Landing Force Equipment
The landing force equipment includes vehicles tracked and rotated to ensure marine Riflemen to the essential mobility on the battlefield. These are kept in perfect mechanical efficiency specialists of Btg. Cortellazzo (Rgt. Carlotto) that operate in remittance Brancasi with associated workshops. Moreover, following the landing Force during exercises and/or missions with a fully equipped mobile workshop, always ready to repair the field potential damage and to carry out the maintenance of second-level technicalsimpler, while those of the first (oil changes, etc) can be carried out on site by the same tank.
The amphibious tracked vehicle for transporting troops manning the main amphibious forces, including Marines, the AAV. This means it has excellent mobility in water, ensured by two propellers intubate rear, and the ability to move forward on any terrain. Inside are five Riflemen, while the crew is composed of three men who for close defense of the medium have a Springfield M85 machine gun 12.7 mm. The dimensions are: length dell'avv. 7.92 m, width, height, m. 3.27 m. 3.2. middle reaches the maximum speed of 70 km/h on land and sea to 9 knots with a range of 7 hours. The engine has a displacement of about 7000 CC with 8 cylinder engine and can reach a weight of about 18 tons.
Other tracked combat vehicle to transport troops to the Force from Landing is the VCC-1, better known as "Camillino", which is a particular version of the M113 was developed by Oto Melara. Its dimensions are: length 5 m, width 2.68 m, height 2.2 m. The medium reaches a maximum speed of 65 km/h with a range of 450 Km. The engine has a displacement of 5200 CC 6 cylinder engine and can reach a weight of about 11,5 tonnes.
The crew is composed of two men: the pilot and the gunner in the turret that has a Browning 12.7 mm.; inside are seven fully equipped men who can shoot from inside with individual weapons through special louvers placed on the sides; In addition, the gunner of the team can employ the MG 42/59 exiting from a rooftop.
The landing Force was shipped with various media including also rotated half tracked M-106. The dimensions are: length m. 4.86, m. width and height 2.68 m. 2.20. The medium reaches a maximum speed of 64 Km/h and has a range of about 500 km. The engine has a displacement of 5200 CC, 6 cylinder engine and can reach a weight of about 11,5 tonnes.
The most modern means is the Fiat IVECO VM 90 (military vehicle of the 1990s). The dimensions are: length m. 4.80 m, width 2, height 1.70 m, height rolbar. 2.40. the medium reaches a maximum speed of 90 km/h and a range of 400 km. The engine has a displacement of 2500 cm3 with four cylinders and can reach a weight of just over 3 tons. The crew consists of one/two men plus eight riflemen in the rear tank. In addition, part of the off-highway vehicles for road journeys and/or on normal roads. The military versions of Fiat trucks with 4 wheel drive which can also tow small artillery pieces.
The landing Force also has some helicopters that provide marine Riflemen to the aeromobilità. Dealing with Agusta-Bell AB-212 and Sikorsky SH-3D Agusta Navy from which to increase the loading capacity, have been properly dismantled heavy and bulky equipment for anti-submarine warfare. Helicopters for landing Force with special armor and are armed with rocket pods from 2.75 mm. and "pods" for machine gun 12.7 mm. These aircraft make up the core Fighting Amphibious Group 4 ° Helicopters deployed at Aircraft station (MARISTAER) of Grottaglie (Taranto).
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