On a related note:
Lighten the load: The Army’s plan to save time by shedding excess gear.
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We never strapped our BII in the places it belonged on the outside of the track. We always kept it inside stuffed in a corner to prevent it being torn off while driving, or walking off while parked.
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In 'Nam, we never kept the tools on our vehicles and had a piece of chain welded to the floor to padlock the steering wheel, to keep our vehicles and stuff from running off. Wayne
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During the extrememely cold winters in Berlin, all of the vehicles needed to be started every two hours.
I drew that duty one night, There was a Gamma Goat - of course the winterization doors were missing. Got inside - shift knob missing. Started cranking the motor. Battery good, but wouldn’t start, I kept cranking and cranking to no avail. But I started to smell diesel fuel. So I did the first thing every man does when he’s with his girl and his car won’t start - I opened the hood. The two fuel filters were missing.
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PERFECT!!! This answered my exact question! Thanks so much.
Fortunately on a US tank, all the tools are kept in the stowage boxes, so they don’t get “lost.”
Ken
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A friend of mine was on the gun design team for Challenger, and told me of a meeting where the Army guys asked for the bore evacuator to be strong enough to survive being swung sideways into a roadside tree. He said there was then a flurry of discussion among the engineers, followed by an uneasy silence as all involved came to realise just how dangerously close they came to having to specify the NATO Standard Tree…
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That must have been one of those famous “OH F-CK!!” moments.
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Knowing the UK, we’d have to cut down all the non-compliant trees after the usual paperwork…
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The Royal Army versus the Arboricultural Association in a no holds barred tree brawl!
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