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@KKroger as I recall they were simply 'light vehicles' in the first place, so armour was only an afterthought retrofit which naturally added to quite more weight aka long-term mechanical issues (especially the chassis itself) as for #6 ummm are you sure you haven't confused the ford pinto?

nice job still, and hmm umm yeah sorry to possibly make you laugh at how absurd this idea sounds like: while being parked up somewhere, won't you love an automated tiny machine gun that would suddenly rattle away at any bird that came within pooping distance?

@kendelrio if you're going to mention that name again I only have one answer for you; moooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! (haha?) @M813rc well I can see why they did it, coping to a known hit then afterward try take that hit directly down versus losing a normal sortie to unknown hit from unknown location ...

sorry if I can't really help with the issue, but on the other hand I have to mention that I can't really blame JCT and anyone else as the fav unfortunately does indeed look like an offf-the-road-only vehicle at a quick glance at it (I know that sounds a bit like a stereotype but mm yeah)

hope you'll have a nice time on this forum indeed, and likewise if you hadn't yet look at if something would be relevant to you then go look at this https://steelsoldiers.com/forums/cucv-tms.114/ section of the forum too

@Mullaney yeah even I like the author won't have believed that his tractor was 'still running like nothing happened' but mm (even then this story shows a clear example of overbuilt engines, in non-military fact the early chrysler caravan had a rather stout engine block to the point you could...

you don't want to do this to certain engine blocks but mm anyway a trucking humour (real stories tho!) book I have he mentioned that when one 220hp tractor ended up running convoy with a few other 250hp tractors (one of latter being the author himself) it turned out he had monkeyed with the fuel...

kendelrio if you say "its a small world indeed" then..I may have to thunk you with an empty retail carton for lights (hey sorry I just had a big snack and I'm feeling a bit silly for awhile now..umm..yeah eventually I'm going to have to go into bed and sleep..)

@Guyfang yeah that reminds me of..well..I'm not sure of the exact wording but it was basically "there are no dumb questions, only dumb answers!"

agreed with @NDT but also on a slight silly (as sometimes is me!) note, another alternative to covering the turret hole is to..find a few pieces of small vehicle-durable flat glass panels and fashion your own "360 degree observation turret" with a simple low-angle metal roof cap to top it off...

re mrzr and osprey, I was curious about it and just had to see if there was a nice photo of this online and sure enough heres showing how tight it is hence the specially-short track width and as they too often say in silly cartoons - "mind your head!" => "my wha*thunk!* ow!!" regarding the...

sorry to ramble more as always but @kendelrio maybe *this* is overkill for someone like your type then: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/hmt-forum/1983_bryn_owen_vespa_fullsize.jpg (both lot of lights..and umm..yeah I don't know why I would want to see so much behind me on the other hand)

not to be silly @kendelrio but one could almost be like that gentleman looking away for a moment sighing a bit then turn back to you and saying "do you always have to add extra lights to everything you touch?" .. but either way thats an interesting hummwv kitting nevertheless (on a funny side...

just had to ask, I know they aren't explicitly for military but still I wonder if any of you have any thoughts on rolls battery? (and like @CARC686 was saying, theres even 12v-or-24v lfp batteries for existing wiring systems too although of course dod/cranking are quite a different thing with...

I'll admit that I was one of the two that voted for @msgjd but I'm not surprised that the family-wild mule got a lot of the votes tho ;-)