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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. [222] Operated solely by 19 Tank Transporter Squadron, RLC. [223] MTVR United States
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.
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 ...
A US Army soldier wearing MOLLE gear Universal Camouflage Pattern. Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈ m ɒ l. l iː / MOL-lee), is the current generation of load-bearing equipment used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army since the late 1990s.
There are many present and past designs of webbing equipment – load-carrying aids mainly of military application. 0–9. 1908 pattern webbing;
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 ...
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Centurion [40] – main British early Cold War tank. Conqueror [41] – used from mid 50s to mid 60s to give long range anti-tank support to Centurions. Built to counter IS-3. Chieftain [42] – main British tank of Cold War and mid Cold War. Challenger 1 [43] – Main British tank late Cold War or 1980s.