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Saint Javelin is an Internet meme and fictional character depicted in a religious icon style as a saint-like figure cradling a modern weapon used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, such as the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank weapon. The meme was created by Christian Borys during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and became famous around the world ...
The Javelin was used by the US Army, the US Marine Corps and the Australian Special Forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, [11] on Iraqi Type 69 and Lion of Babylon tanks. During the Battle of Debecka Pass , a platoon of US Army Special Forces operators equipped with Javelins destroyed two T-55 tanks, eight armored personnel carriers, and four ...
The Inter-Allied Tank Commission decided that, because of the wartime demands on French industry, the quickest way to supply the American forces with tanks was to manufacture the French Renault FT light tank in the United States. Some heavy tanks would also be supplied by the British.
23 January – A group of RAF fighters strafed the assault gun platoon (105mm Sherman tanks) of US 743rd Tank Battalion, near Sart-Lez-St.Vith, Belgium, killing six men and wounding 15. [243] 24 January – Near Guam, the U.S. Navy submarine USS Guardfish mistook the U.S. Navy rescue and salvage ship USS Extractor (ARS-15) for a Japanese submarine.
Within the table of organization and equipment for both the United States Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, these two classes of weapons are understood to be crew-served, as the operator of the weapon has an assistant, who carries additional ammunition and associated equipment, acts as a spotter, and is also fully qualified in the operation of ...
The first models of the tank destroyer were tested by the US Army's 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion. The unit had originally been trained on the M3 Gun Motor Carriage (a 75 mm gun installed in the bed of an M3 half-track). Despite its T70 prototypes requiring several improvements, the 704th had a "superlative" testing record, and the unit was ...
US Navy Linkbelt truck crane. Mobile Crane. Linkbelt 108H Crawler Crane; Manitowoc 777 Crawler Crane [11] Linkbelt HTC-8640 Mobile Crane; Terex MAC-50 All-Terrain Crane In service with US Marines; Entered Service 2007, [12] refurbished by Taylor Machine Works beginning in 2018. Replaced the legacy P&H HSHMC-25; Grove GMK4060HC All-Terrain Crane
The Churchill Crocodile was a Churchill tank modified by the fitting of a flame-thrower in place of the hull machine gun. An armoured trailer, towed behind the tank, carried 400 Imperial gallons (1,800 litres) of fuel. The flamethrower had a range of over 120 yards (110 metres), far greater than man-portable units.