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> Od: Nelson & Jane Dionne <aa1mo@tiac.net>
> Do: Mil-veh@skylee.com
> Temat: [MV] Re; Project Wheels
> Data: 11 czerwca 1997 00:18
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> Re the query on the 153rd Engineers;
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> Back circa 1980, the military had a program called "Project =
Wheels".
> Under this program, local cities and town obtained large numbers of =
M-37's
> and M-715 trucks. Most of the surplus trucks that many fire =
departments
> still have were obtained this way.=20
> I had a friend active with the Swampscott (MA) CD, and we picked =
up a
> 715 from the field at Fort Devens were several hundred 37's and 715's =
were
> parked. As I recall, most had markings from either the 26th division =
or 94th
> ARCOM (the local New England National Guard or Army Reserve groups.=20
> Currently, much larger trucks are being made available, but there
> dosen't sem to be much demand for them. Even though Hummer is selling
> civillian rigs to fire departments, I doubt that the military will =
have a
> program in the future to surplus out Humvee's to local users.=20
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> Nelson Dionne
> Salem, MA
> MVCC #411
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> 1942 WLA, 1954 Es-USAF Simplex MC, 1943 Columbia M-305 2x1
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> P.S. Has anybody repro'd a Navy CJ3B data plate??, or have a good =
photocopy
> available in order to have a few made?=20
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