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USMC Ground Expedient Refueling System - Any info?

CUCV_ut

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Hello

I just purchased a neat USMC Ground Expedient Refueling System from a collector locally. I'd always thought they looked neat but shipping it would have been expensive. It's the medium size system that originally came with 4 155 gallon fuel bladders, 2 dual 24v air compressors, 3 fuel dispensing nozzles and some other accessories. I've seen the compressor unit sold before and actually bought one that I modified to use as a 24v compressor with a remote tank. I lucked out and got one complete 155 gallon bladder, a compressor, and the chest of hoses. The seller had a couple more of the bladders tanks but by the time I got back he had already sold them. I've looked all over the internet and Steel Soldiers but cannot find the instruction / technical manual for it. It's a simple idea, use a fuel bladder, pressurize it and push the fuel out the nozzle. I can figure out most of it, but I'm not sure what a few of the pieces do. Here's some pictures of the accessories.

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Any ideas what this connects to? It appears to be a 2" camlock to some kind of a connector with a ball valve shut off-
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Any idea what this regulator does it has a fill and stop button on the side-
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I forgot to take picture of the fuel bladder and the transit case that houses the hoses and nozzles. There is also a spare rubber bladder without the connectors, several tie down straps, a couple containment berms, and a bladder repair kit (hole plugs, patches, etc).

Does anyone happen to have a copy of the manual for this system?
 

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It's similar to the connection for most aircraft equipped with pressure refueling connections, but it is way too small. At least it's smaller than any connection I've seen on any aircraft I've flown.


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CUCV_ut

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I finally got a couple pictures of the fuel bladder tonight.

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I've heard different opinions on how these work. Is there an inside bladder for the fuel and the air just pressurizes in the outer one to squeeze the inner bladder to push the fuel out? The spare bladder does look thinner than the complete one. How would you fill this up?

Also Quickfarms mentioned that the mystery connector above looked like the one on a six con, what is a six con? It does look like the same connector he posted pictures of. I'm still looking for a copy of the manual if anyone has one.
 

CUCV_ut

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Hello

I'm still looking for the manual if anyone is lucky enough to have received one with their GERS system. Here's a couple more pictures of what the accessory kit looks like. The big black thing is a replacement liner.

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