Gee, I was 4th Tanks after AD but my resume got me a "see you" when I checked into the unit. It looked like fun but they wouldn't let me drive one, let alone shoot at anything.
hey king, question from an ol winger, what does the temps get to in those beast? i know they have a heater, but i suspect an air conditioner probly aint happenin. whats the temps over there as well? and you thought nobody would visit ya!
Well, in the cold, the interior is usually around the outside temps. There's a personnel heater that never seems to work. The heat is a killer. Always seems to be 15+ degrees higher than outside. Every so often, you can run the NBC system which allows you to run a hose of cool air into your CVCs. It is great! What I hate isn't the interior temps in the heat, it's burning myself on the hot metal. Stuff like the loader's stainless M240 guide gets way too hot in the sun. Ouch-o-rama.
Thanks for visiting us out here in the hinterlands, sandidge!
sounds like 345 air conditioning then....3 hatche @ 45 mph! as fer visitin, i ALWAYS got time to stop n talk to a jarhead! MERRY CHRISTMAS to all you tread heads!
Hello Tankers I was a Tanker From 1985 to 1996. Hell I think it is the blood. Active Duty and Reserve. I served on M60A1Rise Passive , M60A3, M1A1. The Tanks were cold in the winter, hot in the summer and wet when ever it rained inside and out. That POS personnel heater NEVER WORKED! Being cold and wet was the worst. Those old boots on that cold metal, my feet never felt good.
I remember sleeping on the Tanks ,my spot was the right front fender, that pipe for a pillow and I was in N.C. and sometimes it would start to rain well before it was time to get up. That sleeping bag only kept rain away for so long. Those were bad mornings ,Cold ,Wet, Dirty. I would do it all over again.
