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forgive me for thinking on this or maybe asking a dumb question, but why in the world would the Army be getting rid of A3's when they are are only a dozen years old or so? I can see A2s and all the older stuff for sure, though it does make more sense to maintain or reman something than to build a new truck. Further, I assume, they are selling A3s for a fraction of what they cost new, losing even more money..
As I understand it, the bulk of the A3's were made from parts cannibalized from A2's, I read somewhere it was something like 2-3 A2's plus a few new parts to make the A3's. That would make some of the A3 components quite old.
Am I smoking bananas or did I read that somewhere?
Totally true Unforgiven. Plus I think a bigger issue was all the newer "modern" trucks and HUMMWVs arriving, well, the old M35Awhatever just sat and was ignored. The very low mileage tells me they were just not popular with the new troops.
An Army mechanic tells me his unit is required to roll each vehicle 5 miles per month. Most of the A3 trucks seemed to have about 40 miles a month, still not much.
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