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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.
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.
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.
M548 "RPE Transport Wagen 68/05" (Rpe Trspw 68/05) ... Intermediate phase with a certain number of drones acquired to build up competences, ...
South Korea: the Republic of Korea Army uses the Volcano system with M548 dispensing vehicles. [ 9 ] United States : the U.S. Army decommissioned the system from active units during the late-1990s and placed the components into storage, but began reusing the system in 2017.
Inside the M992 as viewed from the rear as well as its loader. This ammunition vehicle has no turret, but has a taller superstructure to store 90-95 rounds (depending on the model) with a corresponding number of powders and primers.