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The ubiquitous M113 had a name besides one-one-three?
Gavin?
After James M Gavin?
I did not hear that once in three years of service in an armor regiment and decades of T2K research and model building.
Now it's here and there on the internet.
I don't think it's real.
don't ever remember hearing it called that either...soda can at times...panzer guy
ReplyDeleteWhy would the Army name a battle taxi after a general best known for his WW II service as a paratrooper?
ReplyDeleteI only know it from Colby Buzzell's Iraq war memoir where he mentions a commenter on his blog called it the M113 General Gavin, while dissing the Stryker Buzzell was operating.
ReplyDeleteHey Angus,
ReplyDeleteWe just called it a "Track"...all 113's were called "Tracks"...I never knew they had an official name. Abrams were Abrams were Abrams....Bradleys were Bradleys...and Tracks were Tracks....
Commanded one for years and never heard any name other than the M-113... Normally the TM's would not the name if it were a named thing, but pretty sure it was just the number for that one...
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