Toad if we do get the B25

[blkmgc]

I think most of us already voted tonight.

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
I have to wonder how stuff like this came about. Take a bomber, add a bunch of young guys working on it and flying it, and all of a sudden someone puts 8 extra heavy machineguns in the nose, and then on to field artillery and anything else that can be shoehorned into it.

What led up to this?

Some of us don't have to wonder at all.

Take an Army Combat Engineer's M929, 5-ton truck, dump.

Weld on a bunch of soft grade boiler plate at key locations to give a little small arms protection.   Put sandbags on the floor of the bed and cab to try and protect against IED's and mines.  Put some limited overhead cover, and carry a few extra fire extinguishers, cause some Iraqis think it's fun to drop buckets of flaming gasoline into the back of passing U.S. vehicles.
 
Toss a Sincars manpack in the front seat hooked up to the external antenna mount, cause there aren't enough vehicle mounts to go around, so you have a chance at short range commuunications.  Remember to take an extra battery or two. Be prepared to go PT/SC, when (not if) you loose the fill on the radio, and only a couple working ANCD's to be found.  

Jury rig a shaky and detrimental to accuracy pedestal mount --- because enough ring-mounts can't be found --- to the bed of the truck onto which you can mount an M2 .50 cal machine gun.  Add a blister guard --- salvaged from some old Soviet armor --- to the pedestal mount to offer the gunner some small arms protection.  Put a gunner on the headboard with a M249 SAW to watch the front and chew dust.

Load up on water and MRE's, cause the converted HMMV gun trucks, with M249 gunners, don't have enough room in them to carry much supplies.  
Toss your bug-out bag in back, extra ammo if you can scrounge any, and gear up.  

You are now ready to escort Iraqi convoys hauling Iraqi munitions to be destroyed between the source in Taji and disposal site near Tikrit.   Over 100 miles each way, with a lovely trip via the Samarra Bypass.

Oh, yes..... I certainly know all about the work has to be done as we have no choice. As they say, needs must when the devil drives.   "Necessity is the Mother of Invention".  


Camp Cook, Taji, Summer 2004.

One Class-3 Army "Gun Truck".  If driven by the bad guys, we'd call this thing a "Technical".

[Dichotomy]

nothing to say but Amen

[Toad]

Again, my deepest thanks to those of you voting for the B-25 and Quitch.

I've already had one skinner say he'd be proud to do the artwork.  

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by Toad
Again, my deepest thanks to those of you voting for the B-25 and Quitch.

I've already had one skinner say he'd be proud to do the artwork.  

Toad, I voted for the P-39 prior to reading your post.   I've voted for the B-25 ever since.   I'll with you, or your father anytime.   You've always been a class act.    Please, tell your father "Thanks for serving" for me.  

I hope the Mitchell wins.

[Hajo]

Another vote for the B25......we keep voting like this for the 25 we might have a hanging chad controversy.

[FrodeMk3]

Final Round...Hope it happens', Toad.

[Guppy35]

Agreed.  Fingers crossed that we're closer to 80th P38Gs escorting Quitch through the AH skies.

[Toad]

Yet again, I thank all of  you that keep voting for the B-25! Great to see such a historically important part of the war effort in many countries make it to the final round!

I hope you will continue to do so; it would be a very great honor for my father.

Once again, for those that haven't seen it, here is Quitch over the New Guinea jungle. You can't see him but he's in the left seat. The picture was taken with an old Kodak Brownie box-type camera by a friend of his. Quitch ended her flying days on a coral reef just off the emergency runway. It's quite a story that I think I've told before.

Anyway, it'd be great to see Quitch up in the virtual skies with my father at the yoke! Thanks again for your support!

Hey Dan! Maybe it's time for some more 345th photos from Warpath!

[Ongurth]

awesome. nice picture!

voted for the B25 one last time, hope we get the chance to honor your dad, Toad.

[Hajo]

Last and final vote   B25 (crosses fingers).

Some things in life are worthwhile....some aren't.  Voting for the B25 to honor someone who is related to the AH Community is worthwhile.  Voting for a P39 a marginal fighter at best is not worthwhile imho.  Especially when we can make someone so very important happy and do him the honor that he deserves.

WTG Quitch!  I want to see that skin in the Hangar.

[Hap]

Originally posted by Toad
Puck, he's right in Lincoln, about 70th and Van Dorn I think.

He's got a puter, I just don't think it will run AH. It's an E-machine we bought him last fall from Best Buy. Decent for what he does, e-mail and surf the news but I don't think it would be a gamer.

Appreciate the offer; if the B-25 makes the cut, maybe we can try to work something out.

If this happens Toad, PM me please.  I'll scurry about and try to be there too.

All the Best,

hap

[bj229r]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
I have to wonder how stuff like this came about. Take a bomber, add a bunch of young guys working on it and flying it, and all of a sudden someone puts 8 extra heavy machineguns in the nose, and then on to field artillery and anything else that can be shoehorned into it.

What led up to this?

Lol reminds me of a Tim Allen routine

"Well...I modified it"

[thndregg]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
I have to wonder how stuff like this came about. Take a bomber, add a bunch of young guys working on it and flying it, and all of a sudden someone puts 8 extra heavy machineguns in the nose, and then on to field artillery and anything else that can be shoehorned into it.

What led up to this?

Necessity is the mother of invention?

[Rino]

Originally posted by thndregg
Necessity is the mother of invention?

     Looking at the TV remote, I'd say laziness is