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The M116 was a lightweight low-silhouette vehicle designed to transport cargo or personnel over unimproved roads, loose sand, soft marshy terrain and inland waterways. Its low ground pressure of 1.67 to 2.74 psi (11.5 to 18.9 kPa) when fully loaded gave good mobility on marginal terrain.
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were provided for additional M60s. The M733 could also mount the
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cargo carrier/marginal terrain vehicle that served with the
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U.S. Marines in
Vietnam: High Mobility and Standdown 1969
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1004:List of soft-skinned vehicles of the US military
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350:.50 caliber machine gun or an
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317:2nd Battalion 1st Marines
296:as a replacement for the
292:The M116 was designed by
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41:Place of origin
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873:I.H. M39 / M52 and M246
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641:Ground Mobility Vehicle
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601:M151 "MUTT"
432:. Penhuin.
364:Vietnam War
352:81mm mortar
348:M2 Browning
333:.30-caliber
321:81mm mortar
241:Operational
227:Hydra-Matic
110: built
74:Vietnam War
23:M116 Husky
1017:Categories
928:Unimog 419
902:M116 Husky
382:References
274:amphibious
267:M116 Husky
173:Passengers
907:M973 SUSV
897:M76 Otter
830:Mack M123
785:Mack M125
744:Ford M656
673:Gama Goat
663:Dodge M43
302:Blaw-Knox
298:M76 Otter
115:93 (M733)
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319:fire an
308:Variants
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120:Variants
85:Designer
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883:Tracked
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327:, 1970
284:Design
269:was a
208:Engine
157:Height
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485:(PDF)
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489:ISBN
459:ISBN
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265:The
203:none
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70:Wars
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