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The M548 is a tracked cargo carrier. It is based on the M113 armored personnel carrier, and was built by FMC Corp. at its San Jose, California , and Charleston, West Virginia facilities. [ 1 ]
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.
M688 – Lance missile transport/loader vehicle based on the M548. XM696 – recovery vehicle based on the M548. M727 – unarmored carrier/launcher for the MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles. XM730/M730 – unarmored carrier/launcher for the MIM-72 Chaparral surface-to-air missiles of the M54 system. The XM730 was formerly the XM548E1.
A further M548 was configured as a REME Forward Area Support team with test facilities and spares. During the Gulf War, 12 and 16 Regiment Royal Artillery tracked batteries, quickly fitted with sat-nav for desert use, combined to provide Tracked Rapier support to deployed armoured regiments.
6th BN, 27th Field Artillery Regiment (MLRS) 1st BN, 39th Field Artillery Regiment (155T) (ABN) 1st BN, 201st Field Artillery Regiment (155SP) WV ARNG 196th Field Artillery Brigade TN ARNG 1st BN, 181st Field Artillery Regiment (203SP) TN ARNG 1st BN, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment (203SP) KY ARNG 212th Field Artillery Brigade – Supported ...
During that relative calm, the battalion detached its Alpha battery to take up a detainment facility guard position in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq, and the battalion was assigned a Multiple Launch Rocket platoon from 2nd Battalion 20th Field Artillery (MLRS) and elements of the Brigade Recon Team.
There are 48 M548 ammunition vehicles purchased from Canada, plus units from the United States and Italy. FAMAE converted 22 German M113s into ambulances and 8 M548s into fuel tankers. [23] The M113s are armed with Browning M2 machine guns and Mk 19 grenade launchers.
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. [10]