> In many countries yellow headlights are used instead of the usual clear
ones.
> Up until about 1991 all cars (and military jeeps) in France used the
yellow lamps.
> They are more effective in fog and rain than the standard bulbs. There is
a good
> color photo of a M-151-A1 of the 101 Airborne with yellow headlights on
page 6 of
> the book "The Jeep Part 1, Farewell M151 "MUTT"".
OTOH, they could not be French Army issue, as
- it does not have an E mark,
- The sealed beam is almost unheard of in France, and French Military only
uses locally made standard products for that sort of supplies.
One possibility I see could be US Military Jeep, for the use of US forces
in France in the days before France left Nato, under General De Gaulle
(about 1962 ?); the US Army would have fitted yellow headlights to its
vehicles in France to comply with the local traffic laws, and would have
used sealed beams because that's what they were used to.
Any better idea ?
Ron the Frog, in Darkest Paraguay.
There is a basic mental weakness evidenced by anyone
who would blame a tool for the foibles of its wielder.
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