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  1. maccus

    XM211 Recovery

    Well you guys hit it right on the head. The prime movers for the 105s in our artillery unit were M135s in 1957. We drivers used to sit in the break room and talk trucks of course. Often the subject of the auto GMCs came up. The general feeling was that real men did not drive trucks with...
  2. maccus

    XM211 Recovery

    I agree with you Gunfreak25 they are a very good truck. While stationed on Okinawa in the late 50s there were tons of the auto GMC's all over the place. Seemed the AF had more than anyone else. They drive completely different than the REO based trucks in my opinion. A person can stop them on...
  3. maccus

    XM211 Recovery

    Capt. Marion PB and I are the best of friends we just heckle each other all the time. PB is very good at what he does and a good troop. Someone just needs to keep him in line as MB can't watch him all the time.
  4. maccus

    XM211 Recovery

    hahaha OK you got me PB. However I know for a fact that the color of the OD paint was mandated to be changed from 23070 to 24087 by the 1st of January 1958.. And the U.S.A. hood marking was also changed at that time to U.S. ARMY. And the star was changed on the hood to point from the rear to...
  5. maccus

    XM211 Recovery

    Good truck PB. Nice save. Oh ya.......if you are going to give me grief all the time for not having painted the letters on the fenders of the 8n. I can now give you grief for having a truck with the hood star on backwards. It would have been issued with the point on the star pointing to the...
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