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M134 Stinger Tracking Trainer with IFF antenna unfolded A paratrooper with E Battery, 3rd Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment practices jumping from a 34-foot tower with the FIM-92 Stinger Launcher with IFF antenna folded. To fire the missile, a BCU (Battery Coolant Unit) is inserted into the gripstock.
Employing the Redeye missile and the newly fielded Stinger missile, the battery participated in numerous exercises throughout the Pacific Rim. On 1 October 1986, the Battery was redesignated as 1st Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion. The battalion consisted of two firing batteries and a headquarters and service battery.
The Sforzesca also formed a new anti-aircraft battery with 20/65 mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns. [4] [1] The 2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca" was assigned to the Italian 8th Army, which was sent to the Eastern Front. After the arriving in the Soviet Union the regiment also received the 70th Anti-tank Battery with 75/39 anti-tank guns.
The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981. Used by the militaries of the U.S. and by 29 other countries, the basic Stinger missile has to-date been responsible for 270 confirmed aircraft kills. [8]
FIM-92 Stinger; Hongnu-5; M42 Duster; Rheinmetall 20 mm Twin Anti-Aircraft Cannon; HQ-16; ... (2 inch rocket battery) United States. Missile systems. AIM-9X Sidewinder;
At the time of embarkation, only 45 Stinger teams and necessary support personnel were authorized to deploy. Once ashore, A Battery (−) defended the vital assets of Jubayl Airport, Jubayl Port Complex, King Abdul Aziz Naval Base, and Shiek Isa Airfield, Bahrain while B Battery (-) was in direct support of 7th Marine Regiment.