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The clevis is a U-shaped piece that has holes at the end of the prongs to accept the clevis pin. The clevis pin is similar to a bolt, but is either partially threaded or unthreaded with a cross-hole for a split pin. A tang is a piece that is sometimes fitted in the space within the clevis and is held in place by the clevis pin.
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The article is named after the pin used in a clevis fastener. So we have potentially clevis pin, clevis shackle, clevis hook, and clevis (by itself, which is the U shape piece of metal through which the pin goes). My suggestion is that we rename the article clevis, and include all of the related terms therein.
In engineering and machine design, a pin is a machine element that secures the position of two or more parts of a machine relative to each other. A large variety of types has been known for a long time; the most commonly used are solid cylindrical pins, solid tapered pins, groove pins, slotted spring pins and spirally coiled spring pins. Clevis pin
Hairpin cotter, a formed wire fastener most commonly used in clevis pins; Hairpin clip, a formed wire fastener designed for use in grooved shafts; A hairpin loop, a pattern in DNA or RNA in biochemistry; β-Hairpin, a secondary structure motif of proteins; Hairpins, a 1920 film directed by Fred Niblo
President Ngo Dinh Diem and family at his home in Hue (Central Viet Nam).jpg; President Ngo Dinh Diem on an inspection tour 350 km from Saigon (December, 1956).jpg; Portrait of Ngô Đình Diệm, from the book Ngo Dinh Diem of Viet-Nam.jpg; President Ngo Dinh Diem with the troops who defeated the Binh-Xuyen at Rung-Sat (May, 1955).jpg
Dien Bien Phu—or DBP—has become an acronym or shorthand symbol for defeat of the West by the East, for the triumph of primitive new doctrines and techniques of peoples' war over the sophisticated principles and maxims of the heritage of Napoleon Bonaparte. Dien Bien Phu resulted in severe political consequences.
Vietnamese military ranks and insignia were specified by the National Assembly of Vietnam through the Law on Vietnam People's Army Officer (No: 6-LCT/HĐNN7) on 30 December 1981.