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Great work John. I really enjoy seeing your original idea get closer to fruition. I’m reminded of another vintage MV electric conversion I read about awhile back. Unfortunately the site I had bookmarked no longer exists, but here’s a brief write-up of M38 Mike’s Electro-Willys. I can’t recall...

That’s just in US service. The base model M113 entered service in 1961. If all goes to the current plan it will be in service for 89 years.

The M113A3 has been around since 1987 and will remain in service until 2050.

Either they removed the handcrafted mahogany boxes from the plywood creates or somebody just fat-fingered the original price. 🤔

Well, It sounds like they were not demilled after all. Glad to hear the taxpayers are getting their money’s worth out of those trailers.

It’s just a misunderstanding. Some really nice hand-crafted artisanal mahogany wood storage containers are packed inside those shabby plywood crates.

VSQ-1 was the designation for PLRS, the AB-1284 should have same freq range as the AS-3449. 420-450MHz.

No problem. Lots of folks here have helped me out. I try to return the help when I can. I’ve used Brian Stilwell of B&R trucking a few times to move my M35 and a Jeep. He’s always given me the best rate and is great to work with. It’s been about 5 years since I worked with him last during my...

I can’t help move it to GA, but if you need a place to stash it until you get transpo lined up I’m just outside of KC.

An AS-3449 antenna is standard for a VSQ-2 EPLRS which transmits 100W on high power. Duty cycle might be a factor since it’s a TDMA FH data radio. Again, I don’t know how the antenna specs would work out for non-standard use. I’m probably overlooking aspects of your application, just offering...

An AS-3449 PLRS/EPLRS antenna is designed for 420-450MHz. I don’t know how it would perform for your application, but it’s built for the right freq range.

Bose headsets are made for VIC-3 systems. They are not made for VIC-1 intercoms. Somebody on SteelSoldiers may have developed a modification to make it work, but I don’t recall seeing a plug and play solution.

Neat film and novel use of a helicopter. The French worked the heck out of H-21’s in Algeria.

Glad to see this change. Munitions are a great topic and I look forward to reading the discussions from the steelsoldiers collective. Hopefully we can keep it civil and nonpartisan enough to enjoy this new forum! PSA follows for a point of clarification… Ordinance vs. Ordnance This is less of...

Very cool. Nice work (y)

Luck of the draw I suppose. I did have to swap my old flasher unit for a new one that would work with LEDs. But that was a known issue going in to it. I picked up my LED lights when the market was fairly saturated so they were much cheaper than they are now. I probably wouldn’t have done it if...

LEDs all around on mine and I never had any issues like that.

They’re vehicle kill indicators for multiple integrated laser engagement systems (MILES). Not 5 ton specific. They would be mounted on any vehicle outfitted with MILES at a combat training center such as NTC, JRTC or JMRC. Usually armored combat vehicles are fitted with MILES. These lights may...

That’s all? Don’t forget the 7.3% general overhead charge, 3.4% hidden surcharge tax, 22% hefty excess fee, and the 11.56% fee processing fee.

I recall a nice Mighty Mite restomod over on the expedition portal forums. It’s been a few years since I read the thread, but I recall the guy put in a little Diesel engine, made some other changes and substantially improved the drivability. Other than tan or white paint the exterior looked...