Sorry I cant tell you about differences on the Aussie M816.
I did do some miles on them at 2 EME services at Homebush who had a few.
I know at the time they were a couple of inches too wide for then Australian rule rules and we had restrictions on driving them over Tom Uglys, Ryde bridges and Parramatta rd during peak hours.
I do remember the front bumper being white and back striped .....I think for the extra width and caution left hand drive painted on the rear.
They were not often used off road as the high wheel loading meant they sunk easily and you spent a great deal of time doing self recovery.
The auto front wheel drive didn't help.
I remember the M816 being extensively used with the Freighter 15 ton dual axle tilt bed trailer and we mostly seemed to get jobs of moving around M113s to save track wear.
Rarely did lift tows as the trailer was nearly always on the back.
Heavy clutch, light steering, cool exhaust noise if siting in passenger seat.
When loaded with a M113 on the trailer splitting the gears on the main gearbox with the transfercase was common climbing steep hills, the synco in the transfercase helping, but the ratios line up between the main box and transfercase was no where ideal.
Ron
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