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Military anti-shock trousers (MAST), or pneumatic anti-shock garments (PASG), are medical devices used to treat severe blood loss. The device is usually applied to the patient's pelvis, abdomen, and lower parts of the body and is composed of man-made inflatable air bladders. The device is designed to transfer blood away from the above described ...
In the 1970s the G-suit was modified into a half-suit which became known as MAST (Military anti-shock trousers) or PASG (Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment). [14] During the 1980s the PASG garment became used more and more by emergency rescue services to stabilize patients with shock due to lower body hemorrhage. During the 1990s the PASG was added ...
A USMC sniper wearing an IBA vest while practicing with an M82A3 anti-materiel rifle at Camp Pendleton, California in April 2001. U.S. soldier (left) in Kosovo in May 2001 wearing an IBA vest. Marines from the U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit marching while wearing IBA and MOLLE components in November 2001, during the War in Afghanistan .
57 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun China: 2 X 57 mm, self-propelled anti-aircraft tank equivalent to the ZSU-57-2 but using the Type 69 tank chassis. 9K331 Tor-M1: Short range surface-to-air missile 24 [40] Soviet Union: Low to medium altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system. Towed anti-aircraft weapon PG-87: 25 mm towed anti ...
The action, or the mechanism by which subsequent rounds are automatically reloaded, must also be powered by the air pressure; that is not a major drawback as pneumatic tools such as the nail gun proves as long as you carry an air tank and compressor around with you. The weapon has to supply or be supplied with a source of very high pressure gas.
The remaining 30 TRG-21s were introduced mainly into the 6th Airborne Brigade as well as the 25th Air Assault Brigade. For operational needs in Iraq, 130 TRG-22 were ordered in 2004. 150 TRG M10 were ordered by Polish Land Forces in 2016. [43] WKW Wilk Poland.50 BMG. anti-materiel rifle. WKW Wilk: 80
The vest provides anti-fragmentation protection, including protection against arrow-shaped projectiles with a speed of 700 m/s, and protection against pistol bullets (7.62x39 bullets pierced body armor from distances of up to 400-600 meters). [8] [9] Anti-fragmentation resistance to a standard spherical fragment weighing 1 g exceeds 700 m/s ...
The T249 Vigilante was a prototype 37 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the Bofors 40 mm gun in both towed and self-propelled forms in US Army service. [1] The system consisted of a 37 mm T250 six-barrel rotary cannon mounted on a modified M113 armored personnel carrier chassis.