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I read this a few times, but I can't picture it. Do you happen to have a picture of someone doing it, or a drawing?

Yep, that would cause the confusion. The one-piece solid rubber runflats are the most common, and very labor intensive. I haven't seen a 2-piece similar to what you're showing for FMTV tires, but I can't claim I've seen everything that's out there. There are 3-piece runflats available that seem...

I don't know. That's why I was asking if there was a manual. The HMMWV manuals seem to detail the tire disassembly and assembly process pretty thoroughly, even specifying the runflat compressors and their part numbers. The FMTV manuals only show the beadlocks, and don't say a whole lot. I...

What other kinds of similar-sized commercial or industrial tires use those same kinds of runflats? As in, "A tire place that is use to seeing <THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE>'s tires, will be use to installing those big rubber runflats and thus have the tools/compressor."? Do things like front end...

No, you cannot get the runflat off without unbolting and separating the two halves of the rim. The inner diameter of the runflat is smaller than the outer diameter of the rim edges, so it can't come off (without destroying or stretching it, or some other catastrophic means). And, as long as the...

The runflats are trapped on the rim because the two halves are bolted together. You do not need any of the tire carcass to remain to retain it. Those are pretty nasty blowouts. How long did you drive on those after losing air pressure, and before these pictures? I've had the same experience...

You and I have a completely different understanding of how runflats work, apparently. What you're aguing against is EXACTLY their purpose. You could drive on the runflat even with no tire (as long as you had a tire bead left to old it in place on the rim).