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M59 APC D-cisive. The M59 was an American armored personnel carrier that entered service in the spring of 1954 replacing the M75. It had three key advantages over the M75; it was amphibious, had a lower profile, and was considerably cheaper to produce. Production ended in 1960, by which time approximately 6,300 had been built.
This is a list of United States Army fire control, and sighting material by supply catalog designation, or Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group "F".The United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog used an alpha-numeric nomenclature system from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.
Production of the M59/66 lasted from 1966 until 1970. [2] After 1970, the M59/66 was manufactured with flip-up tritium or painted phosphorous night sights. [2] This received the designation M59/66 A1. [2] Between 1966 and 1971, Zastava manufactured 132,081 M59/66s and M59/66A1s, at which time production ceased for the Yugoslavian People's Army. [1]
Nicknamed "Long Tom" (an appellation with a long and storied history in U.S. field and naval artillery), it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59. Developed to replace the Canon de 155mm GPF , the gun was deployed as a heavy field weapon during World War II and the Korean War , and also classed as secondary armament for ...
An exploded-view drawing is a diagram, picture, schematic or technical drawing of an object, that shows the relationship or order of assembly of various parts. [1]It shows the components of an object slightly separated by distance, or suspended in surrounding space in the case of a three-dimensional exploded diagram.
The U.S. Ordnance company is the current maker authorized by Saco to produce mil-spec M60s and M60 parts. The company had charged $8,000 for a new semi-automatic M60. The Desert Ordnance company is a current maker of M60s and M60 parts. The company charges between $13,000–$14,000 for a new semi-automatic M60, depending on the model.
M59 may refer to: Messier 59, an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo; M59 armored personnel carrier, a United States military vehicle; M59 rifle, a Yugoslav copy of the SKS; M-59 (Michigan highway), a Michigan state highway near Detroit; M59 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa
The M67 replaced the M59 in 1967 and was produced until the 1990s. The rifle is sometimes unofficially referred to as Mauser M67 . However, both M59 and M67 were not licensed products of Mauser, but were produced by Kongsberg and marketed as such.