From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Wed Dec 29 2004 - 08:11:19 PST
That was the same type of transportation of recruit troops in basic training
at Ft Dix NJ in the late 70s & early 80s.
It certainly was a cattle car, but it hauled large groups out to the range
areas & back.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA
----- Original Message -----
From: <djslager@mail.icongrp.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 9:42 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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