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I was at a local Guard unit the other day and was tickled to see what I supposed to be an M416 with a small generator in their motor pool. Much to my surprise, when I walked closer I could see the round wheel wells, it is an M100, and they still use it! I don't imagine there are many left in...

In my day, it was semi-official policy to go "shopping" whenever we were around another service's gear. I can attest to the fact that a CH-53D can be used to "reallocate" an Army M35 to the Marine Corps! Both my sons are currently Marines, they say the policy has not been rescinded. :) By...

You will also see their remains (usually cut off level with the top of the bumper) on some Army trucks. In an unusual reversal of the Marines getting cast-offs from the Army, the Army received all of the usable Marine M35s when the Corps went to an all 5-ton medium truck fleet. Cheers

Otto Skorzeny used a Storch to fly Mussolini out when he rescued him from Gran Sasso. That's a cool story. There was a red painted Storch operated out of Weston airfield in Ireland, which was used for some filming of the movie the Blue Max. My aunt was set director for that movie, so as a kid...

I've seen quite a few show up at MV shows too. Since it was used on many different vehicles, they are not uncommon. Cheers

I thought mutt_kahuna's B-17 picture was an old in-service one, but the aircraft in the background are a Mirage F-1, a Fouga Magister, and a Jaguar. So, in France? Cheers

Looks like one of the post-WWII French-built ones. After they ran out of Argus engines, they used Jacobs and Salmson radials, and some other types. Cheers

The M28 periscope is mounted to the left of the guns, and is mechanically slaved to them. All the gun setups use the same sight. Cheers

I admire the ingenuity. Thanks for sharing. [thumbzup] Cheers

Welcome aboard. Yes, the parts you mention, and for the engine, are available commercially. Cheers

The big glut of CUCVs on GL is over now, most have been auctioned off, but they do still show up. They don't go for $500 for one you can drive home anymore either, because there are few of them coming out now, and more folks bidding on each one. As mentioned above, if you buy one on the...

Nice as it is, none of the Marines I know intend to take it from you. ;) Cheers

Cool, I'll not worry about it then. :) Cheers

John, are you still missing the mudflaps for your truck? If so, I think I can come up with at least a partial set for you. Cheers

Paint looks great! Are you painting the top properly, or cheating like me and doing "shoulder camo"? (On my larger stuff- M185, M146, etc.; the camo goes up and just over the edge of the roof (the shoulder), the top of the roof is white. Not "correct", but much cooler in the Texas sun, and...

34079 is the dark green in the MERDC 4-colour camo schemes, and is also used for a lot of equipment items like gun mounts and radio brackets (not all are painted 34079, but a lot are). It is also used in several aircraft camo schemes, including the SEA scheme from Vietnam era. It is a very...

That is likely 'NL-zero-VHK'. It would be the Army's registration number for that particular vehicle, like its license plate, as Alexsha and NDT said. This number is assigned by the Army, not the manufacturer, and is separate from the serial number. Some vehicles have the registration number...

As I think every month - how are we supposed to pick just one of these vehicles? Often it is like being asked "Which apple do you prefer, the orange or the pear?". Knowing how much work people put into these vehicles, much of it not readily visible to the casual observer, gives me great...

The reason for requiring the pictures to be posted rather than linked, is that the links eventually go away, and we are often left with a useful post but no way to see, or recover, the pictures that went with it. What may be a relatively insignificant picture to one member, may have the exact...

Instant tangent ... You have a BTR-152? Cool! :drool: Cheers