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imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: ==Parent topics== {{r|Military vehicle}} {{r|Urban combat}} {{r|Air mobility}} {{r|Air assault||**}} ==Subtopic== {{r|Mobile Gun System}} {{r|Tactical Mobility Requirements Board}} ==Relat...) |
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Latest revision as of 23:22, 26 July 2010
Parent topics
- Military vehicle [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Urban combat [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Air mobility [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopic
- Mobile Gun System [r]: A general term for self-propelled artillery designed with strategic, theater and tactical mobility as the prime design goal, even at the expense of firepower [e]
- Tactical Mobility Requirements Board [r]: Under the authority of the Secretary of Defense, the evaluation and field tests of large-scale airmobile operations, which led to an increased role for Army aviation, and deployment of an air assault division into the Vietnam War [e]
- Stryker (armored fighting vehicle) [r]: Family of U.S. Army wheeled and lightly armored vehicles for medium-intensity combat, which are still light enough to be deployed in medium transport aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules [e]
Related topics
- Strategic mobility [r]: The ability of an item to be air-transported aboard long-range transport aircraft, preferably not limited to those specifically built to handle oversized cargo; an ideal target is a general commercial cargo aircraft such as the Boeing 747F [e]
- Transport aircraft [r]: Fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, or tilt-rotor aircraft whose primary role is moving people or cargo; they may be armed for self-protection [e]
- Boeing 747 [r]: First highly successful wide-body jetliner used in freight and long-range passenger versions; still active [e]
- C-5 Galaxy [r]: Largest general-purpose transport aircraft in the United States Air Force, made by Lockheed, second in weight-carrying to the Antonov An-124 [e]
- Theater mobility [r]: Equipment that can be transported by air (e.g., C-130 Hercules) or water (e.g., Joint High Speed Vessel} at the distances involved in a theater of operations; when the movement is base-to-base, some reassembly, on the order of minutes to hours, may be acceptable at the destination [e]
- C-130 Hercules [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint High Speed Vessel [r]: Jointly developed by the United States Navy and U.S. Army, a high-speed, shallow-water transport ship intended for intra-theater logistics support in littoral operations [e]
- Landing Craft Utility [r]: A large landing craft type that is not tightly dependent on an amphibious warfare ship for support, but can sail for 10 days as a coastal transport [e]