The Vickers Vigilant was a British anti-tank missile used by the British Army. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ...
Vigilant was developed for the anti-tank role in the British Army, the name being fomred from VIsually Guided Infantry Light ANti-Tank missile. Vigilant was wire-guided and optically tracked, like its succesor Swingfire. As well as infantry use, it could be mounted on vehicles such as the Ferret armoured car and Land Rovers. A wire-guided missile is a missile guided by signals sent to it via thin wires reeled out during flight. ... Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. ... Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret scout car, is a British-made army vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ...
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Length: 3.5 ft (1.07 m) Weight: 31 lb (14 kg) Range: 1.0 mile (1.6 km)
United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...
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