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MAN Hauler
MAN and others
Caravan in the woods. This is pretty typical of the sort of experience I had in Germany. Those MAN trucks were amazing. Way better than any of the other Army trucks I had to ride in.
Launch-early
I think this is a P1 (as opposed to P1A) because of the tracked erector-launchers. Definitely from before my time. I never got to see one fired IRL.
itsnotagasmask
Yes these were used as pillows. Not good pillows, but better than nothing. And in a pinch they could even filter out bad gasses - but don't call them "gas masks" because that's not the Army way.
Hardt - before my time
This is from before my time, but I lived in that first building for a while.
Claymore
CattleCar
Yep, I rode in something like this several times during Basic Training. They'd pack an entire battery in one of these - standing room only.
Canteen
Yes. Yes I can. Still. Decades later.
Big Tent
Yep. Slept in one of these many times. In winter they'd have a stove that burned (IIRC) diesel for heat.
Beer Stein
56 FA
Unit badge for the 56th FA Brigade, the unit I was in while stationed in West Germany during 1983 and 1984.
Me in Llorett DelMar Spain
On one of three trips to this tourist vacation spot.
Me in Llorett Del Mar Spain 2
On one of three trips to this tourist vacation spot.
lloret
This was me in (probably) 1984 while vacationing in Spain.
Conquer Self quote by Aristotle