M34 Active duty

[foxtrot]

Yes, Ammunition transport.

 

[Guyfang]

Could be Miesau, or Weilersbach, up in the K-Town area

 

[msgjd]

A forklift loading ammo crates? Wow what a concept. Where the heck were they when my armored BN was in the field? I lost count how many hundreds of 105mm crates we loaded, unloaded, reloaded, unloaded again, and lastly, load and unload the spent dunnage, in a day, all by hand. Apparently our griping eventually worked, because after I had been assigned to oversee the fuel section, the ammo haulers at least had an all-terrain forklift available to load live rounds, but unloading and dunnage was still a hand job. Famous words at MTOC (army truck school) ,, " A driver does not handle his load, he is only there to supervise the loading and unloading." Okay, yeah maybe if he is driving a dump truck or the mess truck. . lol

 

[foxtrot]

Could be Miesau, or Weilersbach, up in the K-Town area

Perhaps the locality of Heidelberg inscribed on the tarpaulin of the roof.

 

[Guyfang]

This is a picture of a HAWK Missile Loader Transporter loading birds. How did the Marine Corps do it? Eight Marines pick it up and carry it to the launcher.

 

[foxtrot]

Topic is M34 active duty, thanks.

 

[foxtrot]

Orléans, France.

 

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[Guyfang]

Ever lived in a pup tent? And more then 2-3 days?

 

[NDT]

Did you guys notice these M34s have the same diagonal gussets at the outer wheel well openings as the GMC M135s? Must be a later production thing, like 1951.

 

[davidb56]

Ever lived in a pup tent? And more then 2-3 days?

yes. and digging a ditch around it didnt help much. Plus I was alone up near Laytonville Ca about 4+ decades ago.

 

[foxtrot]

Did you guys notice these M34s have the same diagonal gussets at the outer wheel well openings as the GMC M135s? Must be a later production thing, like 1951.

Photo from 1953.
It did not have the tailgate with the integrated step.

On this last photo, I think the photographer also wanted to show us in the background the armament pointed due east.

 

[foxtrot]

This truck looks great with combat rims.

 

[foxtrot]

A very special convoy.

 

[foxtrot]

Some truck photos most often seen with the M34.
Truck Wrecker, Dump, Tractor.

 

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[BKubu]

FOXTROT, great job coming up with these great pics.

 

[foxtrot]

The first two photos are the M35 followed by a wrecker and the company's favorite dump.

 

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