YES PLEASE!!! That would be great! Also the vehicle numbers i know are wrong…just used what i had as the original markings basically disintegrated when in water…after I do the miles tape and stowage I’m going to cover them up with some strategic mud lol.
Well, we tended to have lots of deadlined ITVs due to turret hydraulic problems. I couldn’t give you hard numbers in my nearly 4 years in the company, but some tracks were repeatedly breaking down in that respect. My own tracks were pretty solid, but within our platoon and company there were constant bad ones. Maybe they just didn’t like the Ft Polk climate.
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During my career I noticed it was usually a function of who was assigned to that vehicle. The fact that your track was solid speaks more about you than the track.
I remember I was roundly ignored for this post. In fact, they went so far as to blame “lazy civilians.” That’s a shame, because usually when I visit a base the civilians are all hard at work.
I’d stand behind my statements as much today as I did sixteen years ago:
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Doesn;t look like a Mk-19 or even a Mk47 Mod 0 Striker GMG (issued only to SF types); so i guess it’s a mockup designed to replicate a Mk19 for MILES engagements.
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Yeah I’ve never seen anything like that. That’s what I was leaning towards though. Interesting
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Its been almost 30 years since I was in Bosina, I need to build my FISTV and a M2A2 Bradley from my deployment there. I’m going to backdate the Magic Factory Ukrainian M2A2 and I’m waiting for AFV Club or someone else to do a new tool M113A3. The Academy/Tamiya kits drove me nuts with their oversimplified suspensions.
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Nice photos! Which base/camp was that?
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The larger motor pool was Camp Demi and the checkpoint I forget what it was called.
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That looks great.
Cheers,
Ralph
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