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front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...
GM Defense is the military product subsidiary of General Motors, headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. It focuses on defense industry needs with hydrogen fuel cell and other advanced mobility technologies. [ 2] GM Defense projects include SURUS (Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure), an autonomous modular platform joint project ...
Located at 950 E Milwaukee Ave. Produced aircraft and tank assemblies, 90 mm AA guns, 5” naval gun housings and Lockheed missile parts during World War II. Located at 4000-4500 S. Saginaw St. Originally a Durant Motors plant. Bought by GM in 1925 and became Fisher Body Plant No. 1 - Flint.
Armored combat support vehicles. M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle – 39. M4 Command and Control Vehicle (C2V) – 25. M9 Armored Combat Earthmover – 447. M60A1 AVLB – 125. M88A2 Hercules. M104 Wolverine – 44.
Prior to 1940 the term "jeep" had been used as U.S. Army slang for new recruits or vehicles, [10] [11] but the World War II "jeep" that went into production in 1941 specifically tied the name to this light military 4×4, arguably making them the oldest four-wheel drive mass-production vehicles now known as SUVs. [12]
Switchers (SW/NW/SC/NC/MP) Passenger cab units (E) Freight cab units (F) Industrial locomotives. Military locomotives. Four-axle "Branch Line" series roadswitchers (BL) Four-axle roadswitchers or General Purpose Locomotives (GP) Six-axle roadswitchers or Special Duty Locomotives (SD) Toggle Six-axle roadswitchers or Special Duty Locomotives (SD ...
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
Founded in 1908 as a holding company in Flint, Michigan, as of 2012 it employed approximately 209,000 people around the world. [ 1] With global headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, United States, General Motors manufactures cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2008, 8.35 million [ 2] GM cars and trucks were sold globally ...