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An M55 rocket containing Sarin being destroyed at Johnston Atoll in 1990. During the 1960s the Army stored many M55s at Black Hills Army Depot. [2] The M55 was also stored at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and in Okinawa, Japan. [2] The rockets in Japan were moved to Johnston Atoll during Operation Red Hat where they were destroyed during the 1990s.
The M-55 set a total of 15 FAI world records, all of which still stand today: [8] On 21 September 1993, an M-55 piloted by Victor Vasenkov from the 8th State R&D Institute of the Air Force named after V. P. Chkalov at Akhtubinsk reached a class record altitude of 21,360 m (70,080 ft) in class C-1j (Landplanes: take-off weight 20,000 to 25,000 ...
M55 machine gun trailer mount, an American quadruple .50 caliber machine gun system based on the M45 Quadmount; Zastava M55, a Yugoslav/Serbian anti-aircraft gun; Tikka M55, a Finnish rifle; M55, a folding stock version of the M50 Reising submachine gun; M-55S, a Slovenian tank, a modernization of the T-55; M55 helmet, a Finnish variant of the ...
The M53 was produced from 1952 to 1955, being replaced with the M55 in 1956. [2] The M55 first saw service in 1956 with the US army [1] and was used during the Vietnam War until around 1969, and subsequently withdrawn from service in the US military in favor of the M110 howitzer. [3] [4] Other NATO countries also received some. The last M55 in ...
The secretary of the Army called it “a momentous day for the U.S. chemical demilitarization program.”
There were four versions of the Reising, two selective fire models: the M50 and M55, and two semi-automatic only variants: the M60, a .45 ACP carbine, [8] and the M65, chambered for the .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge designed for training purposes. Reising Model 55 with wire stock folded Reising M50 with a stock made to imitate a MP40 for ...
The later model bolts have a large handle with a plastic ball-shaped end. [1] [2] The barrel is cut rifled with 6 grooves [2] and depending on the model, either 520 mm (20.47 in), 580 mm (22.83 in) or 620 mm (24.41 in) long. [1] Some models feature iron sights attached to the barrel; rear sight is an open notch and front sight is a hooded post. [1]
Messier 55 (also known as M55, NGC 6809, or Specter Cluster) is a globular cluster in the south of the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752 [ a ] while observing from what today is South Africa . [ 8 ]