U.S. M- 977 HEMTT Italeri photo

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Any one have a good photo looking down on the cab on the Hemtt. Thanks

jd

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do they have to be close up? [:D] i will look amongst my photo stash!

3

not to close up, front to middle? some where around there.

thanks

jd

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well, unfortunately these are all i have. thought maybe i had more but i guess i dont. the first one is during the invasion…not very clear…the other two are during the invasion but they are destroyed. i tried! sorry!

hope you find someone with something your looking for!

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These may help…

HEMTT cab 1

HEMTT cab 2

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Thanks for the help guys, whet I am looking for is a mg mount on the passanger side. in the ones on fire, wounder what the story is there yo can see many with the mg mount, how wherer r they installed? and what cal were the mg, whonderful photo guys thanks

jd

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all the ones i’ve seen they are mounted with the .50 cal. as far as how are they mounted etc. i wish i could help ya. the ones that are destroyed, if you are refering to those that i gave you, one was hit with small arms fire that started a fire and they were carrying fuel and tank rounds…well, use your imagination as the truck on fire exploded and caught the others on fire as well!

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I understand. but from a distance it almost looks like a band of steel that goesaround the cab for the mg mount to set into. I am trying to do the same on a hemtt model. and if my eyes arnt failing it looks like there are 50’s on the tankers. put the call out again anyone have pictures of how MG are mounted on the passanger side of the hemtt and thr m-978 heavy fuel truck. Pictures would be wonderful

thanks

jd

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here’s a decent pic

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/106905330/1984_Oshkosh_HEMTT_M977_8x8_Military/showimage.html

http://www.armyrecognition.com/oshkosh_hemtt_m977_a2_truck_variants/hemtt_m978_a2_lrpt_oshkosh_camion_transport_de_carburant_fiche.html

try those and see if they help you!

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The Tankograd book on the HEMMT has pictures of what you are looking for

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OUCH, that burned out M978 really hits home, drove one in DS.

ROB

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Camo Junkie the first picture is the one good shot

Bronto the books are going to be a good resourse.

thanks for all the help guys

jd

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well, i did my best for you. i cant believe there arent more people with knowledge on this vehicle. anyway, as stated b4…good luck on this…i would love to see it completed! [tup]

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well thanks, you did find the picture I was looking for. thanks for the effrot.

Jim

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This pic is actually before the invasion in Kuwait at Camp Virginia. Those HEMTTs are from my Bn, 1-39 FA (MLRS). There was a fuel pumping station being built right outside the camp to push fuel forward as we invaded. It somehow caught fire and burned for 2 days before it was put out. It took the pucker factor up when it started. We didn’t know if we were under attack or not. It was also on the side of the ammo dump. The MLRS pods in the HEMTTs are live M26 rockets and they also had other ammo on them.

For HEMTT gun mounts, they are the same as a standard .50 cal mount that has a frame and 4 legs. The rear 2 are like other truck mounts and attach with u bolts to the rear of the cab. The forward legs come down and attach to the top lip of the front plate. I don’t have any pics, but hope this helps.

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thanks gino. my mistake on the first one. just assumed since my buddy took these pics that it was during and not b4…unlike the destroyed ones that i know were during!!

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Looking close at the 1st picture it looks like some troops trying to get some of the trucks out, were they able to? too bad the State news never showed things like this. good moral booster.

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We were able to move all the trucks out of the way and there were no isseus with them. The fire stayed outside the berm as well, so it turned out to be not a big problem anyways.