Re: [MV] Gore truck

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 15:14:48 PDT


At 3:10 PM -0500 9/8/02, Dave Brubaker wrote:
>We had them at Fort Riley when I was in the Army. Sort of a giant Gamma
>Goat. Articulated body, able to swim. Came in several versions....cargo,
>tanker, wrecker.

Isn't it odd how the Amphibious cargo vehicle thing was something of
a phase after WWII? The British had the Stalward, the US had its
Gamma Goat and the Goer. Now, we're back to basic trucks that don't
swim.

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