- #DETROIT DIESEL FIRE COMMANDER 11 DRIVER#
- #DETROIT DIESEL FIRE COMMANDER 11 MANUAL#
- #DETROIT DIESEL FIRE COMMANDER 11 UPGRADE#
This write-up is for informational purposes only and does not follow standard scholarly or academic research and citation procedures. This paper attempts to provide a compressive history of ICS to explain how and why the system was developed, how it has been applied, and how it has evolved since its original development in the 1970s to a true, all-hazards incident management system. Many people misleadingly point to NIMS as the beginning of ICS application to all-risk, all-hazard incident management, but they may not be aware of ICS’s complete origins. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) and the subsequent release of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) have recently made the Incident Command System (ICS) a household concept among emergency management and incident response personnel in the United States. While the self-propelled howitzer's cannon will remain unchanged, the PIM will sport a brand new chassis, engine, transmission, suspension, steering system, to go along with an upgraded electric ramming system.This page is intended to serve as an unofficial, working history of the Incident Command System (ICS).
#DETROIT DIESEL FIRE COMMANDER 11 UPGRADE#
The PIM modernization effort is a significant upgrade of the M109A6 Paladin which includes buying back Space, Weight, and Power - Cooling. The M109 PIM upgrade shares many common components of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, allowing for more commonality with other Army vehicle systems and maximizing production savings, parts inventory and maintenance personnel while avoiding component obsolescence. The M109 Paladin self-propelled Howitzer, first produced in 1963 and improved upon numerous times over the past 40 years, is currently slated for a comprehensive overhaul.
#DETROIT DIESEL FIRE COMMANDER 11 MANUAL#
Gun elevation and depression and turret traverse are hydraulic with manual controls for emergency use.įire-control equipment includes an elbow telescope M118C for direct fire with a magnification of 4x and 10-deg field of view panoramic telescope M117 for indirect fire and gunner's quadrant M1A1. The recoil system is hydropneumatic and the breech block is of the Welin-step thread type. The main armament is a 155-mm M126 howitzer in an M127 mount with a fume extractor and large muzzle brake. The bags are inflated from the vehicle, which can then propel itself across rivers on its tracks at a maximum speed of 4 mph (6 kmh). The vehicle can be fitted with an amphibious kit consisting of nine air bags, four on each side of the hull and one at the front. The M109 is fitted with night-vision equipment, but does not have nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) warfare protection. The tracks are of a single-pin, center-guide type with replaceable rubber pads. The torsion bar suspension on either side consists of seven dual rubber-tired road wheels with the drive sprocket at the front and the idler at the rear. They are normally deployed only when firing top charges. Mounted at the rear of the hull on each side of the hull door is a large spade that is manually lowered to the ground before firing. The twin doors at the rear of the turret are provided for ammunition resupply. The gunner is seated on the left side of the turret and has a square single-piece hatch cover that opens to the right. 50-cal M2 heavy-barrel machine gun is pintle-mounted on the front of the cupola. The commander is seated on the right side of the turret and has a cupola that can be traversed through 360 deg, a single-piece hatch cover that opens to the rear and an M27 day periscope. The all-welded aluminum armor turret at the rear of the hull has a square hatch in each side that opens to the rear and twin doors in the turret rear. The Detroit Diesel Model 8V-71T engine is coupled to an Allison Transmission XTG-411-4A cross-drive transmission.
One of the day periscopes can be replaced by a passive night-vision periscope. These can be covered with small metal flaps to prevent damage.
#DETROIT DIESEL FIRE COMMANDER 11 DRIVER#
The driver is provided with a single-piece hatch cover that opens to the left, with three M45 day periscopes in front. The driver is seated at the front left of the hull, with the powerpack to the right and the turret at the rear. The hull is made of all-welded aluminum armor, which protects against small-arms fire and shell splinters. The M109 has a crew of six: commander, gunner, driver and three ammunition members. Later versions, including the M109A6 Paladin, have a 39-caliber barrel. Early variants had a short, 23-caliber barrel. It is a large tracked vehicle with a fully traversable turret and prominent bustle. The widely used M109 carries a 155-mm howitzer and is the principal self-propelled artillery support for U.S. Categories Army Equipment Army Weapons Cannons Infantry Weapons WeaponsĪrmament: M126 155 mm Howitzer.
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