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What's the difference?
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gimpyrobb
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RE: What
I know a guy who has the deuce(flat style) type if anyone is looking.
I know a guy who has the deuce(flat style) type if anyone is looking.
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RE: What
The difference is merely a matter of paperwork. Before a vehicle has been type classified by the military (as Standard A, Standard B, substitute standard, etc.) they carry the prefix X. To slightly oversimplify, sometimes the paperwork for procurement moves faster than the paperwork for type classification, and hence hundreds of trucks of a given series have the X prefix. In this hobby, the XM211 and XM818 are the two most commonly found examples.
Take a XM818 apart, take a M818 apart, mix the pieces together, and you can build to trucks back from them without regard to where they originated.
Hope this helps,
David Doyle
The difference is merely a matter of paperwork. Before a vehicle has been type classified by the military (as Standard A, Standard B, substitute standard, etc.) they carry the prefix X. To slightly oversimplify, sometimes the paperwork for procurement moves faster than the paperwork for type classification, and hence hundreds of trucks of a given series have the X prefix. In this hobby, the XM211 and XM818 are the two most commonly found examples.
Take a XM818 apart, take a M818 apart, mix the pieces together, and you can build to trucks back from them without regard to where they originated.
Hope this helps,
David Doyle
David,
Thanks, I've been looking through manuals and such and couldn't really find a difference; I thought they were the same. So most likely the X-varient would have been an early production run, correct? I'm thinking of going to a 800 series instead of my M35A2 but wanted to make sure I was getting what I wanted. Rick
Thanks, I've been looking through manuals and such and couldn't really find a difference; I thought they were the same. So most likely the X-varient would have been an early production run, correct? I'm thinking of going to a 800 series instead of my M35A2 but wanted to make sure I was getting what I wanted. Rick
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I have a "flat bar" M800 series 5 ton grill.. Free for the taking, I will NOT ship it... located in zipcode 12542.
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My XM818 has a tube grill.