carrying equipment

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• All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment — The All Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, or ALICE, was introduced into United States Army service in 1974 to replace the M 1956 Load Carrying Equipment [LCE] and M 1967 Modernized Load Carrying Equipment [MLCE] . History Nylon s …   Wikipedia

• Modernized Load-Carrying Equipment — Original components of the M 1967 MLCE circa 1967 US Army infantryman wearing the M 1967 MLCE circa 1967 …   Wikipedia

• M-1956 Load-Carrying Equipment — The M 1956 Load Carrying Equipment [ LCE ] , also known as the Individual Load Carrying Equipment [ ILCE ] , replaced the M 1910 olive drab cotton canvas and web individual equipment which had remained in service, with various modifications since …   Wikipedia

• Personal Load Carrying Equipment — (PLCE) is the current tactical webbing system of the British Army. It consists of a belt, yoke (shoulder harness) and a number of pouches. Associated with PLCE webbing is a series of other similar load carrying equipment and rucksacks (See… …   Wikipedia

• equipment — equipment, apparatus, machinery, paraphernalia, outfit, tackle, gear, matériel are comparable when they mean all the things that are used in a given work or are useful in effecting a given end. Equipment usually covers everything needed for… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Equipment — E*quip ment, n. [Cf. F. [ e]quipement. See {Equip}.] 1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Burke. [1913 Webster] The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. Hume. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Carrying capacity — The supportable population of an organism, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available within an environment is known as the environment s carrying capacity for that organism. For the human population, more complex variables… …   Wikipedia

• equipment — noun /ɪˈkwɪpmənt/ a) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. b) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the… …   Wiktionary

• equipment — The means with which a task can be accomplished; an outfit. The personal luggage of a traveler or passenger. Metz v California Southern Railroad Co. 85 Cal 329, 24 P 610. As the word is used in construction contracts, it means the outfit… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Rock-climbing equipment — Rock climbing History Styles Technique Equipment and protection Grades (difficulty of climb) Terminology Belaying Abseiling …   Wikipedia

• Climbing equipment — A wide range of equipment is used during rock climbing. The most popular types of climbing equipment are briefly described in this article. The article on protecting a climb describes equipment commonly used to protect a climber against the… …   Wikipedia