From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Wed Dec 29 2004 - 07:15:59 PST
I believe that was totally unsafe and unauthorized but possibly necessary if
in a combat zone.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: <djslager@mail.icongrp.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Sonny Heath"
<sonny@defuniak.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
> Sonny, Year, 1965, we had single axle trailers van type, dropped middle
> designed, bus type doors on both sides, one step up, center aisle with
troop
> seats on side walls.We called them cattle trailers because we felt like
> cattle in them. They did have windows. They were pulled with mil tractors.
> G/L just sold some earlier this year. I remember them well. Those were the
> days my friends..... Douglas Slager
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
>
>
> > In all my twenty two years of active service I never heard od
> transporting
> > personnel in a trailer Wayne. My time was almost all in transportation,
> > maintenance and quartermaster companies.
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 10:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
> >
> >
> > > First I've seen for the M105 trailer, most are for the HMMWV trailers.
> > Here
> > > is the info from the TM: "The CBC is an alternative to bow and canvas
> > covers
> > > and a replacement to the locally constructed builtup non-standard
> plywood,
> > > steel, or fiberglass shelters currently used in the field for storage
of
> > > mission equipment. Unlike the "bow and canvas" the CBC cannot
transport
> > > personnel, but troops can work inside the CBC once the CBC is
deployed."
> > > notice how they say it a alternative
> > > for a "non-standard plywood" which may have 200.00 in it, while this
is
> > over
> > > 6000.00. Ain't progress great! Wayne
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> > > >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > >Subject: [MV] M105A2 hard cover?
> > > >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:00:46 -0500
> > > >
> > > > Anyone seen these before?
> > > >
> > > >http://cgi.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=503870&convertTo=USD
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >- Ryan Montieth Gill www.mindspring.com/~rmgill/ -
> > > >- rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com ||
> > >
> > >
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