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SOPMOD. The Special Operations Peculiar MODification ( SOPMOD) kit is an accessory system for the M4A1 carbine, CQBR, FN SCAR Mk 16/17, HK416 and other weapons used by United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) special forces units, though it is not specific to SOCOM. The kit allows US Special Operations Forces (US SOF) personnel to ...
Anti-personnel obstacle breaching system. The anti-personnel obstacle breaching system ( APOBS) is an explosive line charge system that allows safe breaching through complex antipersonnel obstacles, particularly fields of land mines. The APOBS is a joint DOD program for the U.S. Army and the United States Marine Corps .
The Army plans to divest 7,456 vehicles and retain 8,585. Of the total number of vehicles the Army is to keep, 5,036 are to be put in storage, 1,073 used for training and the remainder spread across the active force. The Oshkosh M-ATV will be kept the most at 5,681 vehicles, as it is smaller and lighter than other MRAPs for off-road mobility.
The Iraqi Armed Forces [a] are the military forces of the Republic of Iraq. They consist of the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Air Force, and the Iraqi Navy. Along with these three primary service branches, there exists the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service and the Popular Mobilization Forces. The President of Iraq acts as the supreme commander as ...
The Typhon Medium Range Capability (MRC) is a US Army transporter erector launcher for Standard SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles. Mk 70 Mod 1 Payload Delivery System. The Lockheed Martin Mk 70 Mod 1 is a containerised system containing four strike-length cells from the Mk 41 vertical launch system mounted in the footprint of a 40-foot ISO container.
SA80. The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. [4] The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant ...
MOD Lyneham. / 51.50528°N 1.99333°W / 51.50528; -1.99333. Ministry of Defence Lyneham or MOD Lyneham is a Ministry of Defence site in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Chippenham and 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Swindon. The site houses the Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering.
The modular ammunition platoon is a US Army modular sustainment unit responsible for providing munitions support from all echelons of battle minus within a brigade combat team (which is supported by its own Modular Ammunition Transfer Point ). The modular ammunition platoon is capable of operating within its parental modular ammunition company ...