket Turkey: Kasirga rocket system: Tactical rocket Turkey: TOROS artillery rocket system: Tactical ...
M254 truck, missile rocket motor, Nike Ajax; M255 truck, body section, Nike Ajax; M256 truck, inert, Nike Ajax; M257 truck, inert, Nike Ajax; M258A1 trailer, radar-tracking van, 4-dual wheels (G789) M259A1 trailer, Nike Hercules director station, 4-dual wheels (G789) M260 trailer, drop bed, antenna mount, Nike (G789)
TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. dated 1 sept. 1943; TM 9-2800 Military vehicles dated October 1947; TM 11-227 Signal Communication Directory. dated 10 April 1944; TM 11-364 K-44-B Truck and earth borer equipment HD; TM 11-487 Electrical Communication systems Equipment. dated 2 October 1944; TM 11-487-C1 military standardization ...
The LAR-160 is a light artillery rocket (hence LAR) with a 160mm calibre, a minimum range of 12 km and a maximum range of 45 km, from a multiple rocket launcher.Each standard launcher holds two 13 rocket Launch Pod Containers (LPC's) for truck or trailer mounting, 18 rocket LPC's for medium armored vehicle's (AMX-13, TAM) and 26 rocket LPC's for mounting on a MBT chassis.
In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine. Though used primarily as medium- and long-range artillery systems, historically rockets have also seen considerable use as air-to-surface weapons, some use as air-to-air weapons, and even (in a few cases) as surface-to-air devices.
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By 1915, the US Army was using trucks tactically. When the US joined World War I in April, 1917 it began purchasing trucks in larger numbers. Early trucks were often designed for both military and commercial use, later military-specific designs were built. Since 1940 the US military has ordered over 3,000,000 tactical trucks.