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Carbine - On 23 September 2022, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued the Request for Information (RFI) for the procuring 5.56×45mm NATO Close Quarter Battle (CQB) Carbines for the Indian Army and the Indian Navy. On 29 November 2022, the MoD released Request for Proposal for 425,213 units of carbine (418,455 for the Army and 6,758 for the Navy ...
Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, [1] [2] was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards.
Military truck: 108,800 (Active in all services) Oshkosh Defense – >23,400 trucks/>11,400 trailers (current manufacturer). 74,000 trucks and trailers by legacy manufacturers. Figures include the National Guard and Air Force. [58] Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck United States: Military truck >27,000 (new build and remanufactured) [59]
Weapon Image Origin Number Notes Anti-aircraft artillery Thales Rapid Ranger France 1 battery (3x4 launchers) on order : The Army signed a contract in October 2024 for the acquisition of new RapidRanger anti-aircraft systems mounted on three URO VAMTAC ST5 armored vehicles, as well as one ground Master 200 3D radar, starstreak and LMM missiles and two weapons terminals.
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.
The original SPR used an early PRI flip-up front sight with an elevation dial, which has since been discontinued. The Mk 12 MOD 0/H uses the current PRI flip-up front sight. The SPR/A, SPR/B, and Mk 12 MOD 1 use the KAC rail forend flip-up front sight, KAC part number 99051. The SPR and Mk 12 MOD 0/H use the ARMS #40 flip up rear sight.
Morón Air Base (IATA: OZP, ICAO: LEMO) is located at in southern Spain, approximately 35 miles (56 km) southeast of the city of SevilleThe base gets its name from the nearby town of Morón de la Frontera, while it is located inside the municipality of Arahal.
The Afghan military is issued with OTVs in "M81" U.S. woodland. [34] [35] Albania: Woodland variants are worn by Albanian Army [36] [37] [38] Azerbaijan [39] [better source needed] Bangladesh [40] Bosnia and Herzegovina: Coyote brown variants are worn by the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina as of October 2018. [41] [better source needed]