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M113A2 Firefighting Vehicle
The M113A2 Firefighting Vehicle was a United States Army, US Army prototype of a M113 armored personnel carrier, M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC) modified to carry a system for dispensing Fire retardant, fire suppressant liquid to combat petrochemical fires encountered on the battlefield. Only one vehicle was built and the system did not go into production. Overview Following the 1990-1991 Gulf War where the Gulf War#Coalition involvement, coalition forces experienced difficulties travelling through Kuwaiti Petroleum reservoir#Oil field, oil fields after the retreating Iraqi army set oil well fire, fire to the Oil well, well heads, the US Army Material Command (AMC) and Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) initiated a project to produce and evaluate an armoured vehicle specifically designed to combat large hydrocarbon and petrochemical fires typically encountered on the battlefield. The M113A2, a modernised version of the ubiquitous M113 APC which has been in service with US mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United States Constitution (1789). See alsTitle 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001 The oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed 14 June 1775 to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States was established as a country. After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army.Library of CongressJournals of the Continental Congress, Volume 27/ref> The United States Army considers itself to be a continuation of the Continental Army, and thus considers its institutional inception to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
