To: Conservative84
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M-113
M-114
45 posted on
08/05/2003 5:32:19 AM PDT by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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This is a good web page for M114 pictures.
http://www.jed.simonides.org/fulltrack/mike-number-us/m114_series/m114-series.html Do not discount them. They were very good for their day with the exception of the hydra-matic transmission. It lacked a torque converter, using only a fluid coupling with straight vanes. If they would have been converted to about the same standard as the M113 with a diesel and a better power train they might have had a much better reputation. I would have used the same engine the Gamma Goat had, a 3/53 (half of the 6V53 used in the M113s) coupled it to a good Chrysler automatic and you might have had something.
Oh well, "if an elephant had wings" - you know the rest.
49 posted on
08/05/2003 2:58:27 PM PDT by
SLB
To: jriemer
Bren Gun Carrier (US Ford T16 version)
To: jriemer
M-551 Sheridan Armored Reconaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle
We need something like this, only newer and better, now!
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