Saturday, April 13, 2024

Military Style Camping

 


10 comments:

  1. If you can afford the fuel you can go about anywhere. I used to have an endorsement for the HEMTT. They need to mount an AC on the roof of the cab as it get quite warm in there.

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  2. It's missing a front axle:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Expanded_Mobility_Tactical_Truck

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  3. In the Old Army, "camping" was never like that.

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  4. Deployed on exercises sometimes we'd smuggle in a charcoal grill and someone would make a daily run to town for groceries (and beer). A steady diet of nothing but C-rations will bind you up pretty good.

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  5. It's also missing a high frequency radio antenna, LED spotlights, off road lights, front bumper mounted winch, and a cab roof mount for the Browning M-2 .50 calibre machine gun (which was standard for 2 1/2 ton and 5 ton trucks when I was serving during the war in the old Republic of Viet Nam).

    Not only that, but how are guys like me, using a wheelchair, supposed to climb into and out of that cab or the camper?

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  6. If there's pavement, it's not military style.

    Take that somewhere it's up to the axle hubs in mud, and it's raining, and you'd be on the right track.

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  7. Not really compatible. I expect that camper to be "sticks & staples" construction, and going offroad will beat the heck out of it. Best to collect replacements now, so when it needs to be tossed you have another in hand.

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