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The M-1956 LCE continued application of the belt-supported-by-suspenders concept, adopted by the U.S. Army at least as early as the pattern 1903 equipment. [2] The M-1956 "Belt, Individual Equipment" or pistol belt differed little in form and function from the M-1936 pistol belt and would accommodate any of the pouches and equipment that would mount on the M-1936 belt.
M-1956 load-carrying equipment an older style equipment system. M-1967 modernized load-carrying equipment or MLCE an improved equipment system. Individual integrated fighting system or IIFS, a modernized system and proposed replacement. Modular lightweight load-carrying equipment or MOLLE, a newer modernized system used by the U.S. Army.
The United States Army entered the conflict in Southeast Asia with the canvas and cotton duck M-1956 load-carrying equipment (LCE). Developed in the early 1950s, the LCE was designed for use with all small arms then in service with the Army.
A USAF MATS Douglas C-124A Globemaster II, 51-5183, inbound to Enewetak Atoll, Pacific Ocean, carrying nuclear test device components (possibly for the EGG device fired during the Operation Redwing Mohawk test) crashed 421 feet (128 m) short of, and eight feet (2.4 m) below, the runway at Enewetak Island, shearing off its landing gear and ...
This was the ninth appearance of the ISSF 50 meter pistol event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1920 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1936 to 2016; it was nominally open to women from 1968 to 1980, although very few women participated these years. 1896 and 1908 were the only Games in which the distance was not 50 metres; the former used 30 ...
The last time an actor had two best actor nominations to his name before turning 30 was in 1957, when James Dean (posthumously) received two nominations in 1956 and 1957. He died in September 1955 ...
The 332 cu in (5.4 L) version of the Lincoln Y-block was used for heavy-duty truck applications from the 1956 through the 1963 model year. [4] The engine had a bore of 3.80 in (96.5 mm) and a stroke of 3.65625 in (92.9 mm) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and produced 212 hp (158 kW). [ 7 ]
Subjects then ranged in sequence from lovers, to childbirth, to household, and careers, then to death and, on a topical and portentous note, the hydrogen bomb (an image from LIFE magazine of the test detonation Mike, Operation Ivy, Enewetak Atoll, October 31, 1952) which was the only full-colour image; a room-filling backlit 1.8 m × 2.43 m (5. ...