And its not that bad
The US stuff isn't all that bad . Their 5 tonners are going through a refreshing program instead of replacement because the are so sturdy. They expect another 20 years out of them. The Hummer is a solid unit being used for far more than ever imagined when it was first bought.
From history both past and present the US have been very generous in field with supplies when needed. In Germany in the 50's round nose Jimmie 2.5 tonners were used by the Cdn's. My friend has a story of feeling a shimmy and stopping only to find he had only 2 lug nuts remaining on the front wheel. Well before he got a chance to put out markers along came a US workshop truck and had him fixed up in quick order because they carried all the same parts as they drove the same trucks. I doubt they would have had the parts for Volvo, Iltis, etc etc.
Sean
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1944 Allis Chalmers M7 Snow Tractor
1944 Universal Carrier MKII
M9A1 International Halftrack
M38CDN 1952
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