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M1918 shop trailer, 4-ton; G-7 M2 light tractor Caterpillar model 20. G-7 M2 light tractor, Caterpillar Inc. model 20; G-8 M1918 body repair (3-ton FWD chassis) G-9 Items common to two or more group G items; G-10 M1918 light repair truck, Dodge; G-11 M1918 anti-aircraft gun trailer, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton; G-12 M1917 tank, Renault FT; w/ 37 mm gun ...
Generator carrier for anti-aircraft searchlight, usually towed Sd.Kfz. 247 Ausf. A Krupp built ten Ausf. A models on the chassis of its six-wheel Krupp Protze truck in 1937. Sometimes anti-tank (37 mm Pak 36) and anti-air (2 cm Flak) guns were mounted directly on the truck bed .
The searchlight also found a niche for use by night fighters and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. The Turbinlite was a powerful searchlight mounted in the nose of an RAF Douglas Boston light bomber , converted into a night fighter to shoot down Luftwaffe night bombers .
German searchlights of the Second World War were used to detect and track enemy aircraft at night. They were used in three main sizes, 60, 150 and 200 centimetres. After the end of the First World War, German development of searchlights was effectively stopped by the Treaty of Versailles, it resumed in 1927.
The RSA is one of the earliest surface-to-air missiles systems, developed by the Swiss companies Oerlikon-Bührle and Contraves starting in 1947. The missile went through a rapid development process with several upgraded versions, and was the first anti-aircraft missile offered for commercial sale when it was placed on the market in the RSC-50 form.
The M19 evolved from the 40 mm gun motor carriage T65 project, which was based on an armored force requirement for a light anti-aircraft vehicle based on the M5 light tank chassis. Although trials were successful and a production of 1,000 T65s had been requested, the project was stopped by the Ordnance Department since the M5A1 light tank ...
The Jakkals can be deployed by land, lifted by helicopter, air dropped and delivered via aircraft. Weapons mounted on the Jakkals include the 106mm M40 recoilless rifle, M2 Browning heavy machine gun, various general purpose machine guns as well as acting as a tractor for the Valkiri-5 multiple rocket launcher or anti-aircraft guns such as the ...
90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft, displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth. The major new use for S/L units in this campaign was to reflect light off the cloudbase to provide 'artificial moonlight' or 'movement light' (also known as 'Monty's moonlight' after 21st Army Group's commander, General Sir Bernard Montgomery) in support of night operations.