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2. List of monitors of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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   USN "Brown Water Navy" (Vietnam War) Monitors. The US Navy created their first Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) for the first time since the American Civil War, during the Vietnam War. World War II all steel 56-foot (17 m)-long Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM-6s) were used as the basic hull to convert into 24 Monitors from 1966-1970.

3. List of equipment of the Philippine Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of equipment used by the Philippine Marine Corps, a unit under the Philippine Navy that specializes in amphibious warfare. The marine corps has made use of its existing equipment conduct its operations while modernization projects are underway. The Republic Act No. 7898 declares the policy of the State to modernize the military ...

4. List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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   Bladed weapons. United States Marine Raider stiletto. OKC-3S bayonet. Ka-Bar Combat Knife. Marine NCO sword. Marine Officers' Mameluke Sword [3] Original United States Marine Corps Machete.

5. Monitor (Vietnam War) - Wikipedia

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   one 20mm cannon. two .50-caliber machine guns. Armor. XAR-30-type steel and bar armor. The Monitor was a highly modified version of the LCM-6 developed by the United States Navy for use as a mobile riverine assault boat in the Vietnam War. Another version served as a Command and Control Boat (CCB or Charlie Boat).

6. Assault Amphibious Vehicle - Wikipedia

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   24–32 km/h (15–20 mph) off-road, 72 km/h (45 mph) surfaced road, 13.2 km/h (8.2 mph) water [1] The Assault Amphibious Vehicle [2] [3] ( AAV )—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7 )—is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously ...

7. Passaic-class monitor - Wikipedia

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   Armor. Iron. Side: 3–5 in (76–127 mm) Turret: 11 in (280 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) The Passaic-class ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy saw service in the U.S. Civil War and the Spanish–American War. The class was an improved version of USS Monitor equipped with a 15-inch Dahlgren gun in place of one of the 11-inch guns. [2]

8. List of United States Marine Corps battalions - Wikipedia

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   Artillery battalions. Field artillery units provide indirect, long-range cannon and rocket fire support for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.Currently, artillery regiments contain two or three (11th Marines only) cannon battalions and are equipped with the M777 lightweight, towed, 155 mm, medium howitzer and the Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS) 120 mm, heavy mortar.

9. List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons

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   The basic tactical and administrative unit of United States Marine Corps aviation is the squadron. Fixed-wing aircraft squadrons (heavier than air) and tiltrotor squadrons are denoted by the letter "V", which comes from the Spanish verb "volar" (to fly). Rotary wing ( helicopter) squadrons use "H." Marine squadrons are always noted by the ...