The CJV-35's, precursor of the M38, were produced strictly as radio jeeps
for the USMC under Navy contract in 1950.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William R. Benson" <Benson@eqe.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] jerry cans
>
>
> While unfortunate, it is true that there are other folks out there with
the
> initials of U.S.M.C., and while it's fun to claim, in jest, that all
things
> marked U.S.M.C., or designation as "Marine" belong to, or are/where
intended for
> the Corps, even I can't see how we Leathernecks can lay claim to an entire
> production run of Jerry cans.
>
> I know that the U.S.M.C. had their own issue of HBTs (with the U.S.M.C.
buttons,
> etc.), and we had the cross-flap canteen covers with the enlarged
drainhole
> (which I would think were simply purchased from a different vendor, and
not
> produced exclusively for the Marine Corps), and a few other articles that
the
> Marine headshed felt we needed that weren't in the Army inventory.
>
> But Jerry Cans?
>
> I would be interested if anyone has compiled a listing of gear produced
soley
> for one service over another. If not, I'll add it to the "things to do
after I
> win the lottery" list.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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