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- From: gawne@stsci.edu
- Subject: Re: "jeeps"
- Message-ID: <Bxyv0p.FvM@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:02:49 GMT
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- From gawne@stsci.edu
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- In article <BxvFFo.8ot@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>,
- Dick Huddleston <dick.huddleston@yob.sccsi.com> writes:
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- > next is the much larger "HUMV", affectionatly called
- > Hum - Vees and they carry weapons platforms, ambulances, etc. The jeeps
- > were also called 4X4s from the four wheel drive ability. Of course, most
- > army trucks had that capability, including the next formaer step up from
- > a 1/4 ton, the 3/4 ton truck, alas with no real moniker.
- >
- > Hope this helps some.
- >
- > P.S. The M-38s were used in Korea, and carried 105 Recoilless Rifles: in
- > the Desert Storm, HumVees carried TOW missles (much bigger).
-
- Some nitpicking here...
-
- 1) The current vehicle is the HMMWV, and I can't recall what it all stands for.
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- 2) I really think a 105 RR dwarfs a TOW. Any informed users of either care
- to comment?
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- 3) Dim memories of conversations amid beer drinking at Ft Bliss TX seem to
- tell me there was something called a "jeep" derived from GP (general
- purpose) vehicle that General Pershing used when pursuing Pancho Villa
- around northern Mexico in 1916. "Jeep" then became a generic name for
- a light rough terrain vehicle.
-
- -Bill Gawne, Space Telescope Science Institute
- GySgt USMCR
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