USMC M151A2 FAV

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USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Joe » January 27th, 2021, 10:06 pm

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As seen on Facebook..... Military Vehicles Magazine page. Caption reads USMC M151A2 FAV..... Camp Eagle (1999)....

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Re: USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Christian » February 10th, 2021, 8:33 am

Hi.
This looks very much like one I saw at W&P revival some years back when it was at the racecourse.
It seemed a bit "home built" so I was not sure of it's "pedigree". Is there anyone who knows more on this one and others like it?

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Unread post by muttguru » February 10th, 2021, 5:03 pm

Camp Eagle was in Albania. The USMC was involved in 1997 to safeguard the US Embassy staff etc during some sort of uprising.
Ken

Quote "The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) combined heavy firepower and quick-strike capabilities with helicopter-inserted, light infantry forces during the early 1997 Operation Silver Wake noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Tirana, Albania."
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Re: USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Joe » February 10th, 2021, 8:14 pm

Christian,
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12319
This post will provide more information on the FAV/CAV variants.
Checkout the comments section.......
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Re: USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Christian » February 12th, 2021, 8:49 am

Hi
Thanks for the info. Are the vehicles in these photos original, or are they now in privat hands? Does anyone have original army photos of the vehicles?

On a side note to Ken . Torben says hello. We are again putting a lot of new steel into his Mutt.

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Re: USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Joe » February 12th, 2021, 10:39 pm

Christian,
The CAV at the Dover Air Force Base Air Show is privately owned buy a guy in our Fort Miles group. He may well be able to tell you more of the history of that vehicle and may jump in here when he sees this post. The USMC FAV under this topic was still on active duty when that photo was taken. You may want to research the internet for original photos of these vehicles to answer your last question.

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Unread post by Christian » February 13th, 2021, 3:40 pm

Thanks Joe
I have trawled the net and found some photos. Only a few are the same. They all seem to differ compared to eachother. Were these vehicles built locally as "one off" or was there some sort of standard they were supplied as?

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Unread post by muttguru » February 14th, 2021, 8:15 am

WARNING
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR M151A2 UNATTENDED !
THESE TWO VIKINGS WILL ATTEMPT TO
CONVERT YOUR VEHICLE INTO A REPLICA
FAST ATTACK VEHICLE.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !


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Unread post by Jay Mallari » February 14th, 2021, 12:28 pm

I don't remember seeing this newsletter Ken. Is this a new one?

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Unread post by Horst » February 14th, 2021, 2:20 pm

I think it is from 2004. Motivated by that front page I was reading again through quite a few of Ken's newsletters today.
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Unread post by Jay Mallari » February 14th, 2021, 4:46 pm

I printed all the newsletters but they're in storage at the moment and I can't find the CD :(

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Re: USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Christian » February 16th, 2021, 9:22 pm

oh happy times at the War and Peace show. thanks for the memory Ken.
The Mutt is one of the Bartow ones we picked up in Gemany. It turned out to be a FAC (forward air control). In those days A2 was a new thing in Denmark. Until then we had mainly A1. Not that meny left now. Many have rotted away and more have been sold abroad and lost their dansih identity.
We are now trying to save as many of the surviving dansih A1 as possible in our club www.dmkf.dk I still have a few resting peacefully in my yard.

In the documents located on the M151 FAV I was supprised how long time these were in service.

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Re: USMC M151A2 FAV

Unread post by Surveyor » February 18th, 2021, 11:49 am

After 25+ years old becomes new again :D ... Just spotted these which are supposed to be newly licensed products of the Army. Look familiar?

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1960 M151 Run #1
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