AN/TWQ-1 Avenger
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The AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Air Defense System is an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, u
Avenger air defense missile system
A Stinger missile being launched from an Avenger platform at Onslow Beach, North Carolina, in April 2000.
M1097 Avenger launching Starstreak missile
A Taiwanese Avenger
M163 VADS
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The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System, officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun primarily used by the United States Army. The M163 provides
AN/TWQ-1 Avenger
…testing at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. In February 1990, the Avenger system was deemed operationally effective and began replacing the M163 and M167 VADS. Two variants were deployed based on the Humvee chassis: M998 HMMWV Avenger and M1097 Heavy HMMWV Avenger. By January 1997, the Army had…
A U.S. Army M163 from the 24th Infantry Division at the Fort Irwin National Training Center in November 1988
An M163 during the Persian Gulf War's Operation Desert Shield.
An M163 Vulcan anti-aircraft gun system vehicle returns to the vehicle staging area after an exercise at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California.
A close-up of the 20 mm Vulcan cannon on the M163 VADS.