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I don't ever recall seeing a 915 with the type of NDT that we have on the dueces and five tons. They came issued with 10.00 20 commecial bias tires. When given the chance and funding we switched them over to radial and got much better performance and milage. The other 900 series trucks came with other than duece style tires too so I think the article may be a little miss-leading. Our first M 915's had 400 Cummins and Cat air shift transmissions that would allow a speed near 100 MPH as veified by Tachograph record. In Germany the Trans BDE had the highest gears locked out so the drivers could not go so fast. The latest version of M 915 is a far cry from our old ones and I will try to post some pictures of armored ones in the near future. Bottom line is that Army drivers like to drive fast if not watched and that is the biggest cause of accidents.