MASH

MASH is an abbreviation that means either Mobile Auxiliary Surgical Hospital or Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. MASH equipment is a mobile critical care unit and operating theater often employed by military forces to treat their injured troops in a forward area. Unlike ambulances or medevac teams, MASH units do not typically operate on patients while on the move. Instead they're used to set up a field hospital in a fixed location.

MASH equipment can be found in trucks, VTOL, and ocean going vessels. The most common design of MASH equipment is mounted on a wheeled chassis, though several MASH modules have been created for transportation in conventional Cargo Aircraft.

Several Monarch class DropShips have been converted to serve as hospital ships. These ships (frequently nicknamed "Nightengales") also serve as the core of a MASH base when landed.