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TOW Mule Pictures

Post by Guest 1 » Sun Jul 15, 2018 5:58 pm

Planning on putting a TOW Mule together? These might help!
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Re: TOW Mule Pictures

Post by nickd » Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:56 pm

Are you going to build one or just offering some help?
1986 M998 & M1102 trailer
2 M275A5 1 with 4ws

1 M274 w/106 recoilless rifle and all accessories FOR SALE with spare rear transaxle and transmission

1 M274 W/TOW removed from the inventory
1 m274 w4ws
M102 105 mm Howitzer
75mm pack Howitzer
John Deere military gator
1986 Humvee with 6.5 non turbo slant back, armored turret and gunners shield

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Re: TOW Mule Pictures

Post by Guest 1 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 8:49 am

Nick,

Way beyond my price range!! Just providing some of what I consider, good detail pictures of a TOW setup!

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Re: TOW Mule Pictures

Post by Chuck W. » Tue Jul 17, 2018 2:29 pm

This is what I find interesting about those photos. The TOW system was introduced in 1970, but look carefully at that mule, it's a very early first series M274 dating from 1956/57! Why would you put your newest weapons system on a crotchety old 4-cylinder mule? :D

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Post by Guest 1 » Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:14 pm

Chuck,

I noticed the same thing i.e. 4 Cyl. The Training Circular TC 23-23 dated 9 July 1970 has examples of the TOW installed in earlier model Jeeps M151's and not M151A2 also. Just a thought is, the Research & Development Centers even back then would have older equipment and not the latest. The Division I was in back then did get new fielded equipment and was one of the first to receive TOW to replace 106mm RR. The attached pic is from a fellow Paratrooper with one of their TOW Mules time frame 1971-72-73. At a recent display of my Mule/RR setup I was told some units still had 4 Cyl mules into late 70's. I can't prove that, but one thing I do know about the U.S. Army when you think something is gone out of the system, someone will show up and tell you "not in their unit". Example: I was in Florida in the late 80's working with a National Guard unit and darn if they didn't still have a mule being used on the flight line. I thought they were long gone by early 80's.
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Re: TOW Mule Pictures

Post by nickd » Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:23 pm

Thanks for sharing Walt.
1986 M998 & M1102 trailer
2 M275A5 1 with 4ws

1 M274 w/106 recoilless rifle and all accessories FOR SALE with spare rear transaxle and transmission

1 M274 W/TOW removed from the inventory
1 m274 w4ws
M102 105 mm Howitzer
75mm pack Howitzer
John Deere military gator
1986 Humvee with 6.5 non turbo slant back, armored turret and gunners shield


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