How many “tankers” do we have here. I was 11E20R6 in 1969.
Has anyone here attended an “Appleseed Shoot”? Plan on going for a ‘mini’ in May:
I have not myself , but the club has 6 scheduled this year .
http://www.redbrush.org/
Something for everyone , almost .
In the local guard unit, we went thru several variants of the M-60 tank, the ‘slick’ 60, A1 then the A3. In between one of those we had the m-48A5, which was my favorite. i had a m-60 machine gun and so did my loader, as we went on range fire one of them had the gunner, loader and me all shooting at different targets, it was a blast! Bit tight inside with the 105 stuffed in, replacing the 9omm.
They crammed a 105 in an M-48? I trained on a 48 at Knox, but went to Redeye missile school immediately after graduation (thus the R6 suffix). My stints in Germany and Ft. Hood I was attached as Redeye to HHC of units of 3rd and 2nd Armored, but in DaNang I drove a M-551 Sheridan with a 152mm coax .30 and a Ma Deuce.
Yep, they sure did Dave! Tight in there!
I think the M-48 with the 105 was designated an M-60, at least that’s what they were called when I was in Nam. I spent the first 2 months as a company armorer with an outfit in the 4th Division in An Khe. Then 2 months with an armored recon unit in the 23rd Infantry Div. in Chu Lai driving APC’s. The last 12 months I spent closer to home in Valley Forge Military Hospital.
Ken Brunt said:I did part of my "vacation" with The Southern Cross, in 1971.
I think the M-48 with the 105 was designated an M-60, at least that's what they were called when I was in Nam. I spent the first 2 months as a company armorer with an outfit in the 4th Division in An Khe. Then 2 months with an armored recon unit in the 23rd Infantry Div. in Chu Lai driving APC's. The last 12 months I spent closer to home in Valley Forge Military Hospital.
David Hill said:i was trained on the M48A2C in west germany in the mid 70ies.
How many "tankers" do we have here. I was 11E20R6 in 1969.
Ken,
The M-60 followed the M48A3, which is what they had in Nam, not sure any 60’s got to Nam, but what do I know? The 48A3’s had the 90mm, not sure when the 105’s were put in. The M48A5’s we had were fresh out of rebuild, had new Rise engines and were GREAT, darned fender brackes kept you from sleeping on the fenders, M-60’s had big, wide, smooth fenders for sleeping!
I used to fix 'em. Well, that was what I joined the Army for back in '67. However, after almost two years playing with furrin tanks in the FTD Unit, I found myself made redundant by an ungrateful gubmint, and rather than learn anothe brach of the technical trade-group, I transferred to a part of the Army where I could use my five languages that they never noticed I spoke when I joined up.
I spent the next thirty years there, too.
tac
Jerry Barnes said:Guess I should have been a little more specific. I didn't see any in Nam either, but saw quite a few in Ft. Knox when I was training on the M-48.
Ken, The M-60 followed the M48A3, which is what they had in Nam, not sure any 60's got to Nam, but what do I know? The 48A3's had the 90mm, not sure when the 105's were put in. The M48A5's we had were fresh out of rebuild, had new Rise engines and were GREAT, darned fender brackes kept you from sleeping on the fenders, M-60's had big, wide, smooth fenders for sleeping!
We didn’t need wide fenders to sleep on. We brought our own cots with us…
Terry A de C Foley said:
I used to fix 'em. Well, that was what I joined the Army for back in '67. However, after almost two years playing with furrin tanks in the FTD Unit, I found myself made redundant by an ungrateful gubmint, and rather than learn anothe brach of the technical trade-group, I transferred to a part of the Army where I could use my five languages that they never noticed I spoke when I joined up.I spent the next thirty years there, too.
tac
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That is how they are, never read what you tell them and don’t beleive you when they do. At least they finialy got it correct!
Paul
I like the ones with the 120 MM smoth bore main gun, they make a BIG boom!!
Paul
Yeah, but the Sheridan had wire-guided missile capability AND supposedly tactical-nuke heads for this mofengator. No brass to police up, but the aluminum hull would burn hotter-n-hell once it got lit.