From: Horrocks, Aaron (ACHb@pge.com)
Date: Thu Dec 30 2004 - 07:25:25 PST
This may bring back some fond memories for you guys:
http://www.gamerabaenre.com/airsoft/images/lionclaws3%20033_jpg.jpg
Hardly a military vehicle, but it's what we had to use (it was a rental) to move troops around this large cattle ranch that "Operation: Lion Claws" was taking part on. I was on "Shadow Squad" who had various job duties along with playing the bad arse local militant tribe. I volunteered to drive that multi ton stick shift since no one else wanted to.
Aaron Horrocks
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of djslager@mail.icongrp.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:20 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Cattle cars
We are all on the same page, first ones we had both pole railing and seats,
then just pole railings. Yes, we did have problems if you had the back packs
on, usually took your back pack off to sit, and you did feel at home being
part of the cattle herd. Like Henry said use them to get back and forth to
different training exercises. I'm glad someone else also remembers them in
1965 when they were brand new and it was a new idea then too. You could
haul a whole lot of troops in some of them seems like they were about 28
foot long, and you seemed like you were a cow in there (moo-moo) !! Doug
Slager
---- Original Message -----
From: "Henry J. Fackovec" <HFackovec@EasternEMS.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:41 AM
Subject: [MV] Cattle cars
> We had them at Fort Dix in the early 70s, also called cattle cars, but
> they did not have seats, just poles to stand up and hold on to. Used
> them to move back and forth to ranges and etc... (No seats because
> usually you had your field gear on.)
>
> Best,
> Hank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
> Behalf Of Sonny Heath
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:16 AM
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
>
> I believe that was totally unsafe and unauthorized but possibly
> necessary if
> in a combat zone.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <djslager@mail.icongrp.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Sonny
> Heath"
> <sonny@defuniak.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
>
>
> > Sonny, Year, 1965, we had single axle trailers van type, dropped
> middle
> > designed, bus type doors on both sides, one step up, center aisle with
> troop
> > seats on side walls.We called them cattle trailers because we felt
> like
> > cattle in them. They did have windows. They were pulled with mil
> tractors.
> > G/L just sold some earlier this year. I remember them well. Those were
> the
> > days my friends..... Douglas Slager
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
> >
> >
> > > In all my twenty two years of active service I never heard od
> > transporting
> > > personnel in a trailer Wayne. My time was almost all in
> transportation,
> > > maintenance and quartermaster companies.
> > >
> > > Sonny
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
> > > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:02 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
> > >
> > >
> > > > First I've seen for the M105 trailer, most are for the HMMWV
> trailers.
> > > Here
> > > > is the info from the TM: "The CBC is an alternative to bow and
> canvas
> > > covers
> > > > and a replacement to the locally constructed builtup non-standard
> > plywood,
> > > > steel, or fiberglass shelters currently used in the field for
> storage
> of
> > > > mission equipment. Unlike the "bow and canvas" the CBC cannot
> transport
> > > > personnel, but troops can work inside the CBC once the CBC is
> deployed."
> > > > notice how they say it a alternative
> > > > for a "non-standard plywood" which may have 200.00 in it, while
> this
> is
> > > over
> > > > 6000.00. Ain't progress great! Wayne
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> > > > >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > > >Subject: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
> > > > >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:00:46 -0500
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone seen these before?
> > > > >
> > > >
> >http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=503870&convertTo=USD
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >--
> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > >- Ryan Montieth Gill www.mindspring.com/~rmgill/ -
> > > > >- rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com ||
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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