These old gals are being cleaned up and headed for re-fit. They are coming home after soldiering on for years in the land of the morning calm.
The pictures are in the maintainance area at Waegwan, not far from the famous Busan Perimeter of the Korean War.
Not that they will become available to us anytime short of a SHTF scenario where one gets abandoned by a guardsman but these are really great vehicles and the newest ones that replaced these are capable of recovering anything on the battlefield. A real testimony to the design that is pretty old in fact I think it pre-dates my time in service.
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Mount Soledad Cross in San Diego
God Bless America
David
70 M35A2 W/W
72 M109
71 M818 W/W
49 CJ2A
62 CJ5
77 Cher 401
88 YJ
98 K2500 Sub 6.5 T
84 M1009
86 M1031
M127A2
M107A2
M105A2
M101A2
M332
M969
M200A1Mod to Conv Dolly
3 Dollies
Rokon
Thanks David! Those are some great pics. It is amazing that they can re-fit them over and over and put them right back in service. It is a real testament to how solidly they were built the first time. Who was the original manufacturer? BMY or United Defense?
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Chris Stansbury, founder of Chris' CUCV Homepage in 1998 and Steel Soldiers in 1999.
1985 AMG M998 HMMWV, under the knife
1992 BMY M925A2 - TRADED!!
1991 BMY M923A2, SOLD
Whats even more amazing is when you get the HERC's.. They look brand new, but are all on 30+ year old M88 and M88A! chassis... They do some great work at the rebuild facility.
Got a winch level winder for an M88, if somebody wants to start rebuilding one, it's hydraulic.
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Bjorn
MEP-018A (needs new generator head)
Avatar: XM757 in OK prepared for 1,000 mile trip home. Part of 6,000 mile journey in 2006.
1968 M49A2C modified with 1960 M756A2 truck bed and 1975 HIAB 765A knuckleboom, exhaust brake, VIC-1 and more.
1969 Ford XM757 8x8, 5-ton Pershing 1A truck tractor...the "improved MV".
"Some things can't be made better, just differently......a lot of things actually"
One of the guys at work was the "owner" of an M88 while in Germany. He has some great pictures of it doing what it's designed to do.
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I'm developing a taste for tracked things
1968 Kaiser/Jeep M35A2 W/W
1968 Johnson Furnace M105A2
Tents, Camo netting, Lotsa other junk.
Why can't I walk to the back of my garage
Bullets make me happy
MVPA # 30114
ASMH Volunteer
Secretary SCMVCC
Man.. Now I want one ARMYMAN ! What if my wrecker breaks down? Rubber tracks too so I could drive it in town.. LOL.. Very nice pictures and thanks for taking the time to post them. I always enjoy shots of the the land of my wifes peeps.. Her mother was very greatful to you GI's.. I know there are some seriouse mixed feelings over the US being there.. Mostly generation gap related but she was greatful.. She would call me a Pongo honcho! Proud of that..lol..
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"The right thing at the wrong time is no longer the right thing" Grandma Mattson
MVPA#22218
1954 Canadian M37 W/W "Oliveoil"
1971 M816 "Yard Whore"
1952 Curtis Wright M44/M34 "Mo gas momma"
1952 M42 project "money pit"
1968 M109A2 "camper special"
1986 M1028,1984 M1028,1983 M1028,1985 M1009
The list go's on but that would be bragging.
"I don't think the United States needs super-patriots. We need patriotism honestly practiced by all of us"
Dwight Eisenhower
M88's headed Home for Rebuild
