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  2. List of equipment of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    The Oshkosh HET 1070F is the Heavy Equipment Transport System (HET) of the British Army. The Heavy Equipment Transporters are capable of carrying a 72-tonne main battle tank and are responsible for the strategic transportation of armoured vehicles over land. [224] Operated solely by 19 Tank Transporter Squadron, RLC. [225] MTVR United States

  3. Personal Load Carrying Equipment - Wikipedia

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    Personal load carrying equipment (PLCE) is one of several tactical webbing systems of the British Armed Forces. [1] Dependent upon the year of design, and the decade of introduction, the webbing system was named and is commonly referred to as the 85 Pattern , the 90 Pattern or the 95 Pattern webbing.

  4. Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System - Wikipedia

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    It was by far the most detailed selection process ever undertaken for a British Army logistic system. [citation needed] The provisionally selected vehicles were extensively trialled for a year by a specially-formed trials unit, before both the unit and the MOD were completely satisfied that they met the army's requirements.

  5. 58 pattern webbing - Wikipedia

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    Royal Air Force officer with 1958 pattern holster. A standard set of 1958 Pattern webbing as issued to most British personnel consisted of a belt, a yoke that supported the attachment of a shovel or pick, two ammunition pouches to carry magazines for the L1A1 self-loading rifle, Sterling submachine gun, or L4A1-A9 machine gun, linked 7.62mm ammunition for the L7A1/A2 general-purpose machine ...

  6. Vocabulary of Army Ordnance Stores - Wikipedia

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    The Director of Stores maintained notes on all the in service equipment and kept track of changes in patterns of equipment and stores. This list was updated and circulated on a regular basis. In 1860 updates were published six monthly, but with progressive and rapid development of equipment, lists of changes were issued quarterly in 1861 and by ...

  7. Warrior tracked armoured vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The Warrior incorporates several design features in keeping with the UK's battlefield experience. In particular, there are no firing ports in the hull, in line with British thinking that the role of the armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (APC/IFV) is to carry troops under protection to the objective and then give firepower support when they have disembarked.

  8. Ephod Combat Vest - Wikipedia

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    It replaced the modular-based 1950s "Old style" tan-khaki cotton canvas equipment (similar in design to the British Army's 58 pattern webbing) and a variety of load-carrying waistcoats and assault vests used by Israeli infantry and elite units during the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1967-1970 War of Attrition, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. [1] [2]

  9. Multi Role Vehicle-Protected - Wikipedia

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    The Multi Role Vehicle-Protected (MRV-P) is a programme to deliver future wheeled utility and logistics vehicles for the British Army.. The vehicle formed part of the projected future equipment for the army as envisaged in the Army 2020 programme, the name given to the restructuring of the British Army in light of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.