HUMMVEE have a date with the Gas Axe

[brianrbull]

Well I could just cry, there are 30+ HUMMVEE's in the DRMO here in Afghanistan, they have a date with the Blue Wrench in the near future. They are USMC UpArmors, complete minus the seats, Most have rear winches, Fording Kits, Ect.... I wish they would let me have em, I would slide em in Connex's and pay the frieght to send em home. Sad to see them cut up lots of good parts, Oh well I guess thats what keeps AM General in business......Anyone need any of the "Trinkety" small parts?

 

[emmado22]

PM sent!

 

[NDT]

I'm suprised they are not getting sent back here for rebuild. I was just at Red River Army Depot and there are acres of trucks from over there.

 

[swbradley1]

What a waste.............

 

[ctmustang]

Tax money at work

 

[Chief_919]

PM sent, I can use some of that stuff to train my mechanics who have never seen a M1114.

 

[dohabandit]

Are these parts being auctioned thru GL?

I would be hesitant to purchase anything that was a "take-off" and risk having a fine representative of the US Govt knocking on my door to repo my truck.

 

[maybefixit]

With the uproar about 'unarmored' HMMWV's only a couple years ago, and troops having to rig armor onto the Humvees, why are armored units in theater being scrapped?

In looking them up, I can see that it may not be practical to just 'move' the armor to a running unit, but jeez! I sure hope that each scrapped HMMWV is being replaced by an equal (or better) mine-resistant unit.

Here's the lookup, feel free to say so if I've found the wrong stuff
UP-ARMORED HMMWV

 

[Hell On Wheels]

I can only imagine because the stuff I seen when I went on a recon to camp Arifjan, Kuwait . It is a gold mine from hell. I wish I could just come back from retirement to go a shopping spree.

 

[avengeusa]

what a waste, it really sucks

 

[capps]

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