US Army 3/4 ton truck

[Vespers War]

That was the more formal name of the old M151 (and earlier iterations), the Jeep. They replaced ours with HMMWVs when I was stationed at Ft Stewart during 1987-88, and after they were done, I never saw a Jeep again in the US Army. (The ROKs continued to use Jeeps until nearly 2000, and I don't know when all the Guard and Reserve's Jeeps were replaced.)

I have to embarrass myself here a bit. Growing up, we always hat auto transmission cars, and I grew up not knowing how to drive a standard. So, in the Guard, when they tried to get me driving a Jeep, I caused damage to two Jeep's transmissions that seriously deadlined them. And I was never allowed to drive a standard transmission vehicle in the Guard again. I didn't have the opportunity at Ft. Stewart, and never went to a unit that had standard-transmission vehicles after that. Never had a POV with standard transmission either.

OK, so I can't drive a standard! I'm 58 years old and can't drive a standard! And I'm too damn old to learn now!

The M151 was the Truck, Utility, 1/4-ton, 4x4, M151, not a 3/4-ton truck.

[pmulcahy11b]

The M151 was the Truck, Utility, 1/4-ton, 4x4, M151, not a 3/4-ton truck.

Ahhh......I stand corrected -- on the nomenclature. The story, unfortunately, remains true.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

A vehicle like the Mercedes-Benz Gel$ndewagen is about right. Not a pickup, though.

Well... only if you grab a civilian version.
However if you get a military-spec version, you can get a pickup style!

Malaysian paratroopers in G-wagen during amphibious exercise, July 2006


1993 model G-wagen utility vehicle used by the Indian Army

[Legbreaker]

OK, so I can't drive a standard! I'm 58 years old and can't drive a standard! And I'm too damn old to learn now!

So....what you're telling us is you're not a real boy

[WallShadow]

<SNIP>
I have to embarrass myself here a bit. Growing up, we always hat auto transmission cars, and I grew up not knowing how to drive a standard. So, in the Guard, when they tried to get me driving a Jeep, I caused damage to two Jeep's transmissions that seriously deadlined them. And I was never allowed to drive a standard transmission vehicle in the Guard again. I didn't have the opportunity at Ft. Stewart, and never went to a unit that had standard-transmission vehicles after that. Never had a POV with standard transmission either.

OK, so I can't drive a standard! I'm 58 years old and can't drive a standard! And I'm too damn old to learn now!

Get over there on the Group W bench.

NOW, Son!