Hey Rob, I knew you would chime in on this one.
As far as the carrier goes, I have talked at length with more than one vet who hated them.
One fellow was especially bitter after his Dieppe experience landed him in a POW camp for the remainder of the war. This happened after a hasty retreat
landed them with a carrier hung up on a tree stump. While they were trying to get it dislodged, the Germans caught up with them.
On the M715 front, while decent enough in the service, they were underpowered and in the end surplussed due to their less than lackluster performance and poor engine design.
Iltis, well, they were what they were.
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1968 M274A5 Mule Baifield USMC
1966 M274A2 Mule BMY USMC
1958 M274 Mule Willys US Army
1970 M38A1 CDN3 70-08715 1 CSR
1981 MANAC 3/4T CDN trailer
1943 Converto Airborne Trailer
1983 M1009 CUCV
RT-524, PRC-77s,
and trucks and stuff and more stuff and and.......
OMVA, MVPA, G503, Steel Soldiers
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