From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
Date: Tue Dec 21 2004 - 09:46:00 PST
Hi Ken
Would it be possible that these two vehicles were captured from
the Thailand military during fighting with Cambodia?
Jon
On 21 Dec 2004, at 11:49, Muttguru@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> Here's the outline of a mystery which I'd like to solve. Please DO let me
> have any suggestions, ideas AND speculation which may help.
>
> A few weeks ago, I received details of an M825 Recoilless Rifle Carrier Mutt
> which was purchased recently in Cambodia. It is currently in Pnomh Penh. The
> dataplate details indicate that the mutt was from a 1976-dated contract, so it
> would have been delivered during 1977. So far, so good. I also have details of
> another M825 mutt, also a 1976-dated contract, with a serial number quite
> close to this one, and also located in Cambodia.
>
> >From the proximity of the two serial numbers, it could be that these two
> M825s were part of a batch delivered.....but to who??? and when???
>
> It could not have been to Cambodia's Lon Nol government, because Phnom Penh
> was over-run by the Khmer Rouge by April 75, well before these trucks were
> built.
> Likewise with the South Vietnamese, as Saigon went under, later that same
> year.
>
> Thailand forces (who had M825s) were in a state of almost constant war with
> the Khmer Rouge, from 1975 through to 1979, and again with the
> Vietnamese-installed Cambodian government which followed the ousting of Pol Pot and co.
>
> The US was hostile to both Cambodian governments up until a few years ago.
>
> So the mystery is...."Where did these mutts come from? And when?".
>
> Your answers will be gratefully received (-:
>
>
> Many thanks in advance, and I'd also like to take this opportunity of wishing
> everyone a great Xmas and a happy, peaceful New Year.
>
> Kind regards....
> Ken
>
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