From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat Dec 04 2004 - 19:28:45 PST
At 7:07 PM -0500 12/4/04, Bjorn Brandstedt wrote:
>The operator's manual for the 5-ton FMTV comes
>in 2 volumes. I have volume 1 here and it has
>over 1,000 pages (it is 2-1/4 inches thick!).
>To prepare for internal air shipment, the tires
>must be deflated, cab air suspension and the
>vehicle suspenson compressed.
>
>Has anyone driven a cab-over type truck in the brush?
Most of Europe, South Africa, and Asia. The
British loved the hell out of them during WWII.
Shorter wheel base for the same bed or more bed
for the same wheelbase. There are WWII CMPs still
working in some parts of the world today.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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