Mark, the original style was T-156 with forked teeth, the second style is T-158 with a solid tooth, and the late style is T-158LL with the open hole.- MarkHollowayOn the newer style of track there are center guides with a 'hole' through them and some that are solid metal. Which is the newer style? Thanks.
- MarkHollowayThanks, Sabot. That's what I was curious about. Nice photos, Jeff. They tested five of those at Fort Bliss in 1978 I think it was.
- Dontos
My Senior year of High School.... Burges HS...(Roy that should sound familiar... )
Wish I had kept one of the signs that used to be posted out there....
WARNING: XM1 TANK TESTING AREA. KEEP OUT!! (or something to that effect)
- Roy_A_LingleHi Don! Hi Folks!
- Dontos
My Senior year of High School.... Burges HS...(Roy that should sound familiar... )
Wish I had kept one of the signs that used to be posted out there....
WARNING: XM1 TANK TESTING AREA. KEEP OUT!! (or something to that effect)
Hey, did you have anything to do with the Burges band? The old band director is the presdent of the local model club now days.
Keep Out! ? Why? The few times I saw them moving around, it looked like it as a max speed and they were quite! They run over you before you knew one was there!
One day out at Donna Anna Base Camp, a group of us had stopped by the road side to watch a 5-ton wrecker pull the pack out of a Abrams. The wrecker was about 75, maybe 100 yards from the road we were standing on. The only noise I was noticing was the engine on the wrecker when the guy next to me, tapped me and pointed to our rear.
There was an Abrams, following a ground guide, passing about three or four feet away from me and I hadn't noticed it's noise over the wrecker's. When you are around M113s, M551s, and M60s, the noise heard from the front and sides of an Abrams was very low.
I think the Army did it right when they developed the Abrams.
Sgt, Scouts Out!
- Sabot
Sometimes the forks get bent inwards and you cannot get a socket over the nut between the tines of the fork. The solid or hollowed ones have two nuts/bolts on each side of the guide. The can be easily removed with out interference from the center guide blade.
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