That thing still isn't in regular service? They were tesing that thing in DEl Mar when I went to Motor T school there. The AMTRAC school was right there too and they were running that thing through test. That was 92.
That thing is really cool, but yeah, I've heard there were issues.

I'm not sure how things are nowadays, but I remember thinking back in the day how easy it would be to steal a HMMWV or a five ton. Working in the motor pool, I could get fake trip tickets and drive the thing off base and no one would question it until later in the evening before quitting time they'd see the empty space in the lot and wonder where that vehicle was. By then it'd be long gone.


I did, however work with two guys who had a plan to steal a couple of AMTRACs. Their idea was to use them to invade Cuba and take out Castro. I am not making this up. Their theory was, "It's only Castro, it's not like any one would care." They were going to wait till they went out into the field or the range and swipe a bunch of ammo and try to get their hands on a sniper rifle.

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