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The M151 MUTT is the vehicle that the US military adopted to replace the jeep after word war II.
Eventually the MUTT was itself replaced my by the HumVee (HMMWV).
I think MUTT stands for Mobile Utility Tactical Truck, but I'm not 100% on that.
I believe they were developed and manufactured by Ford, thought there probably would have been at least one other manufacturer at some time - the US military didn't used to like single supplier kit back in the cold war - too easy for a single factory to get nuked - people thought different in those days.
By all accounts the MUTT was a bit of a death trap, with all around independent suspension which caused it to roll a lot and no roll cage.
You don't see many of these in Australia - normally vehicles like this only become available from US government disposal auctions, which mainly occur in the the US, Europe and other places that there are large permanently basedUS military formations - these days i think this would include the Middle East. It would not surprise me if this was the only one in the country, and even if not it wouldn't surprise me if it was the only one of this particular FFR variant in the country,
This particular MUTT was apparently imported from Japan, which did (and perhaps stil does) have a permanent US formations based there.
The owner/importer was a japanese amateur radio operator (i.e. a ham).
If you look behind the driver seat (it's left hand driver - we are facing the driver side) you can see a military radio of some kind - I'm not sure which..
This vehicle was what the Australian and British Army would call FFR ( fitted for radio) i.e. had an electrical harness and hardware to mount radios, and probably has an extra alternator/generator and probably extra batteries to run the radio while the engine is switched off.
The vehicle appeared to be fairly complete - it appeared to have full CES (complete equipment schedule - that means all the tools, ropes, manuals, pioneer tools etc that the vehicle would normally be issued with).
It also has a fording kit - note the really long exhaust pipe at the back, and the snorkel for the air intake on the front.
I couldn't really get the driver's story - he's English was poor and my Japanese is 1000 times worse.
Still no language was required for me to communicate my admiration for his awful sexy boy toy, nor for him to understand my admiration of his lovely bit of militaria.
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One of the pairings from my adventures in the Kulsehov effect. Trying to link up photos from my daughter last summer and ones of Miss Agnes from the last week to change up the narrative a bit.
I love how uniquely uncoordinated puppies are, and somehow during play their butts seem to do their own things. Makes me think of Bambi on the ice. I wanted to pair that youthfulness to the delicate flowers in the photo by my daughter.
National Mutt Day is celebrated twice a year on July 31st and December 2nd to honor mixed-breed dogs and raise awareness about the millions of mutts waiting for adoption in shelters.
Because mixed breeds come from a highly diverse gene pool, they generally boast a few unique advantages over purebreds:
Better Health: They are less prone to inherited, breed-specific diseases.
Longer Lifespan: Mutts often outlive their purebred counterparts.
One-of-a-Kind: Each mixed-breed dog has a completely unique combination of physical traits and personalities
Prompt: digital fine art of a shaggy tan-and-black cartoon dog with a big round nose, floppy ears, long messy muzzle hair that covers his mouth, sketchy hand-drawn style, plain white background, vertical aspect ratio, add cartoon style text top center "National Mutt Day", bottom center cartoon text "Adopt a Mutt", no watermarks
This digital fine art was created using Google Flow AI and Photoshop
Israel, though fully intact, has yet to hump anything--or mark. I think it's because he knows that everything belongs to me and therefore...no claiming is necessary. Israel does stand up to put his front legs on Judah trying to dominate her and she kicks his ass.
Red Spotted Purple and Scorpion Fly. ("Mutt and Jeff" were cartoon characters.... the "original animated odd couple".)
The 'Strutt Your Mutt' organisers have several posters dotted about north Suffolk depicting different breads of dogs. This Springer Spaniel posted was in the grounds of St Nicholas church, Wrentham.
I took this picture in Plainville, Massachusetts. This is a US Army M151A1 Mutt of the Jeep family. The "Mutt" was first used in Vietnam and only recently retired in the early 1990s.
Lizzie gets quite bossy if we leave the van without her. This is her at her 'mildly belligerant' stage.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - It was a beautiful day to be in the Bighorn Mountains. Fresh snow had fallen the night before and the clouds cleared out before daybreak leaving sunny blue skies. I went snowshoeing on the Mutt Meadows cross country ski trail.
US Army Vietnam Era Jeep. Taken at the Army Navy Surplus Store in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. I am trying out my new Photomatix HDR software
How to use Mutt email client with encrypted passwords
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