Re: [MV] M-249

From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sat Oct 23 2004 - 07:43:43 PDT


Squad Automatic Weapon!

FN-Herstal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] M-249

> What is that Darrell?
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Darrell Ramsell <daram@comcast.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 3:38 AM
> Subject: [MV] M-249
>
>
> > Gent
> >
> > I just bought an replica airsoft M-249 for my HMMWV and it's a beauty.
> It's
> > unfortunate that you can't send picture but if someone can create a link
> for
> > all to see I'll send you the picture.
> >
> > Darrell
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Darrell Ramsell" <daram@comcast.net>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 12:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] Humvees Auctioned to Civilians
> >
> >
> > > Hmmmm, and where would this place be? :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "chance wolf" <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
> > > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:30 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [MV] Humvees Auctioned to Civilians
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "Julian Burke" <julian@knology.net>
> > >> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > >> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 4:54 PM
> > >> Subject: [MV] Humvees Auctioned to Civilians
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> The gov't doesn't sell them to anyone except other Federal or
> State
> > >>> entities. Humvees that are unserviceable or junk are cannibalized
> > >>> and/or
> > >>> scrapped by mutilation. That's the story. Julian Burke
> > >>
> > >> Mostly. Some have come out through GSA as 'residue' vehicles ranging
> > >> from
> > >> "anyone got a set of glow plugs?" to heavily cannibalized frames and
> > >> bodies.
> > >> I don't have the whole story from GL but apparently any HMMWV that's
> > >> remotely salvageable gets shipped to some central place in the
'states
> > >> and
> > >> either scrapped or reworked for overseas customers. Even dogfood
body
> > >> remnants that a million monkeys with body hammers couldn't sort out
in
> a
> > >> lifetime have gone the same route rather than wind up in a local GL
> sale
> > >> or
> > >> the scrapyard, so..go figure.
> > >>
> > >> (My favourite 'excess' had to be a series of geared hubs which showed
> up
> > >> on
> > >> the market which had the ball-joint mounts cut off with oxy-acet
> > >> equipment.
> > >> Then GL had brand new geared hubs for sale some time after on a sale
> with
> > >> no
> > >> EUC required. Umyeah.)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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