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British M548. The British Army used the M548 as logistical support for (UK) Armoured Division in the 1991 Gulf War. The M548 was also used as the basis for the Tracked Rapier anti-aircraft missile system, originally intended for the Iranian Army but delivered to the British Army after the revolution caused the order to be cancelled.
Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns. The system is unusual as it uses a manual optical guidance system, sending guidance commands to the missile in flight over a radio link.
Tracked Rapier – octuple surface-to-air missile launcher for the Rapier missile system originally commissioned by Iran but taken over by the British after the 1979 Revolution. No longer in service. M752 – MGM-52 Lance missile carrier/launcher. No longer in service; M688 – Lance missile transport/loader vehicle based on the M548. No longer ...
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
XM166 AA gun (from M42 Duster) mounted on M548 M170 truck, ambulance, front line, 1 ⁄ 4 -ton, 4 × 4 (G758) M172 semitrailer, low bed, 15-ton, 4-wheel (G797)
The studies were completed in 1965 and the Chaparral program was begun. The first XMIM-72A missiles were delivered to the US Army in 1967. Ford developed the M730 vehicle, adapted from the M548, itself one of the many versions of the widely used M113. The first Chaparral battalion was deployed in May 1969.
M548: Armoured personnel carrier United States: 28 Cargo carrier variant of the M113. M548A1 version. UR-416: Armoured personnel carrier Germany: 40 In 2016 [2] WZ-551: Armoured personnel carrier China: 4 WZ-551B1 [1] Mowag Grenadier: Amphibious Transport Vehicle Switzerland ~60 [3] [4] armed with the Oerlikon 20 mm cannon: Alvis Tactica ...
Majid [209] [210] Expected to replace older Rapier, Ya Zahra, Herz-9, and FM-80 [211] 9 of Dey - A missile system which is capable of engaging and destroying cruise missiles and drones. [212] Arman (missile system) Anti-Ballistic Missile system with 3 120-km range missiles and a phased-array radar