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Future Force Warrior was a futuristic research project with real deliverables folded into the Nett Warrior program. Situational awareness including the Rifleman Radio on every soldier, helmet-mounted display (similar to a HUD), location and Physiological Status Monitoring were the basic building blocks being implemented in increment 1.
Field gun/coastal artillery France: M114 155 mm howitzer: 155 mm (6.1 in) Howitzer United States: 155 mm gun M1 Long Tom: 155 mm (6.1 in) Towed field artillery United States: The 4.5-inch gun M1 was a variant to fire British ammunition. M115 howitzer: 203 mm (8.0 in) Howitzer United States: 8-inch gun M1: 203 mm (8.0 in) Heavy gun United States
The United States Army uses various equipment in the course of their work. Small arms Firearms Model Image Caliber Type Origin Details Pistols SIG Sauer M17 9×19mm NATO Pistol United States SIG Sauer P320 – US Army Standard Issue Sidearm. Winner of the Modular Handgun System competition. Replaced all M9 and M11 pistols in service. Glock 26 9×19mm NATO Pistol Austria Glock 26 – limited ...
Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced / ˈ p æ z ɡ ə t / PAZ-gət) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the early or mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight Helmet (LWH), Modular Integrated Communications Helmet (MICH), and Interceptor body armor (IBA) respectively.
After the conclusion of World War II, U.S. military researchers obtained formulas for the three nerve gases developed by the Nazis—tabun, soman, and sarin.. In 1947, the first steps of planning began when Dr. Alsoph H. Corwin, a professor of chemistry at Johns Hopkins University [4] [5] wrote the Chemical Corps Technical Command positing the potential for the use of specialized enzymes as so ...
Army 2,897 planned Amphibious . Mine-Protected Ambush resistant/Medium Mine Protected Vehicle; RG-31 Nyala: Land Systems OMC: RG-31 Charger US Army Version Army 1,964 The RG-31 originated from South Africa RG-33: Land Systems OMC: RG-33 Army 1,735 Originated from South Africa Cougar: Force Protection, Inc. Cougar Hardened Engineering Vehicle
Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...
The field artillery was responsible for the artillery that accompanied the army into the field, while the coastal artillery defended the land against air and sea attacks. The field artillery, which included light, mountain, medium and heavy guns, had the task of supporting the advancing combat troops with fire at close Ranke and continuously.