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M20

M75

Some form of armored dozer - can anyone identify?

Neil

Joe_D

Looks like a D7 CAT to me,

Wonder what's up with the home made armor. The art work is definitely over the top.

Is that an F15 in the background?

TrevorLarkum

Odd positioning - did Katrina do that?

Neil_Baumgardner

- Joe_D

Is that an F15 in the background?

Yep, so I dont break the pics-per-thread rule, her's some links:

F-15A Eagle
img.photobucket.com/al...0_8856.jpg

YF-102 Delta Dagger
img.photobucket.com/al...0_8859.jpg

A-26 Invader
img.photobucket.com/al...0_8861.jpg

F-86D Sabre
img.photobucket.com/al...0_8862.jpg

Here's some more info on the airpark
www.122nd.com/

Neil

Neil_Baumgardner

- TrevorLarkum

Odd positioning - did Katrina do that?

Not quite certain... The Stuart had a shackle on it, and I think the M75 had been moved intentionally... But for all I know that's where the M20 came to rest... Like I said, the museum isnt technically open...

Neil

RhinoQ

LA NG did a great job with museums at one time prior to Kat...but the other great one they have is in Alexander which has a much larger outdoor display...and in better shape...of course along with the little 5 ID park on Fort Polk which has a bunch of outdoor displays too..love to see the post kat pictures though of the Barracks...

Dennis_Smith · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Mar 17, 2006 Posts: 192

I wrote the museum and asked about the bulldozer, and they told me the history of it...

The D-7 was up armored during Desert Shield and was used by the 256th Engineer Brigade. The dozer was brought back after Operation Desert Storm. The painting was originally done in theater by a member of the Louisiana National Guard, and has been over painted by the same person several times since.

Stan Amerski (Curator Jackson Barracks Military Museum)

Wikipedia has a good article about the newer armor kits purchased for D7's and D9's. Look under "armored bulldozers".

Apparently the desert terrain allows use of armor on the bulldozers, and the jungle clearing in SE Asia did not. This Military.com article describes the difficulties faced by jungle busters.

Rome Plows

west-front

Some of those images of the interior of the museum and displays are heart breaking.....

MarkHolloway

In the second photo is a hard-top Gamma Goat. Never seen that before.

Neil_Baumgardner

Dennis,
Thanks for the info. Any chance you could write back and inquire about the status of the FT-17, and an Iraqi MT-LB that was previously seen there?

Thanks,

Neil

JG300-Ascout

- Neil_Baumgardner

M20

Neil

Thanks for those, Neil. Mah' Daddy used to drive one a' them. Like he is here....

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