ID????

MarkHolloway · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:09 am Post subject: ID????

What's the 3rd vehicle from the left? BIGGER IMAGE

Dontos · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:17 am Post subject: Re: ID????

Thats the MICV 65, early Bradley prototype / test bed.

Don

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:45 am Post subject: Re: ID????

Yeah, it looks like an XM701 - I thought the only survivor was at Fort Knox... Is that Fort Benning? Can you provide the original flickr page link?

Thanks,

Neil

MarkHolloway · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: ID????

www.flickr.com/photos/...266120559/

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: ID????

Yep, that must be the old National Infantry Museum's exterior display at Fort Benning.

I wasnt aware they had a 2S1, Abrams or XM701 - I wonder if they are relatively recent additions...

Can anyone ID the Abrams model? I wonder if it was the first Abrams to enter Iraq since 3-69 Armor was supposedly the first to enter during ODS?

www.flickr.com/photos/...121895130/

Neil

JimWeb · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: ID????

MarkHolloway wrote:

What's the 3rd vehicle from the left?

XM701E2

Joe_D · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: ID????

Neil,

She's an M1IP 105mm. If she entered Iraq during Desert Storm she would have to sport 1st ID, 2nd BDE markings from Fort Riley with either 3-37 or 4-37 Armor numbers. They were at Safwan when it all ended and the only two battalions that had them. 3-69 had switched to M1A1's before the ground war kicked off IIRC.

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:22 am Post subject: Re: ID????

Oops, my mistake 3-69 was the first to enter Iraq in OIF I. Which makes an M1IP even more obsolete...

Neil