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Date: March 10, 2010 at 08:48:38
From: George Nagelschmidt, [rrcs-208-125-219-238.nys.biz.rr.com]
Subject: Re: Variations in duster fenders and numbering - Question


Paul; What's true of the M42 Duster's fenders is probably also true of the (ARVN) M41 Bulldog's fenders which also vary...and likely at some point around halfway through their overall production runs, because I've seen just about half of them each way. I read somewhere that the angle was added after significant field use where and when the squared ones got bent up alot from hitting heavy brush and small trees. They all seem to be consistent in that when angled ones are on the front they're also on the back ones. I know that ours C/1-44 1966/7 where mixed both at Oro Grande and in Vietnam...but I've heard that the ones we used in training stayed in New Mexico while refurbished (like new) ones from Depot were the ones that arrived in Vietnam??? Maybe some of the Maintainance guys that put them on the railcars for Beaumont Texas have info on this part??? These same guys must have some insight on the markings too. Seems like the guys in Battalion Headquarters would be able to add something here...because I know that the 5/2 used a numbering system (on the lower front and back) different from 1/44 & 4/60...jump in guys! Another question is ; did any of the Battalions change from the original numbering system that was established in 1966/7 over to other systems as time and opinions weighed in? I have assumed that all of the M42s were upgraded to the M42A1 eventually...but who knows maybe the recession in 1958 forced budget cuts that never completed this work, although they're production runs were allegedly completed in 1957.
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