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PBR
PBR may refer to: Science and technology * Passive bistatic radar * Partition boot record * Pebble bed reactor, a type of nuclear reactor * Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor, another name for translocator protein * Phosphorus bromide * Photobioreactor * Policy-based routing * Pusey-Barrett-Rudolph theorem about the reality of quantum states * Physically based rendering, a method used in computer graphics * Precariously balanced rock, another name for a balancing rock Commerce * Petrobras, Brazilian oil company, NYSE code * Payment by Results * Pre-Budget Report, one of the two economic forecasts that HM Treasury is required to deliver to the UK Parliament each year Military * Patrol Boat, River, a US Navy designation * Plastic baton round, a type of non-lethal projectile Transport * Potters Bar railway station, Hertfordshire, England, National Rail station code * Puffing Billy Railway, tourist railway in Melbourne, Australia Other * Pabst Blue Ribbon, an American beer brand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrol Boat, River
Patrol Boat, Riverine, or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid- hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until 1975. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore, were used to insert and extract Navy SEAL teams, and were employed by the United States Army's 458th Transportation Company, known as the 458th Sea Tigers. The PBR was replaced by the Special Operations Craft – Riverine (SOC-R) Design The PBR was a versatile boat with a fiberglass hull and water jet drive which enabled it to operate in shallow, weed-choked rivers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
