----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Mehlhorn" <a.mehlhorn@t-online.de>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 2:48 PM
Subject: [MV] Defend the world (was: DRMO Tampering)
Cougarjack@aol.com schrieb:
>> Let's not forget that America feeds and defends three quarters of
>> the world...
>Are you sure?
>
Indeed, are you really sure ? You haven't heard of the appropriately termed
EU food mountains and noticed your nice Mr Clinton getting upset about
United States of Europe trade dominance ? When did the world take a
democratic vote on their chosen defender, it is a fact that you haven't got
involved when there is no economic interest, compare The Gulf with Bosnia. .
. . . . . . . . .
>The world doesn't end 100 miles east of New York City or 10 miles
>west of Hawaii...
>
That it doesn't.
>Aren't you those, who told the rest of the world that "time is
>money" and "money makes the world go round"?
>
An earlier posting made reference to the agricultural use of MVs and alluded
to this application being responsible for saving many types. To an extent
this happened here and it was entirely common to find every farm with some
type of 4 x 4 FAT being employed as a general tug with Universal Carriers
commonly employed as farm tractors, the smaller GP trucks of 8cwt and 15cwt
were almost invariably converted to light wreckers.
Sadly as most types were army specific and without a NAPA conveniently
stocking parts, when these finally broke or wore out they were dumped in a
remote hedgerow out of sight and mind, some rarities still turn up in a
truly parlous state and get years of dedicated effort to bring them back to
nearly new condition.
The heavy haulage industry re-started post war almost entirely with ex-mil
tank transporter prime movers and used these until the 70's, the logging
industry especially took every Scammell and Matador it could get its hands
on and some are still in daily work 60 years on.
Richard
Southampton - England
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