Talk:Military Vehicles

Just to list some of my credentials, if anyone is interested:

As a kid I built just about every Tamiya plastic armor model made, at the time. We're talking early 70's and into the 80s. Studied German armor moreso than allied.

In 1981 I joined the US Army as a 19D, Armored Reconnaissance Specialist (Cavalry Scout). During which time I drove M113A2s, M901 ITVs, and the older style Jeep. M1 tanks, M2 and M3 Bradleys, and HMMWVs were just being introduced as I was getting out. I did get to look inside an early model M1, and spent a fair amount of time riding in M60A3s.

Trained at Ft Knox, KY. The latter part of AIT was spent learning all about the TOW II missile system, from the portable system to the M901 ITV (Improved TOW Vehicle).

Spent 1.5 years in Germany, assigned to an Ammo squad with the 2/11th Armored Cavarly Regiment. My duties included driving the LT around in a jeep, performing monthly ammunition inventories for the Sqadron QRS. Spent a lot of time in the Wildflecken and Grafenwohr training areas, mostly at the ammo points and firing ranges.

Spent another 1.5 years at Ft Riley, KS attached to the Big Red One, with the 2/16th Infantry Battalion, Scout Platoon. There I was an M113A2 driver. got out in 1984.

Jeff Alberts

Certainly sound qualified to me. Can't wait to see what else you come up with. Spex

More qualified
lol, certainly not as qualified as many others, but I get by.