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I lucked out years ago and got a M101A2 with a shell on it. It is always loaded with a pot belly stove, 2 16X16 tents, cots, sleeping pads and camping nick nacks. Stays at a friends and is used once a year for upland came hunting camp.
Duh, don't know why I did think of this early, but A lot of Company level units have used it as part of their radio call signs. A, Alpha cpmpany = all Americain, B Bravo =brave heart, C Charlie = Cougar, D Delta= Dragon ect.
I pushed on through and got back around 2300 CST Sunday night and was beat. Had 50mph straight line winds and rain so bad had to pull over a couple of times in IN and IL, turned out to be tornadoes and two sets of MRAP mirrors were taken a sacrifice to the wind gods! Had a great time and next...
You still going to make it????
I am doing the final pack this afternoon and I leave O dark thirty Wed AM, no bites on the bigger stuff on my posts, so not loading!
Check them and if you want it let me know real soon. #69 #81...
Trying to get lined out on what to pack in the van as I am trailer-less this time.
If you are interested in anything I have posted on this thread bigger than a 50 cal can let me know by Tuesday afternoon, as it may not make the trip.
NOS in the box desert Deuce cargo cover $3000 and nos M101...
Radio shelves and mounts
and litter stands and carrier
and some Green Temper Tent skin parts, end section, window sections, cheap and only loaded if there is buyer
#69 #81...
I don't have a clue on what I still have at the Dayton BeefCo hub except for some Tan NOS cargo covers for the USMC 7T truck, they also make a great goose neck trailer tarp. I have a spare used frame set for the 16 X16 tents and NOS up rights for the MGPT tents ,
one new field oven, w/o...
I am going to bring at least one 16x16 LWF tent expandable up there for sale and standing tent sells better then rolled up ones, so if you want to help set it up you can rack out in it. I usually sleep in the back of the candy van!
I will have a 16X16 frame tent for sale...
Good snag Rory, I should have caught it by the Radial tires as not being in 83, turns out Pic came from a civi auction. BTW when did the A1's start?
In the rain, rows of M923 series 5-ton trucks from the Marines 5th Battalion 10th Marine Regiment on a Unit Deployment Program [UDP] to 3d...
I pulled mine home with a K3500 Chevy, be fore warned it will want to keep going straight on a sharp turn even at 25MPH. Just remember to allow for it to push you whenever it is given the chance and you should be ok.2cents
No CARC paint, it did not exist in 83 use started in 85. Most of the early Corps truck I have seen were just Green or 4 color MERC cammo. I am not a Marine truck expert, but truck pic's from 83, I see only green or MERC 2cents
1983 939 pic's
1987 pic
Just scroll down to the Flat 340XX section and pick the one you like.
I don't buy the chips, the list gives you the FS numbers that can be used to have the paint mixed and also shows the colors.
https://www.milspeccoating.com/Federal-Standard-595-Colors-s/41.htm
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