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EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION -- Continued
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M58 MECHANIZED SMOKE OBSCURANT CARRIER
This carrier is designed to generate a smoke screen in the battlefield environment. The M58 carries a crew of three. A caliber
.50 machine gun is mounted on a cupola on top of the carrier. See TM 3-1040-285-10 for operation of the Smoke Obscurant
System. The M58's capabilities and features are:
It travels easily over rough terrain.
It fords water up to 40 inches (102 cm) deep.
It can move at high speeds on improved roads and highways.
It is air transportable and can be dropped by parachute to troops in the field.
It is propelled and steered on land and in water by tracks.
It has M17 periscopes around the driver's and commander's hatches for vision when buttoned up.
It has a Driver's Vision Enhancer (DVE) stowed near the driver. The viewer can be installed in the driver's hatch to
provide night vision under blackout conditions.
It is equipped with smoke grenade launchers, an NBC (gas particulate filter) unit, and personnel heater kit (for cold
weather operation).
It is equipped to carry a driver's windshield kit and an engine coolant heater kit (for cold weather operation).
It is equipped with a smoke obscurant system with enough IR for 30 minutes and fog oil for 1 1/2 hours of continuous
operation.
M58 MECHANIZED SMOKE OBSCURANT CARRIER -- LEFT FRONT VIEW
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