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However, the company marketed the Snugli in a different direction, cheapening it for mass manufacturing. They took out key aspects of the original design, something that Moore did not expect. [3] After 12 years of being asked where to find an original Snugli, Moore decided to create a new version called the Weego.
A Valentine bridgelayer of the 3rd Independent Bridge Building Company, Royal Armoured Corps, spans a damaged bridge near Meiktila, March 1945.. An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) [1] is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-type ...
Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) (meaning "Tracked Vehicle 206" in English) is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier initially developed and manufactured by the Swedish company Hägglund & Söner, and subsequently by BAE Systems Hägglunds, for the Swedish Army. It consists of two units, with all four tracks powered.
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 M29 Weasel is a World War II tracked vehicle designed for operation in snow. [1] Built by Studebaker, Weasels were also used in sandy, muddy, and desert terrains, including towing loads over terrain wheeled vehicles could not negotiate as in the U.S. Marine invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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As the two units can be turned relative to each other in the vertical and horizontal planes via hydraulic cylinders or, conversely, can be fixed, the two-unit vehicle can move over short (equal to the length of one unit) sections of difficult terrain and obstacles like ditches and walls and come out of water onto an unprepared bank, ice, or peat.
The Bronco has a load carrying capacity of up to 5 tonnes and is capable of a top speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) on the road and at least 25 km/h (16 mph) on cross-country terrain. An advantage the standard Bronco has over other western armoured personnel carriers is its relatively large interior, with seating for 16 including the driver, dependent ...