Military Vehicles, March 1997,: Re: demil M151A2/HMMWV
Re: demil M151A2/HMMWV
Lida L. Bensinger (mitymite@juno.com)
Fri, 07 Mar 1997 15:44:13 EST
Good ideas but don't forget G-men live in another world and transmit on
some alien wave length. Spock never worked for DRMO. The fact that they
pull out the old DOT approved excuse to destroy millions of dollars worth
of M151's and Hummers and at the same time sell 2 1/2 tons and other
vehicles that also don't meet DOT's standards makes perfect sense to any
G-man.
>About 2 years ago the DRMO set up an 800 number for questions on demil
>standards. After Dessert Storm when everybody wanted a "Hummer" AM
>General realized they had a hot product they could market to the general
>public and suddenly the surplus Humvees were put on the demil list so
they
>wouldn't have to compete w/ their own product (my personal opinion).
Prior to that, several had been sold on local sales at Bragg and Lejeune
,two of which were
>driven home. ETC...