From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 16:48:34 PST
When you say "at speed" what does that mean?
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg" <czechsix@cox.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Noise levels in M series veh
> Not to mention it's noisier in an M1A1 than a Huey....wow.
>
> I'd expect the A3 is quieter, the whistler is plenty loud, and the quiet
> model is still plenty damned loud. I think I measured 117 dB on my
> non-whistler M35A2...managed to quiet it down to 111 dB though. This is a
> softtop, btw. A friends original spec whistler truck is noticeably louder.
>
> Since the CUCV is basically a civvy truck, it's going to have more thermal
> and noise insulation than a dedicated tactical vehicle design. Same with
the
> M880. If you can't talk in a CUCV at speed, I'd be curious to find out
> where the noise is originating from. I'd also be curious to see what the
> manufacturers noise ratings would be....civilian customers won't put up
with
> really high noise levels in a light vehicle like that. Sales would suffer.
>
> Greg
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike" <michael@tsixroads.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:44 AM
> Subject: [MV] Noise levels in M series veh
>
>
> >
> > http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/hcp/NoiseLevels.aspx
> >
> > Found the above link while surfing the net. It seems to indicate the
> noise level in a CUCV is less than a M35A3 or a HMMWV. You can't talk in
a
> CUCV at speed. Is it really one of the quitest MV's out there? Is a
M35A3
> more or less loud than the older ones? I am guessing it is quiter esp if
it
> is a whistler.
> >
> > Mike
> > Tishomingo, MS
> >
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