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The 20 pound purple K extinguishers were mounted on the trucks designated for flammable goods. This included the fuel tenders in the airforce, as well as trucks handling fuel or ammo in the field. We usually mounted the large ones on the brush bar at the front of the truck. BSMs were responsible for the ammo in a battery so on the BSMs LSVW, a pair would also be mounted as well on the bush guard....a lot of weight for a small truck.
Never saw them mounted on the Jeeps though....that would have been overkill. |
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Mil quip also made the windshield frames for the DND. |
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they had lots of them..So I did. Bob could post a picture and give the details and weight off it..I believe it was over 25 pounds.. Not purple..BLUE.. :drunk: |
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I have seen red ones of these as well with some of the airfield equipment. Not sure if they were supplied with the vehicles or if they were local purchase. |
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When I did my bi-annual fire fighting training, the Fire Fighters stressed that these thing need to be beat around a bit because of the contents compacting and settling on the bottom. |
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Here are 2 data plates. A CDN 2 and 3 to dishtinguish the difference. Like Rob indicated one is stamped and the other is pre painted on. Hope this puts you in the right direction for a new set of plates. Dave |
Thanks guys for the assistance
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Your records indicate disposal 9 Sept 88. Would it be possible that the disposal records take a bit of time to be updated before being struck off of service following auction??? |
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I wouldn't get too concerned about the disposal date. Things like date purchased, date disposed and price sold for, are often generic for a good chunk of the fleet. Almost all of the info on these things was entered in the EDR Database years after they were used and sold. It still amazes me that they even took the time to enter it after the fact, especially the maintenance and mod info. In the case of yours though, the info was very sparse compared to most. |
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My memories of the paperwork in the early 80s was that things could be pretty hit or miss. With the introduction of time accounting in the 80s, things got a bit better overall, but still way too much latitude for problems. By the 90s, you would still find hard copy work orders lost in the filing cabinets under the completely wrong headings. Even in the last few years, you could order all kinds of things on the hard copy parts request, but only enter a portion of that into the computer.
The newest system is said to tie between the supply side, the transport side, and the maintenance side. If it works out, the collectors 30 years down the road may be able to access every last task and part that were charged against their collectible G wagon or LSVW. Yes, it is amazing that we can access all this info on vehicles disposed of 25 years ago. But the army does run on paperwork, and always did things in triplicate. |
Thanks Scotty, Rob. Scotty, I didn't lierally mean your data, guess I should have said the data researched and found by yourself. I appreciate the info and the work involved :thup:
I figured that even as Rob suggests, the army runs on paperwork but was always under the misguided concept that with all the t crossing and i dotting involved, that accuracy would have been the norm.... As Mike suggests, it may have been a pile of backlogged paperwork that a clerk had the tedious task of entering into the system. Or, as Scotty pointed out a sum of vehicles were lumped together. |
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