From: william f cox (grntrks@juno.com)
Date: Sun Nov 09 2003 - 21:00:09 PST
Joe,
You are correct! You must invert the pintle hook to secure the guy
cables. I can't quote the TM but It's in one I have on the M35A2.
Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
Vietnam 1966
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
'66 M35A2 w/w
'68 M105A1
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 13:47:06 -0800 (PST) Joe Foley <redmenaced@yahoo.com>
writes:
> Page 2-146 of TM 9-2320-211-10.
>
> One caution, they appear to have neglected to invert
> the pintle hook, I would think the cable should be
> pulling on the larger part of the hook/hitch, not on
> the "latch".
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
> --- David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know the TM that would have info on the
> > A Frame crane setup
> > that I have heard about for the 5 ton M54 series?
> > Or does anyone have
> > picts of this rig in action?
> >
> > Has anyone on the list used this setup before? I'd
> > like to put one
> > together.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:34:43 -0500, David Cole
> > <DavidCole@tk7.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > How do we know that these pictures were
> > classified? Or is this opinion
> > > that they "should" have been classified.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > >
> > > On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 00:55:36 -0600, Doc Bryant
> > <rbhonk1@cox.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> What hit the Abrams has not been verified and
> > came as a surprise to our
> > >> forces. I'm therefore puzzled why you are so
> > sure you know what it was.
> > >> Plus, that doesn't change anything... the pics
> > were classified and they
> > >> were leaked. Classified is classified even if it
> > doesn't make sense to
> > >> the individual for such a designation.
> > >>
> > >> < I saw where the report is sensitive. Not
> > classified. I also did not
> > >> notice any great uproar anywhere else over these
> > pictures being bandied
> > >> about.
> > >>
> > >> The Abrahms has been sold to foreign countries.
> > One can easily assume
> > >> other
> > >> nations intelligence outfits have looked at the
> > tank very carefully.
> > >> And
> > >> that is an assumption that I could take to any
> > bank and cash.
> > >>
> > >> In testing weapons, if you have a good idea the
> > composition of the armor
> > >> you
> > >> are trying to breech, its a standard practice to
> > be able to establish a
> > >> test
> > >> material and then extrapolate that data to give
> > you an idea how it would
> > >> perform if that weapon hit the real McCoy.
> > Obviously, you can not plan
> > >> in
> > >> that test for Clausewitz's fog of war, but you
> > can understand what the
> > >> projectile will do to a roughly equivelent armor
> > shield. Then, if you
> > >> are
> > >> worried about any fudge factors, just dial up the
> > performance a notch or
> > >> two. Overkill is never a bad idea.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The weapon wasn't thought to be effective but the
> > gunner got a lucky
> > >> hit and found something that wasn't planned on.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The Golden BB theory? No. Although its done,
> > and we all know it, one
> > >> should never field a weapons system based on the
> > hope for lucky shot.
> > >>
> > >> Never assume that the enemy knows what they are
> > doing
> > >> and give them intel they didn't have on a silver
> > platter.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> True. We should have not then allowed FMS of
> > these tanks to other
> > >> nations.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Doc Bryant
> > >>
> > >>
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Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
Vietnam 1966
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
'66 M35A2 w/w
'68 M105A1
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