rickf wrote: ↑December 14th, 2021, 5:38 pm
I thought the ROPS was a government mandate due to all of the injuries and deaths due to rollovers? I am pretty sure all of the A2's had the ROPS installed after a certain date.
Thinking about it, I don't think my comment makes sense
There is this specific bracket for the deep water fording kit air intake with ROPS, so apparently ROPS was used with that kit and that kit is Marines. (or did Army jeeps have deep water fording? Probably not).
Another fact however, all the USMC M151A2 from Barstow did not have ROPS, so someone decided in the end of the 1980s, when the Barstow jeeps where still an active inventory, to not retrofit them with ROPS.
Another fact, the MWO for ROPS says completion date is 30 September 1991, so by this time all active and all vehicles in administrative storage should have been equipped with ROPS. However this is an ARMY MWO, so I cannot find any reference to Marines vehicles? Did an ARMY MWO automatically cover USMC too?