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The USMC did use the 931, but it has been out of the inventory for some years now, since the advent of the MTVR (which replaced all the 5-ton fleet). Cheers

Thanks Louie. The brake booster, fortunately, was available from NAPA (though not cheap!). The previous one was new when I put it in, but it sat for a couple of years during the restoration, and vehicles don't like sitting. I'll rebuild it and put it away in case I need another later. I...

Are we perhaps talking about the M1061, a flatbed, rather than the M106, which is a water tank trailer? If so, the M1061 uses 12-16.5 tires. Cheers

Nice! Cheers

Whilst talking of towing things - I had a static display to do with the V100 at a local military base about 35 miles from the farm. On starting up the V, I found the brakes mushy. They worked, but not well, wouldn't lock the tires even at low speed on gravel (diagnosed as failure of the brake...

Wow! That gun weighs something like 31,000 pounds, doesn't it? Poor little Deuce! :) Cheers

The green used on a lot of interior brackets, and many gun mounts (like all the M142's I own) is Forest Green FS 34079. It is the one you look at and say "Hmm.. Looks like CARC green, but its darker..." It is the dark green used in MERDC (4-colour) camo. Also USAF camo in the Vietnam era, and...

If you were a Marine vet, you would have spelled it Marine! ;) Cheers

You do have some adventures Mark! If it's any consolation, at least two of your previous M1009s are still running well for me. :) Cheers

I agree, though I own both styles. Of all my vehicles, my M813 is still my favourite to drive. Cheers

I have a mechanic friend, who specializes in MV's, and he swears that Dot 5 brake fluid evaporates through the vents. With the magical disappearing fluid from my M185, which stopped when I put the vented remote reservoir on and bypassed the old vent lines, I'm inclined to think he may have...

Looks like the tail of a 750lb GP bomb Cheers

Welcome aboard! I'm down by Liberty Hill. The trucks can be a little overwhelming at first, but get all the manuals (you can download them from the Technical Manuals section, look at the toolbar at the top of this page). Study the -10 (operators manual) and start looking stuff up in the...

She also demonstrated one of the first German helicopters - inside a building! Cheers

Do a thread that covers start to finish! Cheers

We picked up an M35 (known to be in excellent condition) in Virginia, drove it to St Louis, where we picked up an M1003 (MAN 8x8 ). We then drove both to Memphis Equipment in Tennessee, and from there to central Texas. Other than not being a quick trip, it was fairly uneventful. We did have a...

Some pictures of V-1s, including one being tipped by a Spitfire. Cheers

My dad refused to talk much of it. He told me what a lovely aeroplane the Spitfire was to fly; he talked of North Africa, the food and the people; he talked of France. But never what he was doing there. He died in 2005. We knew he was dying in those last couple of weeks, and I asked him to...

Absolutely no offense was taken! So, no worries. I was merely providing illumination on some of the events which influenced my opinion. And it is just my opinion, I make no claim to expertise. Since WWII had ended a mere 15 years prior to my birth, it was still a very hot topic during my...

When I say Hitler was an incompetent military commander, I mean that many of his decisions were based on anger or whim rather than sound strategic purpose. A few of the many available examples- He insisted that the invasion of Poland start in 1939, when it was in fact planned for the summer of...