>Military Vehicle content: Today I saw a prime mover towing a big trailer
>on the highway (I-17 outside of Phoenix), escorted by a humvee.
These new cab forward trucks are built by Stewart & Stevenson in Sealy,
Texas. They are called FMTVs, for Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.
On the
>trailer where one of the cool-looking new cab forward Army trucks (I
>understand they're 2.5 tons and are meant to replace the dueces?),
The Unimog is still relativly common in the Army inventory. They are called
SEEs, for Small Emplacement Excavator. They were built by the Frieghtliner
Corportation, under lisence from Mercedes.
AND a
>short wheelbase Mercedes Benz Unimog(!) with a plow up front, painted in
>the same camo scheme. It looked pretty old, I didn't know that the US
>Army (could be Arizona National Guard) kep these in inventory???
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