The old M-60 was great for hauling all kinds of "extras", on a REFORGER, we would line a rear sponson box with foil and have an instant cooler for sodas. The oddment cage in between the radio and ammo racks served as a holder for just about everything from radios to a small fridge.
But there was a National Guard outfit that came to Fort Knox for gunnery. They would pull instructors from the tank courses to ride the AI chair and score the gunnery....
Had to admire the priorities of the crew I was scoring...when I got up on their M-48, they had a setup. They had installed a small box on the bustle rack, filled it with ice and had a keg of beer cooling.
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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