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A locomotive for the Canadian-Pacific Railway is parked

Seven-ton medium tactical vehicle replacements, belonging

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An M-1A1Abrams main battle tank, an M-109 155mm self-propelled howitzer and other armored vehicles arrive by rail to take part in a parade during the National Victory Celebration, a day-long event honoring the liberation of Kuwait by coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm

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A train carrying M-60A1 main battle tanks moves past the amphibious transport dock USS SHREVEPORT (LPD-12). Elements of the 2nd Marine Division are boarding the SHREVEPORT and other ships to leave the U.S. to participate in Operation Desert Shield

Marines from the 1ST Tank Battalion watch from the turrets of their M-60A1 main battle tanks as the battalion conducts live-fire training during Operation Desert Shield.

Marines gather beside an M-60A1 main battle tank fitted with reactive armor during Operation Desert Shield.

M-60 main battle tanks are driven off a utility landing craft from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade train in an amphibious beach assault exercise in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield

An M-60A1 main battle tank from the 1ST Tank Battalion fires a round from its main gun as the battalion conducts live-fire training during Operation Desert Shield.

A Marine Corps M-60A1 main battle tank from the 3rd Tank Battalion sits behind a low hill while participating in a training exercise during Operation Desert Shield. The tank is fitted with reactive armor.

An M-60 main battle tank is driven off a utility landing craft from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade train in an amphibious beach assault exercise in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield

M-60 main battle tanks are driven off a utility landing craft from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade train in an amphibious beach assault exercise in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield

A Marine from the 3rd Tank Battalion sits on the hull of an M-60A1 main battle tank stopped in the desert during Operation Desert Shield. The tank is fitted with reactive armor.

A train carrying M-60A1 main battle tanks moves through the port. The tanks and other elements of the 2nd Marine Division are being embarked aboard naval vessels to participate in Operation Desert Shield

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Base: Morehead City

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: GUNNERY SGT. R.L. Jaggard

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/08/1990
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label_outline Explore M 60 A 1 Tank, Elements, Desert Shield

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A M-2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles about to be off-loaded from the MAERSK CONSTELLATION during Operation Desert Shield

Vehicles, including an M-48A5 main battle tank, move along a mountain road during the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84

A US Army M1 M-1 Abrams main battle tank moves towards the firing line. The tank will be test firing 105 mm ammunition developed by the Army with the assistance of Naval Ordnance Station, Louisville, Kentucky

An M-551 Sheridan light tank of the 82nd Airborne Division, loaded with supplies, is driven onto a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft at the start of Operation Desert Storm.

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Its deck packed with Marine Corps trucks and equipment, a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) moves across a field in a cloud of dust during 6th Fleet amphibious operations in the Mediterranean Sea area

An M1 Abrams main battle tank from the 1ST Battalion, 67th Armor, fires a round from its gunfire simulator during SPEARPOINT '84, a phase of Exercise REFORGER '84

A Marine M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank is stopped at the loading ramp of a beached Navy landing craft air cushion vehicle (LCAC)

CAPT. Richard J. McCarthy, commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock USS RALEIGH (LPD-1) sits on the ship's bridge. The RALEIGH and its embarked Marines are at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield

Two M1A1 Abrams Tanks ride across the top of two flat bed rail cars at the Camp Carroll Rail Head in Korea, on Oct. 26, 1998. Alpha Company 1ST Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment is a participant in a railhead exercise that will move the 33rd Armored Regiment's equipment to Camp Casey in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a field training exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

A U.S. Navy five-ton lighter amphibious resupply cargo vehicle (LARC-V), left, and an M-60A1 tank land during Valiant Blitz, the amphibious assault landing phase of exercise Team Spirit '82

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train battle tanks moves battle tanks moves port elements marine division marine division vessels shield north carolina operation desert shield m 60 a 1 tank battle tank high resolution state desert shield morehead city gunnery sgt us national archives railway photo archive