Re: [MV] M416 Trailer history

From: jim gilmore (jgilmore@oeonline.com)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 10:20:11 PST


Ken wrote:
>.........you may remember the recent list debate about the date the Mutt
>trailer was
>introduced....... friends have checked back and it seems that the first
>reference to
>the M416 trailer was the Maintenance Manual and Parts List, both dated March
>1962.....
>.........TM9-2330-251-14 & 14P
>
>Does anyone have a TM, or information that would pre-date this?
>Jim G???....... anything earlier?

        I have a copy of the first M-416 manual but it is packed up for the
move to PA. later this month. A ORD listing I have here lists this manual,
TM 9-2300-223-20 for the trailer along with the 2330-251-14-P.

       I think it may be incorrect to refer to the M-416 as the MUTT
trailer. The M-416 has a two position casting for the lunette eye. One
position is for the M-151 and the other is for the M-422. Perhaps it might
be referred to as the "MUTT/MITE" trailer as it was designed for both.

--Jim



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