OT 1:1 scale vehicle transport and Tracked Road Kill
From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 22:46:24 -0400
Subject: OT 1:1 scale vehicle transport and Tracked Road Kill
At 6:52 PM -0700 5/18/02, John Atkinson wrote:
>
>Ummm. . . I hit the HMMWV. HMMWV lost, and my
>fearless platoon leader swears he came within 8 inches
>of my end connectors.
You know that's not really good for relations with the CO....Was your
CO in it at the time?
>
>Nope. First, it was the M728, second it's out of the
>inventory. Actually I drive an M60A1 AVLB.
Hmm. Have you played with the new (or is it still prototype) M1Abrams
based AVLB or Grizzly?
>I was up until about a month ago. You see, it's the
>same MOS and they rotate people from the line to A&O
>regularly.
>
but then all those folks need training on that particular vehicle's
operation and maintenance work....
>I have no idea. My trailer experience is limited to
>single-axle cargo trailers of the M-105 variety.
>Can't carry an armored car in one.
The armored car I'm looking at is smaller than a HMMWV and weighs 4
tons. Its the Dingo. Not quite in the same class as the larger
stuff...
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Ryan Gill rmgill@mindspring.com
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