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The M123 and replacement M 911 did not have drum clutches on the winches which made it necessary to spool the cable out under power. This issue has been solved with the M1070 which has a dog clutch and an auxiliary winch with snatch block that is provided to deploy the cable.

Found 1 more 10 ton pic: this one shows the not often seen twin outboard stacks. When running the winch you had to be careful not to get burned by the one on the driver's side.

Found more 10 ton pics: rear view of M123A1C showing single exhaust arrangement and a pic of the dreaded "z" rig employed to unload tanks. It took 3 men to hang the blocks: 2 to hold it and a third man to put the pin in the shackle. Their instructions were if they thought it was going to fall...

Truck on right side of post 23 has one upright exhaust visible by spare tire. Truck left side with convoy lights has 2 upright exhausts just ahead of intermediate axle. You could also get the more common 2 pipes below the deck plate and another with 2 upright pipes side by side in behind the...

Loading tanks ? This was a character building exercise using a M123 and a M747 60 ton trailer. Most of the blocks and shackles required were part of the OVM for the trailer. Diagrams attached are extracted from TM 9-2320-=206-10, the operator's manual for the 10 ton. Also lists the variants...

Pic shows rear winch of M 123A1C (single winch). When configured for the M870 40 ton trailer the forward cable guide was attached to the eye visible beneath the winch cable next to the trailer electrical connector.Also a pic of the shoe over the pintle that guided the cable and the front of...

I don't know what the stanchion illustrated in post 17 is but it not the guide described on post 14. That item was attached to an eye on the rear of the winch. I do not have a picture of this but it is not what is shown in post 17.

The fixture that mounts above the pintle is a shoe to guide the winch cable when raising and lowering the goose neck on the M870 trailer. A roller does the same thing on a M916. There would also be a goal post looking fixture installed behind the winch to keep the cable off the 5th wheel. The...