Danish army orders protective transport containers.Specially designed truck-transported shelters that can safeguard 18 troops and their equipment have been developed by EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study Defence Electronics of Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen (frē`drĭkhs-hä'fən), city (1994 pop. 56,050), Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, a port on Lake Constance. Industries include ship and railroad car repair, leatherworking, and the manufacture of cars and textiles. , Germany, and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Munich, Germany. Two of the containers were ordered by the Danish army. The shelters--with a hook loading system that permits either ground or truck use--protect against explosive devices, small arms small arms, firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery. Early Small Arms The first small arms came into general use at the end of the 14th cent. fire, shrapnel shrapnel Originally, a type of projectile invented by the British artillery officer Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), containing small spherical bullets and an explosive charge to scatter the shot and fragments of the shell casing. and chemical and biological attacks. A larger TransProtec container for medical personnel and casualties currently is on the drawing board. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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