Oldfart
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Odd things can happen with military vehicles. I managed to buy from GL a 1955 M220 that was just coming off active duty at Yuma Proving Grounds. It was delivered to the Army and then declared surplus some 55 years later. Sometimes they do remain in inventory a long time. And I picked up a couple of XM791's that were returned from Germany. They both have Autobahn notices painted on the inner doors as well as the names of the vehicle operators painted on the windshields. Those got saved from the aluminum scrap yard and God only knows how many owners they had after the military. They have had more hands on them than a lady of the evening. ~~ I guess we are lucky to have any records at all that tell us where these vehicles have been and what they have seen. My son picked up a 5 ton dump from GL in California and it was tagged FOI. I wonder how many units had their hands on that one only to leave it behind when they deployed.