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Long-range communications is expedited by the use of a hand-cranked extendible antenna system. A 4.2 kW auxiliary power unit (APU) is mounted on the right front of the vehicle to provide 24 volt power. The APU can be dismounted using a davit (crane) carried on board and sandbagged for noise suppression. A single APU can provide power for two M577s.
Currently, the U.S. Army mortar carrier is the M106 upgraded to A3 standard and armed with an M121 120 mm mortar, a variant of the M120 mortar. M1064 mortar carrier. Armed with an M121 120 mm mortar, a variant of the M120 mortar. M125. Mortar carrier, basically an M106 armed with an M29 81 mm mortar. M132 armored flamethrower
The M577 command post carrier, also known as the M577 command post vehicle or armored command post vehicle, is a variant of the M113 armored personnel carrier that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation to function on the battlefield as a mobile command post i.e. a tactical operations centre, usually at the battalion level.
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The Type 96 wheeled armored personnel carrier (96式装輪装甲車, kyuu-roku-shiki-sourin-soukou-sha) is an armoured vehicle that entered service with Japan in 1996, manufactured by Komatsu. [4] This vehicle complements the existing fleet of tracked Type 73 armored personnel carriers already in service with plans to eventually replace it.
The first German jet engines built during the Second World War used a mechanical APU starting system designed by the German engineer Norbert Riedel.It consisted of a 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) two-stroke flat engine, which for the Junkers Jumo 004 design was hidden in the engine nose cone, essentially functioning as a pioneering example of an auxiliary power unit for starting a jet engine.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and one other warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks to maintain a two-carrier ...
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