From: Mr. Bones (mrbones@ixks.com)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 21:45:28 PDT
Just to add to the different perspectives, in my 8 yrs in the Seabees
the CUCV-series vehicles were always pronounced "kook-vees", or
"cook-vees". Ditto for all the Marines we shared the line with and built
VSTOL pads etc. for. Hope this helps the one asking this question have
more data to choose from.
Side note, and additional MV Content.:
We (Seabee batallions) grew to like the CUCVs after a while, but were
outraged at the impending gradual replacement of our beloved M 715s at
first. Especially the automatic trans, power steering etc. seemed
unnatural for a war wagon. The lack of a winch also hindered us greatly
in our tasking.
We made sure kept plenty of the 715s running like a top so they didn't
get hauled off to the DRMS / DRMO. They were like our old friends, our
trusty cavalry horses, can't forget an MV after you have driven it at 55
or 60 on the Autostrada (sp?) ,the Sicillian equivalent of the Autobahn.
Talk about life in the slow lane! :-)
Best regards,
T. Bones Morris
K.D. Hamilton Jones
86 M1009 "Precious"
86 M1009 "Princess" (Going to pick up this weekend in Idaho, wish us
luck :-)- Long drive from Lawrence, KS)
43 WLA Harley Davidson
> Hi
> I hate to rain on the parade especially with all the well presented
logic
> being thrown out but the CUCV is pronounced CUTVEE all over throughout
the
> Army. There is a T in there as follows :
> "C"ommercial "UT"ility cargo "V"ehicle-cutvee.
>
> I have to agree with Ron. Spell out CCKW and say CUC(K)-V. Where did
CUT-V
> > ever come from? I think, at some point in time, someone
misunderstood
> CUCK-V
> > for CUT-V. If I say them both out loud, I can see (well, hear
really)
the
> > confusion, but it still doesn't seem right, when the acronym has no
"T"
in
> > it.
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