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PACKHORSE

A packhorse is a horse used to carry goods. Even with the invention of the combustion engine and the development of trucks and lorries, packhorses remain a useful means of carrying loads through difficult terrain such as mountains, where wheeled transport cannot operate.
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BATTLE OF ALAM HALFA

The Battle of Alam Halfa occurred during the Second World War on the 30th of August 1942, when the Germans led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel attacked the southern sector of the British defensive Alamein line in North Africa. The British general Auchinleck had foreseen the possibility of such an attack and had made plans to deal with it; these were put into action by Montgomery, who had 700 tanks to meet Rommel's force of 446 tanks. A co- ordinated defence with artillery, tanks, and tactical air forces stopped Rommel and on the 2nd of September he called off the attack and retreated, having lost 3,000 troops, 49 tanks, 60 guns, and 400 trucks.
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CONVAIR TRADEWIND

The Convair Tradewind (US Navy designation R3Y) was an American long-range transport flying boat of the 1950's first flown in 1954. The Convair Tradewind was powered by four Allison T40 turboprop engines providing a top speed of 480 kmh and a range of 6400 km. The Convair Tradewind could carry three 2.5 ton trucks, or 103 seated passengers, 92 stretcher cases plus 12 medical attendants or other freight.
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YAK-24

The Yakovlev Yak-24 (Horse) is a Soviet tandem-rotor transport helicopter first seen in 1955. The Yakovlev Yak-24 is powered by two Ash-82V fourteen-cylinder radial air-cooled engines providing a top speed of 254 kmh and a range of 480 km. The Yakovlev Yak-24 carries a crew of three or four and a typical load of three normal sized trucks, or other military equipment.
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TRUCKS

Trucks is a sci-fi horror starring Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke and Aidan Devine in a story about driverless trucks attacking a small desert town. Trucks was directed by Chris Thomson in 1997.
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FEARLESS II

HMS Fearless is a British assault ship of 11060 tons displacement launched in 1963. HMS Fearless is powered by two English Electric/David Brown geared turbines providing a top speed of 21 knots and a range of 8000 km at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 550 including 50 officers plus 22 air group crew plus 88 others and can carry 400 troops or in overload conditions 1000 troops and in a typical load 400 troops, fifteen Main Battle Tanks, seven 3 ton trucks, twenty 0.25 ton trucks and eight landing craft. Armaments consist of two Shorts Seacat GWS 20 quad surface-to-air missile launchers; two GE/GD 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx guns; two pairs of Oerlikon/BMARC 30 mm/75 GCM-AO3 dual-purpose guns and two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns. A Westland Sea King helicopter can also be carried. HMS Fearless took part in the 1982 Falklands' campaign.
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INTREPID III

HMS Intrepid is a British assault ship of 11060 tons displacement launched in 1963. HMS Intrepid is powered by two English Electric/David Brown geared turbines providing a top speed of 21 knots and a range of 8000 km at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 550 including 50 officers plus 22 air group crew plus 88 others and can carry 400 troops or in overload conditions 1000 troops and in a typical load 400 troops, 15 Main Battle Tanks, seven 3 ton trucks, twenty 0.25 ton trucks and eight landing craft. Armaments consist of two Shorts Seacat GWS 20 quad surface-to-air missile launchers; two GE/GD 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx guns; two pairs of Oerlikon/BMARC 30 mm/75 GCM-AO3 dual-purpose guns and two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns. A Westland Sea King helicopter can also be carried. HMS Intrepid took part in the 1982 Falklands' campaign.
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WASP CLASS

The Wasp Class is the US Navy's large-deck multipurpose amphibious assault ship. The mission of these ships is to enable the Navy and Marine Corps team to accomplish smooth transition from the sea to the land battle, primarily as the centrepiece of a Navy Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). A multi-mission amphibious-ready group is fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force, and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions. LHDs embark, transport, deploy, command and fully support all elements of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) of 2,000 Marines, inserting forces ashore via helicopters, landing craft and amphibious vehicles. The Wasp Class is the first specifically designed to employ air-cushion landing craft (LCACS), and to carry a squadron of Harrier II (AV-8B) STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) jets for operational support. LHDs are fully-equipped with command and control systems for flagship command duty. The Wasp Class carries a mix of assault helicopters, plus six to eight Harriers for close air support.

The ship's air traffic control system supports simultaneous Harrier and helicopter operations on the ship's 819 ft by 112 ft flight deck. The ship has two deck edge aircraft elevators, each 50 feet wide and 45 feet long, with a lifting capacity of 75,000 pounds. The elevators fold for transit through the Panama Canal, and are the largest folding elevators in the Navy. The ship can also fully maintain all embarked aircraft. The ships are armed with two semi-active radar-guided NATO Sea Sparrow Missile Systems (NSSMS) for anti-air warfare protection, two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Systems and two Phalanx Close-in Weapon-System (CIWS) mounts to counter threats from low flying aircraft and close-in small craft. Six Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff Decoy System (SRBOC) launchers augment LHD 6's anti-ship missile defences. Four 50 calibre machine-guns and three 25mm machine-guns are also fitted.

The ship's assault support system synchronises the simultaneous horizontal and vertical flow of troops, cargo and vehicles throughout the ship, for efficient
and fast insertion of forces ashore via helicopters, landing craft and amphibious vehicles. Six 12000-pound capacity cargo elevators transport material and supplies from cargo holds to staging areas for loading. Cargo to be loaded aboard waiting landing craft within the well deck is moved via a monorail system. This system consists of 2900 feet of track in a six-track layout directly over the ship's vehicle storage area and well deck. Five 32-foot cargo monorail trains each with a capacity of 6000 pounds carry material at speeds up to 600 feet per minute (6.8 miles per hour) from the staging area to the landing craft in the well deck.

The ship's vehicle storage area typically accommodates five M-1 tanks, 25 Light Amphibious Vehicles (L.A.V.), eight Howitzer M-198 guns, 68 military trucks (HMMVVVs), 10 logistics vehicles (Dragon Wagons), 12 five-ton trucks, two water trailers, a fuel service truck, four rough terrain forklifts and two generator trailers. These vehicles can be loaded aboard landing craft, and the majority can be rigged for transportation to the beach by helicopter. Off the beach, landing craft are launched and recovered through the very large stern gate which opens the 13,600 square-foot well deck to the sea. This well deck is 267 feet long and 50 feet wide, and is designed specifically for the fly-in/fly-out capabilities of the air cushioned landing craft (LCAC). To launch and recover conventional landing craft, the ship can ballast over 15,000 tons of seawater to allow these craft to float into and out of the well deck.
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