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Around 2005 they got a blanket exemption for tactical trucks due to the JP8 sulfur content, as long as they agreed to implement emissions systems when it became technically feasible.
http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2005tacom/schihl.pdf
Actually the Army didn't lose- they have exemptions for their engines due to the fact they run JP8 predominantly. JP8 spec does not control the sulfur content - thus making it incompatible with the emissions control equipment currently available for the diesel engines. So selling vehicles that...
There is the Patton Museum at Ft. Knox Kentucky, and if you make it to the Detroit area- the Henry Ford Museum has a couple trains inside as well as no end of other stuff.
Have a good Trip
I just got my first privately owned MV last week- an M35A3 from ProPower (excellent truck I might add) - and am really loving it ( hauled 2 pizzas, ice cream, and a General Tsao's chicken so far). Originally wanted to end up with a bobbed deuce (and still may someday) but this one is in such...
I used to do a lot of Distribution A drawings- that all kinda changed ( or at least was looked at more closely) after 9/11. Now it's often Distribution D- To release a distribution A document generally means it has to go through another department (G2 if I remember correctly) to ensure nothing...
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