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Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:37 am Post subject: Armored Red Legs

Hi Folks!

Found these two photos over at the US Army web site. It's been some time sense they had some armored vehicle pictures.

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MarkHolloway · Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Armored Red Legs

When I was at Anniston Army Depot a guy there told me they built those resupply vehicles from old M108 105mm Howitzers.

Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: Re: Armored Red Legs

Hi Mark! Hi Folks!

- MarkHolloway

When I was at Anniston Army Depot a guy there told me they built those resupply vehicles from old M108 105mm Howitzers.

A few may have been, but my guess is most of M998s used either surplus M109s or where new builds.

Back when the M108/M109s where developed (sometime about the mid to late 1950s) the division artillery had three battalions of 105mm howitzers and one battalion of 155s.

Shortly after early testings started, the decision was made to upgrade the division artillery to 155s sense both vehicles types cost almost the same amount. If I remember right, the number of artillery battalions were also reduced from four to three. Only a hand full of M108s where ever completed.

My 2 cents on some very very old history,
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