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Anderson, Robert, Special Markets Director, Polaris Industries, telephone interview with LTC
Richard Liebert , 28 Nov 1999.
Ferrell, Ronald Chief Warrant Officer 4, U.S. Army Aviation Center resident expert on RAH-66
capabilities, interview by Major Charles Jarnot, Fort Rucker, Alabama, 6 April 1996.
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exact M113A3 weights
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1996, Army Knowledge Network, USACGSC, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 6 April 1996.
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