Yes I think the magic number was about 70. 70 Doggies, Marines, SeaBee's (we know the AF requested plush buses) packed tightly with gear and nothing moved once the last one was shoehorned in the doorway and slammed shut!
Cliff Smith SSgt USMC Iraq
From: Brian Placzankis <plaz@mac.com> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> Subject: Re: [MV] troop trailers Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:41:59 -0500 Besides "Cattlecars" they were also called "Silversides". I remember them from 1988 at Ft Lewis for the ROTC Cadet training. For all I know they still might use them there - I might have seen one when I was there last July. I remember field equipped (LBE's, Rucks, Weapons & Miles Gear) 4 squad platoons were commonly stuffed into one of them. It was actually kind of safer (well -
at least it seemed that way) once that excessive amount was stuffed in because we could all sort of mutually brace each other. When less densely packed, troops and equipment tended to shift and topple over more often. They were also definitely still in use at Lostinthewoods in 1990. "Make your buddy smile" plaz 1985 M1008 On Dec 29, 2004, at 9:49 PM, Greg Booth wrote: >Message-ID: <20041230024728.76761.qmail@web52804.mail.yahoo.com> >Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:47:28 -0800 (PST) >From: Greg Booth <m38a11952@yahoo.com> >Subject: [MV] Cattle cars > >We had them at Ft Lostinthewoods (Lenardwood)also. Not >much for comfort but beet walking. > >===== >Greg Booth MVPA # 24369 >1952 M38A1 >1969 M274A5 ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, send
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