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A People's Republic of China Type 65 37mm air defense gun system on display at the U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It is a Chinese Type 65 anti-aircraft gun mounted on a Soviet T-34 tank body

US Army (USA) Soldiers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, lay down cover fire from a defensive position at Range 55, Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY). The soldiers are armed with 5.56mm M4 carbines equipped with 40mm M203 grenade launchers and 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) equipped with blank firing devices

A US Army soldier carries equipment away from an M48 Chaparral low-altitude self-propelled surface-to-air missile system

US Army soldiers prepare an M-48 Chaparral low-altitude self-propelled surface-to-air missile system for operation

US Army personnel aboard an M-48A5 main battle tank during the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. The soldier at left mans an anti-aircraft machine gun

US Army personnel aboard an M-48A5 main battle tank during the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. One of the soldiers mans a .50-caliber machine gun on the tank turret

A front view of an M-42A1 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun being prepared for action during joint Air Force and US Readiness Command training exercise Brave Shield XIX

U.S. Army soldiers operate an M-151A1 light vehicle fitted with an M-60 machine gun

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Thomas Edmonson provides security for a CH-46 Sea Knight landing for fuel at a Forward Air Refueling Point (FARP), on a road near the Jalibah airstrip, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The US Army division air defense (DIVAD) gun system which consists of twin Bofors L/70 40 mm automatic guns mounted on a modified M-48A5 tank chassis

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01/01/1981
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label_outline Explore Bofors, Gun System, Chassis

A Soviet-made ZU-23 23 mm anti-aircraft gun seized during Operation URGENT FURY

Belgian citizens participate at Tanks In Mons, Belgium,

A ground crew crouches atop a palllet of mail on Forward

Sgt. 1st Class Brian Timm, firefighter logistics specialist

Members of Co. C, 1ST Bn., 121ST Inf., prepare to "attack" Co. C, 1ST Bn., 108th Armor, 48th Bde., during the annual Georgia Army National Guard training. A Company is using an M-113 armored personnel carrier

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Krystal Darcey, 554th Military Police (MP) Company (CO), attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), provides perimeter security with an MK 19 Mod 3 40 mm grenade machine gun system, during a meeting between an American commander and a local sheik outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Straight on, close-up shot of the gun turret on a Somali, Italian made, Fiat-Oto Melara Type 6616 Armored Car. The bent gun turret points down and to the right. It was seized from Somali Warlord General Aideed's weapons cantonment area. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Uncheon Base Camp, South Korea....Marines drive an LVTP-7A1 armored amphibious assault vehicle past two South Korean children during exercise Bear Hunt '87. OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO (RELEASED)

A left side view of a Marine M1A1 main battle tank as it leaves the surf and moves up the beach. The tank is equipped with two air intake towers on the left side of the hull near the back of the turret and an exhaust tower on the rear of the hull, parts

US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Gear is displayed on a table during an exhibition of

Artwork: "Mobile Flak Gun - Charkov Airfield" Artist: W. Traeger

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