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Front bumper, passenger side
Anybody know what they mean?
Anybody know what they mean?
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Decoding bumper markings
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I have this zoomed in alot and its tough to read.
Triangle then 'A" maybe? 31 IS9GP 31 ?
Generally, on the front bumper the passenger side has the major command, with driver side being the company and vehicle number for Army vehicles.
If you can ferret out the actual letters/numbers I can try to look up what unit this may have been. You may be able to read whats on the rear bumper hopefully?
Triangle then 'A" maybe? 31 IS9GP 31 ?
Generally, on the front bumper the passenger side has the major command, with driver side being the company and vehicle number for Army vehicles.
If you can ferret out the actual letters/numbers I can try to look up what unit this may have been. You may be able to read whats on the rear bumper hopefully?
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Can you ferret out what the characters are? I have tried a couple tricks like zooming and and messing with color channels to get the contrast up, but I cant really get a good read on what the characters are in the first place.
Read bumper the most I can make out is EN (maybe ENG for Engineer) and the other side 3 something
The kroil in the first photo inadvertently gave better contrast on that "I" - a gentle cleaning and light oil may bring out the letters better? If you can get real close up with good light so I (or anyone else) can really zoom in
If we can read the characters we can find some interesting things about the vehicles last duty location. There is significant data on units and where they were since the Army keeps lineage as part of unit histories - example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/130th_Field_Artillery_Brigade - just from that we can see where this unit would have been and when roughly, but there are lots of places to look up lineage and honors for units.
This article is a fair explanation of the basics - https://www.museumofamericanarmor.com/blog/universalcarrier-0-3 and the Wiki article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_markings_of_the_United_States_military
Read bumper the most I can make out is EN (maybe ENG for Engineer) and the other side 3 something
The kroil in the first photo inadvertently gave better contrast on that "I" - a gentle cleaning and light oil may bring out the letters better? If you can get real close up with good light so I (or anyone else) can really zoom in
If we can read the characters we can find some interesting things about the vehicles last duty location. There is significant data on units and where they were since the Army keeps lineage as part of unit histories - example - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/130th_Field_Artillery_Brigade - just from that we can see where this unit would have been and when roughly, but there are lots of places to look up lineage and honors for units.
This article is a fair explanation of the basics - https://www.museumofamericanarmor.com/blog/universalcarrier-0-3 and the Wiki article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_markings_of_the_United_States_military
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I think you are also seeing multiple layers of markings when you are looking at the front bumper. The AA-31 looks different and on top of the other marking.
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"Can you ferret out what the characters are?"
To some extent, yes. For example, I can separate the color channels and do an individual unsharp mask on each of them.
I can also try grazing light photos.
I'm not at all sure the front bumper is original.
The vehicle was surplused out in Arkansas in 1972, and I acquired it then.
To some extent, yes. For example, I can separate the color channels and do an individual unsharp mask on each of them.
I can also try grazing light photos.
I'm not at all sure the front bumper is original.
The vehicle was surplused out in Arkansas in 1972, and I acquired it then.