Gamma Goats

[fightingflamingo]

Other than being a real beast, does anyone know if these things made it into war stocks after they were completely phased out in the early 1990's... I remeber seeing one on Bragg around 1990, but never again... I'm trying to find out if they'd have gone into War Reserve...

[kato13]

http://books.google.com/books?id=RU8d4THS5YUC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=gama+goat+retired&source=web&ots=7V6N_LPSj1&sig=RzxWAOtq9bMgvQn0rQJJDYLe7Sc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result

IRL this seems to say they were retired in 1993 along with the M151s. In an alternate timeline with an expansion of Guard and Reserve Units who knows.

IRL I have found several references to this being a hard vehicle to find so I am assuming they were not sold to the public in large numbers. Perhaps due to the fact that ear protection was required to drive them.

[pmulcahy11b]

In T2K, the National Guard would probably still have scads of them -- but IRL, they've been replaced by the HMMWV and a few other vehicles, and good riddance. They're loud, they're not as mobile off-road as the military was led to believe, and if you want to hear an older military mechanic really bitch up a sh**-storm, ask him to talk to you about working on a Gamma Goat. I dare you.

[jturfitt]

I have a friend who has a working Gamma Goat, It is a b***h to work on and keep running. Without the helmet and intercom, it is impossible for the driver and passenger to communicate.

[Earthpig]

The Suckers roll pretty damned easy too....lost a 1st ID soldier in 86 at NTC because of its articulated steering ways:mad:

[jester]

They are always available on Ebay Motors in the "military vehicle" section. I have yet not to see one each time I go there.

[General Pain]

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[headquarters]

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