From: Mark B. Anderson (whoha1@mb.sympatico.ca)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 06:36:39 PDT
Hi all,
here is a web site I found to the FMTV M1078.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1078.htm
Regards,
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: <BRANDSTEDT@aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:07 AM
Subject: [MV] FMTV M1078 vs The Deuce
> I'm a deuce fan.
> So, fellow deuce fans, how about a discussion of the features, or
> non-features, of the 2-1/2 ton 4x4 that is replacing the old deuce. It's
the
> cab-over delivery truck made by Stewart & Stevenson in Texas. The Army is
> paying some $150,000/ea for them, but what are they getting?
> Imagine driving through the woods with this thing pushing trees down with
the
> windshield! Of course, the multiplexed, computerized, multifunction high
> reliability, diagnostics system will inform the operator by flashing a
light
> when the windshield wipers disappear.
> I don't want to offend the people at Stewart & Stevenson by criticizing a
> fine product, which, I'm sure, is the result of zillions of hours of good
> engineering, but why are so many proven features left out? Was it because
the
> Army didn't ask for them? How easy we forget.
>
> Now, the USMC 5-ton replacement, the "MK", by Oshkosh, that's a Truck!
>
> Cheers
> Bjorn
> '68 deuce w/HIAB crane
> '53 M37 (my son's)
> MVPA 19212
>
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