Back home in Kentucky.

[swindad2]

Here is my first deuce. A 1969 A2. Back to it's original home state of Kentucky. Thanks to wbdisco for an awesome truck. First on the list: Just got the 17 piece cab weatherstrip kit from C&C Surplus. Should keep me busy for a couple weekends.

 

[Matt1970M35A]

Very nice! You will have to make the trip to Haspin to see what your new trucks capacity's are first hand.
Most fun Iv had has been in my Deuce.

 

[fsearls92]

Good looking truck!

 

[Scar59]

Swindad,
Nice unit, I'll have to come and see it next time I'm in Franklin.
JC

 

[swindad2]

So I've found a website that helps with deciphering where the vehicle came from according to the numbers on the bumper. If I'm reading it right, this truck is from the US Army 149th Armored Brigade HQ in Louisville, KY. Not sure yet what the 250 means. Anyone else know what the 250 is. Vehicle number?

 

[Scar59]

Both my M813s are out of the 149th Inf Bn, Eastern KY. Send me the link to the site please
JC

 

[CARNAC]

So I've found a website that helps with deciphering where the vehicle came from according to the numbers on the bumper. If I'm reading it right, this truck is from the US Army 149th Armored Brigade HQ in Louisville, KY. Not sure yet what the 250 means. Anyone else know what the 250 is. Vehicle number?

250 is the administrative number assigned by the unit to the vehicle. It is internal to the unit how they came up with this number. It should not be taken to mean that this is the 250th vehicle in the unit.

 

[Scar59]

Carnac,
I have several trucks I would like to get info on. My M35A3 was recovery from the AirForce/Wright Pat. Do they have to origninate from the Army?
JC

 

[CARNAC]

Yep, it must be Army. Keep in mind though that GL works for DLA (Defense Logistics Agency). Key word here is Defense, so just because it was turned into the DRMO (which is part of DLA) on a USAF base; it does not mean it was a USAF truck.

 

[Scar59]

This one is tan w/ "U. S. AIRFORCE" on the doors. Airforce lic plate was removed. I'll get you some inf and make a donation
Thanks
JC

 

[swindad2]

For those interested, this is where I found my information. It is just a guide. Found this late last night, didn't realize it was from Olive Drab till I went back. http://olive-drab.com/od_mvg_markings.php

 

[CARNAC]

This one is tan w/ "U. S. AIRFORCE" on the doors. Airforce lic plate was removed. I'll get you some inf and make a donation
Thanks
JC

That one would be a NO GO, don't waste the effort.

 

[CARNAC]

For those interested, this is where I found my information. It is just a guide. Found this late last night, didn't realize it was from Olive Drab till I went back. http://olive-drab.com/od_mvg_markings.php

Decent but I would caution everyone not to assume it is the "10th vehicle".

There is a coding system which as been covered in various threads before here on Steel Soldiers. 6 is reserved for the commander/leader. So HQ6 is the commander. A16 would be the A Company, 1st platoon, platoon leader.

HQ1 is the personnelofficer
HQ2 is the intell officer
HQ3 is the ops officer
HQ4 is logistics
HQ5 is the XO
HQ6 CDR
HQ7 is the Command Sergeant Major
HQ11 would be an additional truck for the personnel section.
HQ21 for intell
HQ31 for ops and so on.

HQ36 would not be the leader for the operations section. Nope, doesn't work that way for staff officers.

or you may have letters of a company and you also need to understand the overall unit which much of this info is on google.

So if a Infantry or Armor unit, they'd have a HQ (for the actual headquarters sections), a Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), A Company, B Company, C Company and potentially others depending on the type of unit and what time period. Today it is usually A through C (potentially as high as F but haven't seen any lately above F Company). In WWII though Companies in different battalions kept sequential lettering. Meaning you routinely would have a E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M Companies in a Regiment. Not so anymore.

I aready showed A-16 as the platoon leader. So A-11 would not be the personnel officer (platoons don't have those). A-11 would be A Company 1st platoon, 1st squad. A-12 second squad, A-13 third and so on.

On other thing I brought up about bumper numbersin the past. The guy that puts them on is usually some malcontent that was assigned it as 'corrective training' for screwing something up. So about 10 years ago I walked into a motorpool and within the same HQ saw bumper numbers done 3 different ways none of which were correct. So always keep that in mind.

 

[swindad2]

I did wander how accurate these were. At this point, I just wanted to verify that the truck actually was from Kentucky, especially after I posted that it was. I did notice that my markings didn't really match any of the examples.

 

[Scar59]

Swindad2
Nice truck, found used hard tops in KS
I'll PM you.
JC