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Armored Vehicles in Action

Armored vehicles, including light armored and military trucks, maneuvering through diverse terrains during exercises and operational missions.

Afghan Army drives their HMMWV and HMMWV ambulance along the wadi ridge in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
Afghan Army drives their HMMWV and HMMWV ambulance along the wadi ridge in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
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U.S. Army personnel from Btry. C, 21st Air Defense Arty., 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, deploy an MIM-23B Hawk surface-to-air missile system in the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)
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030404-M-5753Q-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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030413-M-0175R-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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An M-35 2 1/2-ton signal van equipped with communications equipment is used during Exercise Gallant Eagle '86. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A right front view of a ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun that was captured during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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030329-A-XXXXX-392. Base: Udairi Air Field Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast
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.50 caliber machine gun pointing out of a military helicopter, Ramadi, Iraq
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Straight on long shot of a demonstration that shows the missile aftermath to a tank made by the M98A1 Javelin at a distance of 14-hundred meters. This was done for the first time on the east coast. The Combined Anti-Armor Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina provided the demonstration. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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070315-M-0460B-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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031102-F-7234P-016. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 315th Psychological Operations C
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Cavalry Schietkamp. "De Vliehors" man running for the tank as guidance. Driving tanks with lowered video antenna exercise equipment (VOU). The guns are over the aft deck and the green flag on the tower means that the weapensystemn discharged. They leave the stationary shooting point here and go to the maintenance plate. The goals are clearly visible in the background.
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DM-ST-86-08314. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DF-ST-87-11104. Subject Operation/Series: SALTY DEMO Base: Spangdahlem Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)
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A guard stands beside an M-934 5-ton cargo truck at the entry to the Combat Service Support Detachment 10 (CSSF-10) base camp during Operation DESERT STORM. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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030413-M-0049F-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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981015-N-2822B-003. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC MIX '98 Base: Capo Teulada State: Sardinia Country: Italy (ITA)
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A soldier directs the operator of a five-ton forklift in picking up a pallet of 106 mm shells, during LIFELINE operations conducted by the 155th, 567th and 870th Transportation Companies. Subject Operation/Series: LIFELINE Base: Southport State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An embankment compacter tamps a roadbed for one of a network of roads being built by the West Virginia Army National Guard during Task Force III, a civic action program in which the guard is also providing health and veterinary services for residents of the Puenta Grande area. Country: Honduras (HND)
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M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks maneuver through smoke during Exercise Shadow Hawk '87, a phase of Exercise Bright Star '87. The exercise will evaluate procedures used to deploy U.S. tactical and logistical forces. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK '87BRIGHT STAR '87 Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)
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A 155mm howitzer M198, towed by an M939 series (6x6) 5 ton cargo truck moves out with other elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as the unit forms up a convoy bound for Skopje, Macedonia. The first wave of Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived ashore in Litohoro during the early-morning hours in support of the NATO Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo. The first to arrive from the Amphibious Ship USS PONCE (LPD 15) (Not shown) were aboard Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) (Not shown) followed by Landing Craft Utility Boats (LCUs) (Not shown), and Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs) (Not shown). The 26th MEU and USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3) Amphibious .... Complete Scene Caption: A 155mm howitzer M198, towed by an M939 series (6x6) 5 ton cargo truck moves out with other elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as the unit forms up a convoy bound for Skopje, Macedonia. The first wave of Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
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U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, get an M1A2 Abrams Tank onto the ribbon bridge during the wet gap crossing during Defender Europe 2022 at Dęblin, Poland, May 12, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.
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Skala of the Kasbah, a mighty crenellated bastion, 300 metres in length, built on the cliffs to protect the city on its seaward side, Essaouira, Moroc...
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060411-A-6365W-324. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST
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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) soldiers with 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment bound between checkpoints in assault amphibious vehicles during ground maneuver training as part of exercise Iron Fist 2022 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2022. For almost two decades, the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and JGSDF have conducted exercise Iron Fist, training together in amphibious operations and affirming the U.S. commitment to our allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker)
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M-3 Bradley fighting vehicles preparing for deployment back to the USA after Operation Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia
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A Korean woman pulls a cart across a foot bridge in front of two Korean Marine AAV-7 amphibious assault vehicles during Valiant Blitz '89. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT BLITZ '89 Country: South Korea
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A convoy of three M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), one M1038 HMMWV, and one transport truck enter the main gate at Steel Castle Base (CQ258252), Bosnia-Herzegovina. The US forces are in Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Steel Castle Base Camp, Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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060422-N-4614W-167. Base: Fob Warrior State: At Ta 'Mim Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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030409-M-5150A-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tank BN
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Straight on shot down a Somali street at a convoy of US Marines and Army personnel on a arms for food exchange mission. US Marine M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck with Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, leads the convoy. Several Marines walk down the sidewalk with M16 rifles. US Army PSYOPS personnel drop leaflets and talk through interpreters over vehicle loudspeakers to inform the crowd of the arms for food program. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
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A soldier from the 3rd Brigade loads an M1A1 (Abrams Main Battle Tank) onto a flat bed car at Pier 8 in the Port of Pusan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 23, 1998. The M1A1 comes from the 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Washington. The railhead will transport various types of tracked vehicles from the Port of Pusan to Camp Humphreys where they will link up with the rest of their contingent and continue their mission in exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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TECH. SGT. Harry Anson, 1ST LT. Lisa Lau and TECH. SGT. Patty Sylin, all from the 615th Air Mobility Control Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, are setting up the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) ground to air antenna for the nerve center, Tanker Air Lift Control Element (TALCE). This facility will control all aircraft movements in and out. This is the relocation of Operation Southern Watch from Dhahran after a terrorist bomb killed 19 Air Force personnel in June. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOCUS Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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As day turns to night U.S. Army members with 782nd Alpha Company, make their way through a town in Southern Afghanistan during a resupply convoy, April 29. The 782nd members conducted a two day convoy to deliver combat supplies to U.S. and Coalition forces and recovered tactical combat vehicles from three different forward operating bases.
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A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 13th Psychological Operations Battalion pulls security from a humvee at a vehicle control point in the village of Kapisa, Afghanistan, May 15, 2007.
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A destroyed Iraqi BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle lies in the desert during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. The vehicle's roof is in the foreground. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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Demolished vehicles line Highway 80, the route fleeing Iraqi forces took as they retreated fom Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)
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DM-SC-87-12280. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
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The air cushion landing craft LCAC-7 prepares to get underway during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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030411-F-0193C-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Marines move construction equipment along a causeway during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Marine Corps personnel tracked landing vehicles (LVTP7) come ashore at Red Beach during a reenactment of General MacArthur's landing at Red Beach on October 20, 1944. Base: Leyte Island Country: Philippines (PHL)
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U.S. Marines with 1st Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a Tactical Resupply Vehicle (TRV-150), and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) offloading exercise during Project Convergence 2022 on Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 18, 2022. During PC22 many systems were experimented with to determine how future command and control capabilities can be integrated with All-Service and Multinational partners. This training also gives Marines and Sailors the opportunity to practice smooth ship-to-shore offloading of gear and personnel.
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A British Challenger main battle tank of 1ST The Queen's Dragoon Guards is led to the staging area for a convoy during deployment in support of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Split Country: Croatia (HRV)
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A U.S. Army M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), right, drives along a main supply route in northern Saudi Arabia prior to the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Two motorized earthmoving scrapers and a utility truck of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) are driven in the opposite direction in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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A Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 front-end loader fills a dump truck with dirt to be used in the construction of a perimeter road on the base. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)
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DA-ST-88-04807. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A United States Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC-42) delivers a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) during an amphibious landing at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia during the Crocodile '99 exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)
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030413-M-4066S-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371
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The Air Force shooting range in Wadi Masor
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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, takes off, from Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oct. 24, 2022. During their deployment rotation, the 79th EFS "Tigers" projected combat airpower across U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, supported personnel and demonstrated coalition airpower to enhance regional security.
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030626-A-XXXXX-7381. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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030402-M-5150A-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division conduct live fire training in a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022.