Dave Cole wrote:
> Message text written by "Gary R. Downing"
> >I spent a career in the service and I was an assigned driver of a "deuce
> and a half". I put thousands of miles on them. I never knew it's
> "other" name. If I did I forgot it. Likewise, I drove a 5 ton wrecker
> for a while. Same story. I crewed an M-47 "patton" tank. We called it
> an M-47. (Chalk up one for the hard liners.) However, the thing we called
> a "Range finder" turned out to be a "Gunnery Control System" built by
> Frankford Arsenal. I did not learn this until I was retired! Further,
> our gunners could shear a 2x4 in two at 1000 yards using the thing no one
> knew the correct name of! I also had some long hours driving a "jeep".
> If my OIC suddenly shouted "GET THE CCW AND THE XYZ" I would have been
> frozen in place! As it happens, Our "jeep" was an MRC-107 radio
> vehicle.<
>
> I have to admit, until I heard your argument, I was all for using the M
> designation since I thought it was just a learning curve thing on my part.
> However I was talking to a friend of mine who is a Korean Veteran, and he
> told me he drove deuce and a halfs and five tons for years over there.
> When I asked if they were M135's or what he asked me what a M135 was?
> Apparently the military did not and does not generally use the M series
> descriptions on a day to day basis unless they are trying to maintain
> records or match parts. The problem as I see it is how do you describe the
> differences between a five ton M62 and M54 without using the M designation?
>
> Does anyone have any solution to this one?
>
> What about the difference between a M135 and a M211 2 1/2 ton truck?
>
> I think that both the M135 and M211 was made by different companies over
> the years. (Might be wrong about this one, but Kaiser, AM General, GMC?,
> I'm not sure, but I should know this.)
>
> Dave
>
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