TM 10-8465-237-10
OPERATOR MAINTENANCE
MILITARY MOUNTAINEERING KITS
EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA
EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND FEATURES
Assault Climber Team Kit (ACTK) Authorized for Army Personnel
The ACTK is used by a trained three-person Assault Climber Team in support of an Infantry Brigade
Combat Team (IBCT) Infantry Platoon. It contains mountaineering harnesses, chocks and camming
devices in a wide variety of sizes, locking and non-locking carabiners, dynamic climbing rope, webbing
and accessory cord, ascenders, and belay devices.
High Angle Mountaineering Kit (HAMK) Authorized for Army Personnel
The HAMK is used by a minimally-trained IBCT Infantry platoon or similarly structured element of 40
personnel. It contains mountaineering harnesses, locking and non-locking carabiners, belay devices, static
installation rope, webbing and accessory cord, a rope washer, and an electric rope cutter.
Snow and Ice Mobility Kit (SIMK) Authorized for Army Personnel
The SIMK supports a minimally trained IBCT platoon or similarly structured element of 43 personnel. It
contains snow and ice anchors, avalanche shovels and probes, ice axes, snowshoes, crampons, and
avalanche transceivers to aid in locating personnel trapped underneath snow.
Squad Mountain Leader Kit (SMLK) Authorized for Army Personnel
The SMLK supports a Special Forces Mountain Team of 12 personnel. It contains a large variety of
equipment from the other kits (see Table 1) as well as pitons, additional ice screws, and mountaineering
Marine Assault Climber s Kit-Glacier Module (MACK-GM) Authorized for USMC Personnel
The MACK-GM supports a 200-person company for negotiating a 300-foot rock-or-earth vertical obstacle,
including sufficient equipment to outfit four two-person assault teams. It contains ice anchors, crampons,
ice axes, and protectors for those items.
Marine Assault Climber s Kit-Mountain Module (MACK-MM) Authorized for USMC Personnel
The MACK-MM supports a 200-person company to successfully negotiate a 300-foot rock-or-earth vertical
obstacle, including sufficient equipment to outfit four two-person assault teams. It contains ropes, various
rock anchors, harnesses, mechanical ascenders, carabiners, webbing and rope protectors.
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