armor thickness not great but you can't argue against the troop capacity vs other apcs

@tdmddo

Жыл бұрын

If fully loaded the inclosed firepower is great

@jakobc.2558

Жыл бұрын

​@@tdmddo *fully crewed

@TheTruePopeFrancis

Жыл бұрын

Not a problem for the marines! They normally don’t face any resistance when dropping the troops off at the kindergarten.

@jeffthebaptist3602

Жыл бұрын

I mean opening the windows gives you a lot of firing ports.

@danielblohm7485

Жыл бұрын

​@@jeffthebaptist3602 fireports!? What, we the Navy now?

This may be an April fool's joke, yet it was still genuinely interesting, well done sir.

@ninus17

Жыл бұрын

Not going to lie. I wouldn’t mind seeing more videos on some of the other support/logistics and non frontline vehicles.

@empath69

Жыл бұрын

Best kind of April fool's prank.

@swirvinbirds1971

Жыл бұрын

The Bluebird is no joke.... It's a war machine!

@nickrowe7451

Жыл бұрын

An April fools prank? That’s the backbone of the US military

@didboy74

Жыл бұрын

I too like more on logistics and stuff moving vehicles.

Chieftain a point of clarification. The first mirror is called a cross-over mirror it main purpose is to see in front of your bus to make sure the front is clear of children or very short military personal before you start driving. The noise suppression/cancelation switch is used when the bus approaches a railroad track to kill most of the fans and radios so the bus is quieter. The driver opens the driver side window, activates the hazards and turn on the noise impression and finally opens the door. Then the driver checks and listens for a train. If it is safe to proceed, the driver crosses the tracks, closes the door and window and then turns off the noise suppression. Thought you would like to know

@TheChieftainsHatch

Жыл бұрын

I now know

@alantoon5708

Жыл бұрын

I guess this gentleman is an actual skill qualified bus driver..

@johnladuke6475

Жыл бұрын

I refuse to believe this explanation, and prefer to think that "noise suppression" does something unpleasant to the passengers if they get too wild.

@AnimeSunglasses

Жыл бұрын

@@johnladuke6475 Nah, THAT feature is still installed in the driver as standard.

@woongah

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Quite interesting.

Excellent review. The only thing missing was the "Oh dear, the bus is on fire" escape demonstration.

@treyhelms5282

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. He could set a new personal record with that vehicle.

@andrewallason4530

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t demonstrate how to adjust the track tension!

@herbertkeithmiller

Жыл бұрын

​​@@andrewallason4530 maybe he could have got the tire pressure 😅

@martinpollak7039

Жыл бұрын

Also missed the "oh bugger, the bus is on fire" test

@Jwnorton

Жыл бұрын

Armaments? Ammo loadout and storage(wet\dry\'blow-out' panels\Halon\fire suppression system\"Can it make hot water for tea\coffee?\'fridge to keep the Gatorade cool?) Crew listings\loadouts?

Those small highly convex mirrors are actually for seeing what's directly in front of you. A 3 foot tall grade schooler is utterly invisible through the windscreen when they run directly in front of your bus. Now that I drive delivery vans instead of school buses, I seriously miss my crossover mirrors.

@Aliceintraining

Жыл бұрын

same, though for me I drive transit buses and they only have the bike rack mirrors. but they do work like wonders for being able to see anything infront of you. heck a co worker of mine nearly ran over someone who passed out infront of their bus. so if I do have a pick of buses, I always get one with a bike rack mirror.

@butchs.4239

Жыл бұрын

School busses around here have a barrier to keep the kids from running right in front of the bus. It's the height and width of the front bumper, and hinged from the bumper on the curb side.

@llllib

Жыл бұрын

​@@butchs.4239wouldn't mine flail also work agains children being run over by the bus? 🤔

This is without a doubt the easiest military vehicle for the Chieftain to get in and out of.

The one advantage of the cattle car over the Blue Bird is the added feature of "room for one more" no matter how many soldier, sailor, airmen, etc, there is always room for one more.

@petesheppard1709

Жыл бұрын

Always...

@markcollins2666

Жыл бұрын

The other advantage is, the cattle car trailer can last for decades, you only need to upgrade the tractor. And a 5 ton, single screw tractor is cheaper than a whole bus. Here I am, seeing the same cattle car trailers I rode in 1976.

@petesheppard1709

Жыл бұрын

@@markcollins2666 I figured the cattle cars were replaced for crash safety reasons.

@markcollins2666

Жыл бұрын

@@petesheppard1709, what crashes?!? Usually, they are the only thing moving on a range trail dirt road! I've never rode a bus to a range, those are for VIP"s, or outsiders of the base, that bring their own. Cattle cars forever! It's more or less like riding on a subway train, when you have 60+ pounds of gear and weapons. Buses are too awkward.

@petesheppard1709

Жыл бұрын

@@markcollins2666 I'm not aware of any either; I was just speculating.

The noise suppression button is for crossing train tracks. It kills the fans, a/c, 2-way radio and sound system. In Alberta, and I assume in most North American jurisdictions, before crossing a train track you stop, kill the noise, open the driver's window and the passenger door (even when it's -30), yell at the kids to shut up, and *listen* for an oncoming train. It's also very useful for when you need to talk to the kids, because they tend to notice when the commercial radio cuts out. Finally, the "emergency exit" lever on the passenger door is just a latch, it disconnects the door from the power so you can just push it open.

@DerAlleinTiger

Жыл бұрын

Here in the US, most places that have a crossing have systems that alert you at least lights or noise, if not straight up block the crossing/road, when a train is coming. Those in any kind of well-traveled or suburban places tend to have gates that lower and raise as needed. If you come across one that doesn't, it's usually out in the country, in which case you just look and see if one's coming.

@TurboHappyCar

Жыл бұрын

And I was thinking it was some kind of anesthetic gas to get the privates to shut up. 😂

@Its-Just-Zip

Жыл бұрын

​@@TurboHappyCar not on this model, we decided that gassing our kids and troops to get them to shut up was a bad idea a few years ago

@ReptilianLepton

Жыл бұрын

@@DerAlleinTiger On the contrary, there are many, many rural at-grade crossings, especially over infrequently-used short lines, with no lights, no gates, and nothing other than your ears and Mark I Eyeball to figure out if you're about to get pasted.

@athompso99

Жыл бұрын

​@@DerAlleinTiger Close... but, [almost] no matter where you are right now, anywhere between 10% and 25% of the crossings in a 10-mile radius of you will be completely uncontrolled. As much as 10% (depending on location) are completely unmarked! You are right when you say "well-traveled", but: the school bus that drives along the gravel road near my in-laws' farm twice a day has to cross a mixture of controlled, partially-controlled, and uncontrolled crossings along its route. Some of those feature curved segments of track that are well-treed, so no, the driver *can't* see the train coming until it's far too late, but then *can* almost always hear it. "Out in the country" doesn't always mean flat, or obstruction-free, even in the middle of Nebraska! (or Kansas or North Dakota or ) Moderating this is that both railroads and governments are still strongly incentivized to upgrade every single crossing to a fully-controlled crossing, so the # of uncontrolled or unmarked crossings IS dropping every year. [Source: close family member was Superintendent of Signals for the entire midwest region for a Class-1 railway.]

Notice the numerous sliding side ports allowing soldiers to fight from the vehicle. Ingenious.

That light by the main "cargo" door is very useful when it comes to making sure there is a nice deep puddle to decant a particularly rowdy load of kids or squadies into

@johnladuke6475

Жыл бұрын

I thought the particularly rowdy ones were what the "noise suppression" switch was for.

@douglasbeveridge1861

Жыл бұрын

@@johnladuke6475 when you press the noise suppression switch does a SSgt immediately jump up and bellow "attention" to quiet down the rowdy squaddies

@johnladuke6475

Жыл бұрын

@@douglasbeveridge1861 I was thinking that it might just connect various parts of the seats to the alternator and battery so you have to sit very still.

1:05 Rear engine gives more weight distribution and traction to the back tires. Good in winter. Front engine is normal lorry/truck chassis witch is cheaper but bad in winter if you have no cargo.

@AsbestosMuffins

Жыл бұрын

idk bout that, in Ohio you almost never see the flat front buses outside of an inner city district. my school district only ever had 2 and still only has a couple

@ZGryphon

Жыл бұрын

Rear exit's a lot better in a front-engine bus, though.

@bastarddoggy

Жыл бұрын

As a bus driver I loved my rear engine bus because it put that noisy hot monster about 40 away. Also, as you noted, having that weight in the rear made the front ride much smoother.

@tangydiesel1886

Жыл бұрын

​@@ZGryphonyou're correct, front engine allows for a "full height" emergency exit.

@maybenot7202

Жыл бұрын

@@bastarddoggy yes having it 40 feet away and a foot under the floor is very nice, I can barely hear mine.

This might be my new favorite the chieftain video. More love for ordinary things that make the military go, please!

@YanBaoQin

Жыл бұрын

I unironically agree

I'm disappointed to see that the chieftain didn't talk about the track tension of this vehicle

@kanrakucheese

Жыл бұрын

Tire pressure?

@77gravity

Жыл бұрын

I came here to say this.

@MoparNewport

Жыл бұрын

If memory serves, 110PSI on average. Been a while since i looked though!

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was going to say in this case track tension is measured in PSI. 😉

Ah yes, the most unwanted addition cert on your military drivers license you were ever Voluntold to get, yet possibly the most useful once you ETS. An absurd number of my guys went on to be bus drivers and garbage men. Best OJT in the service.

@DrLoverLover

Жыл бұрын

what?

@carlost856

Жыл бұрын

​@@DrLoverLover good union and steady government jobs. It's great.

@Cryptovariable

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about?!? Bluebird was the best license you could get! Sham central. Goldbrick city. Post-range cleanup detail? "Can't sarnt driving the bus"

Here in Syria, city buses became standard issue military troop transport vehicles. I believe wheel tension became a really important part of the military course 😂

@shaider1982

Жыл бұрын

Hope you are ok after the earthquake and the on-going conflicts there.

@darthcalanil5333

Жыл бұрын

@@shaider1982 it's alright. luckly my town is far away from the centre point of te quake.

@trulyinfamous

Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine how hot those things would get in a desert climate if they didn't have air conditioning, especially if they were crammed full of people.

@burhanbudak6041

Жыл бұрын

Add some scrap armour with fun holes and you got a tool battlebus.

@shaider1982

Жыл бұрын

​@@darthcalanil5333 good to hear that.

Somewhat surprisingly to me, this brought back more memories from, and feeling of, being in the Army again, than perhaps any other vehicle ever could have. Thanks, Chieftan!

For some reason, I wasn’t expecting actual school buses in use by the Army. Even the spacing on the old one looks like me squeezing myself in them on my kids’ field trips. Being rather taller than your average mom, I’m so very glad they’re off to college and I don’t have to do that anymore! It got real old real fast once I was over 30.

@johnladuke6475

Жыл бұрын

Schoolkids, privates, even generals... if you've got up to 48 people to move and you're not overly concerned about comfort, schoolbus is probably the cheapest rental or purchase on the lot.

What about seatbelt tensioning?

@craigmoffitt2374

Жыл бұрын

This is a school bus, only the driver has a seatbelt. In the event of a crash everyone else gets to be the rocks in the can.

@ssgtmole8610

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ymishaus2266

Жыл бұрын

There's only the metal bar at tooth level

@Bob_Betker

Жыл бұрын

@@craigmoffitt2374 Boy did you miss the intended humor. The Chieftain always explains how tracks are tensioned on his tracked vehicle reviews, something of a running joke.

@IONATVS

Жыл бұрын

@@craigmoffitt2374 Tho at least the structure is designed to be extremely durable in a rollover, so the can is unlikely to be crushed with you in it

Wow, so many memories of riding those things! Bucket seats and A/C, the Army is getting soft :) Thanks for the memories.

The "School Bus" model even comes with its own pop-out stop sign with flashing lights!

Thanks for this: my dad retired from driving (school) busses around the turn of the century. While many improvements have been made since then, the genius of the design has remained unchanged.

@DamnedSilly

Жыл бұрын

Mostly unchanged. I'm old enough to remember when the fuel tanks were just sheet-metal cans outside the frame which sat just high enough for the front end of a car to slide neatly under the body.

@jeffreypierson2064

Жыл бұрын

I never understood the change on the door opener. Why add the complexity and weight of pneumatics when you had pushrods to open the door?

“I have time to kill” it is an awful lot of effort, for an informative and hilarious joke.

Buggar the Bus is on Fire . Thank you Chieftan .

I literally drove one of these things across open desert in Iraq. We also had a bunch of Hyundai and Mitsubishi commuter busses for the same mission, but they broke down constantly because they didn't have the rugged suspension of the Bluebird. We had to take them cross-country because they aren't armored so only an idiot would drive them on pavement in Iraq. The Bluebird was the best bus we had for that mission, but we only had one. It was usually down for maintenance 1-2 days. week, unlike the rest of our fleet of which only about ⅓ were running at any given time. When I enlisted as a Cav Scout, I never imagined that my first time taking fire would be in a Bluebird. War is weird.

Excellent review Nick. Can you possibly cover the anti-aircraft and German halftrack variants next?

@norad_clips

Жыл бұрын

XD

As a retired Army Bandsman I spent more delightful hours on those conveyances than I care to remember...

Being wheeled... it's obviously the "Recon Bus". Can't wait for the "Tracked IFV" version...so we get a 'Track Tension Test'. 🔧

Additional notes: IIRC, the power pack at the rear does lower the overall height of the vehicle somewhat, providing a more stable transportation platform and better on-road performance. On the downside, engine maintenance does become more difficult due to the confined space. It goes without saying that the lower ground clearance and the location of the front wheels further back from the front of the vehicle do limit the (minimal) off-road capability of the vehicle.

In OBC they were referred to as the mobile horizontal training platform. And yes I have sat in a bus load of lieutenants on what passes for a snow storm at Fort Sill calling for fire out on the range. No, there wasn’t a VIC-1 or VRC-46 mounted in that particular bus, we were using a PRC-77 with the antenna poking out the window.

Oh bugger the bus is on fire

@EmperorNefarious1

Жыл бұрын

As a bus driver I can say that even the fattest of men can get out if they can get in, from multiple places at great speed.

the bus is on fire!

PLEASE, do a cattle car! I was gratified that you mentioned them and a bit surprised that there were some still in service! At Marine Corps OCS back in the '70s, cattle cars were our secondary mode of transportation, after Leather Personnel Carriers...

@alantoon5708

Жыл бұрын

Brings back many bad memories.

@dandysmecatholique

Жыл бұрын

Rode in cattle cars during basic in 2020. Advantage over the bluebird was the drills would never ride in them

@petesheppard1709

Жыл бұрын

@@dandysmecatholique Good one!

@Vexed_Vixen

Жыл бұрын

​@@dandysmecatholique we listened to 90s hip hop in the bluebirds. Got to sing and everything and the drills didn't care. Summer of 2020, Jackson

Luxury transport! We were lucky to have cattle cars instead of LPC. Geoff Who rode one around Ft. Polk on time off and little of that.

Yes! The combat bus! B Co 1/75 sent a couple of our Rangers to "Combat Bus Driver School" so they could drive everyone around. First day they were driving us they crashed the busses. One bus rearended the other bus. It was hilarious. Luckily, we were better at combat operations than transportation.

The american schoolbusses in Bamberg (from the time when they were garrisoned here) are still used for tourists! what monstroscitys, but ones i like to see because of history :)

Stateside, Blue Birds were the standard. When I was in West Berlin, the Bonn government paid for many things that weren't pay, ammunition or MTOE gear, so we got Mercedes buses for admin moves. Every company had to designate some Soldiers to get bus drivers' licenses. They were a nice ride.

I love this. 🥰I guess my major nostalgia is for the buses that ran on the Elmendorf AFB daily bus service and their drivers. Especially the drivers when the base engineering department would insist on plowing the snow down to a layer of ice, and the busses became large ice toboggins. They weren't flat nosed Bluebirds though.

I was in a school bus that got t-boned by an SUV going upwards of 50 mph. Nobody on the bus was hurt at all. It just rocked back and and fourth like a ship taking a big wave. The clever bit of engineering is that the passengers of the bus are sitting up higher than the rest of traffic. The SUV had a good 2 to 3 feet of penetration into the bus, but was bellow where our feet were.

Hey, finally a vehicle I’ve driven!

Pretty much everybody who has even seen a Hollywood movie about the US military has seen these.

Rear engine helps with turning radius and smoother ride. To keep the same distance between the wheels on a front engine bus, the rear wheels are almost in the middle. Then the back of the bus is cantilevered some distance from a pivot point, and the ride gets “sporty”.

Need more logistics vehicle reviews, especially the stuff in active use.

One of the advantages of rear engine is something you mention later: it gives space in between the frame rails for very well protected fuel tanks. On a front engine bus, there's a driveshaft running from the back of the transmission to the rear differential (well, a series of driveshafts), meaning you can't really put fuel there. Not sure where they put it on those buses.

@Scottinqc

Жыл бұрын

the rear axle is further forward, the tank is behind the axle on those models. The front engines have the added advantage of an even smaller turning radius, but the tail swing is horrendous. Do not make sharp turns near anything breakable....

@johnm2056

Жыл бұрын

@@Scottinqc not always I own a bus international 3000 the engine is a conventional out front like a truck. No dog house inside. The fuel tank is 105 gallons at the front behind the passenger door inside a cage of tube steel that protects it from any impact.

No instruction on how to adjust wheel base length, and no "oh bugger, the bus is on fire" exit. LOL. Happy April Fools Day, greetings from Texas.

I was half expecting the Chieftain to do the "I'm on fire" bail-out drill...🤣🤣🤣😁👍👍

You can tell Chief has lost his security clearance. No more tanks. Please review the Nash Metropolitan. Or a Gremlin.

If you're going down this path you should do one on the glorious 'cattle truck' trailers that hauled us to and around base during Army BCT. I didn't get to enjoy the view my first time on one because I was too busy keeping my face buried in the top of my duffel bag, courtesy of my drill sergeants during Day 1. I'll never forget it.

I have ridden those many, many times. In the 70s and 80s Bluebirds were a very common sight near DC. Almost every agency had some, from HEW to DOE and of course the military.

I was waiting for 20 minutes of detail on the door mechanisim, and making sure the tension is right.

When I used to ride on this bus as a young officer (~30+ years ago), they were named by the number of passengers that they could carry. I was trained to drive a few buses, the largest being a 44 pax (passenger) bus. They could carry 4 passengers to a row (two per side with the aisle down the middle), so a 44 pax had 11 rows. They were also all bluebirds then, though. I repeat, if this was a gentle April Fools joke by the Chieftain, it was still well done.

I’ve driven these (in school bus service). The turning radius is indeed impressive. Noise suppression switch cuts off the heat/ac/fans for railroad crossing stops (you are required to open the window and door and listen for an oncoming train before proceeding). Rear engine busses are imo better in icy and snowy conditions.

as a driver of the yellow school bus variant of the All American, here are a few points to expound on. The rub rails on the sides denote three things, the floor height, seat base height and top of the seat height to aid in rescue operations if needed. (oh bugger, the bus is on fire type stuff). they are also handy for moving wayward Sgt Majors out of the way without damaging the skin of the bus. The doors are actually pneumatic and not hydraulic, as we dont need to be spraying oil on our privates (or school kids) The noise supression switch turns off all interior accessories when crossing railroad tracks or such, It doesnt do much against the noise coming from the kids or privates.... The emergency exits are however very functional and are tested daily as part of the inspection to make sure that they are functional in case of "oh Bugger, The Bus is on Fire!!!!"

@kristoffermangila

Жыл бұрын

You forgot "Oh bugger, we got T-boned by a runaway supercar and got toppled over the side!"

I got a bus license my first AT in the Guard off of Active Duty. Much older than that one but having that on my license got me out of doing less pleasurable things than riding around all day.

Ah, the Bluebird of Happiness! I drove one for 3 years, in the Army. But mine was configured to double as an ambulance, with racks for litter patients, and all kinds of mounts for medical equipment.

Thank you bus driver. 😌 _Nothing_ gets done without *you* bringing the manpower.

No Track tensioning, but you do need to check tire pressure and wear. Navy and Marines used the School Bus type bus (yellow and everything). Got a license in Hawaii to drive one but never had to use it.

I used to work in Roslyn VA (right across the river from Washington DC). You would see BlueBird painted blue all the time, they made constant trips from the CIA out in Langley down to Roslyn and on to the Pentagon. Some when to the State Departments language courses, or to assorted beltway bandits' offices. There might have even been some CIA overflow office space, but of course they would never say.

@andreimonov7261

Жыл бұрын

Правительство на вас сильно экономит.

I'm surprised how many memories this specific vehicle brought back

Impressive feat of "can't be bothered" to make a high floor bus like that still have intruding wheel arches.

When I was in basic and AIT at Fort Leonard Wood in the summer of 1996, we had the old cattle cars and sometimes stake body trucks. Everywhere else after that, the Bluebirds. Freakin' memories!

Perhaps the best ever Inside the hatch episode.... This is a real pleasure to watch....

I spent many hours driving Bluebirds in my younger days, as well as Thomas, Scania, Flxibles, RTS and even a couple of MCI 9s Those front doors are pneumatic, by the way. From my perspective the biggest advantage of the rear engine was more room for the driver's feet and not having to listen to the Cat 3418 under the doghouse next to you for an entire shift.

Brings back memories of my "commute" from the dorms to the flight line at Al Dhafra in 2012.

So nostalgic, these things were the only time we got a break, ac, and a nap during basic. Maybe even music if we were lucky

Love it. Absolutely every American serviceman has been there. Usually accompanied by the dulcet tones of a loving drill sergeant.

At least he can get out of it.... “Oh dear the bus is on fire!”

Thank you. Good video. I had a feeling that someone (apart from a public transport museum) would still be using semitrailer buses and am looking forward to your presentation on a ‘cattle car’.

At Fort Belvoir these buses have/had "Military District of Washington" painted on the top of the sides. There was one with an inside mural showing an MDW bus jacked up as a dragster, with flames coming out the back.

in the absence of track tension I am shocked that you didn't at least discuss tire presure.

Memories of fort jackson coming off range 7 is starting to flood me.

Of note, the 22.5 wheel is the defacto standard for trucks. Widely available and cheap wheels/tires

I remember the cattle car Semi one per platoon going to the range to get soaking wet waiting for the range to open. Ft. Lewis WA 3rd Plt. D-2-1 spring 1971. Good quick presentation with many good follow on answers from the crowd.

The best video published this day. Informative, interesting and shows off an American icon. The blooper at the end var hilarous.

One of the memories I have of my father was him driving a bus on a base in the late 60's. He was a EO1 in the seabee's. Usually he was driving construction equipment in Vietnam.

'Boots on the floor; we're getting the whole damn platoon on here': every gunny ever.

It's bad that I know exactly where this bus was built, I used to work down the road from the main Blue Bird factory in Fort Valley, Ga.

Fort Knox in July. Leaving a tank range. It was the end of a great day when one of the buses showed up that had working air conditioning!!👍🏻😄 I was always amazed at some of the gravel/dirt roads that they took these on and steep dirt roads.

Best April Fool's joke ever. Not a joke: There is actually a video entitled *"Noise suppression switch on a 2008 CNG Blue Bird school bus."* And it actually makes as much sense as anything about this bus.

instantly reminds me of the smell of CS gas !!! love the videos, chieftain!!! scouts out! also, it's nice to see the vehicles used for training built in the tens of thousands for the US military for decades.

Thank you for sharing ⭐🎖️🙏🇺🇲🏆

"Ass to ass, face the glass!" This was the command to load the buss to max capacity after the seats were filled. It put a double row of privates standing down the isle. It did leave just enough room for one more rider in the front leaning rest position over the engine cover. Fond memories of AIT at Ft Lee.

1995. Aviano AB. The base was so overcrowded our squadron had to live in a beachside town. The Marines decided that they needed our allocation of the tent city on base, so we were sent to a hotel in Lignano Sabbiadoro. As such we had to ride Blue Birds to and from the base every day. One night our bus drivers decided to race, stopped only by a toll station. One of the drivers handed the booth attendant the toll and drove through, leaving an airman at the back of the bus to take the receipt from the gobsmacked attendant. He deserved his win that night.

The old cattle car would be true nostalgia

Cattle cars, oh that brings up memories of Fort Sill and Fort Benning. I can't believe they are pampering troops nowadays with music and A/C in the bus.😄

A perfect video on 1 april ))) But its interesting how much more "civilian" transport does the US military use. Firetrucks, trains, passenger planes and all others are good material for a long video.

Don't forget that they can also come with an optional Drill Sergeant, and they smell like rotten fish after a rainy day at the range! Also, the new ones have AC and individual seating? Fancy. I remember sitting in this bus going to the range in Fort Bliss. It was like an oven.

I bet you could transport an entire platoon and their equipment. And the stealth factor is unparalleled. The enemy will think it's nothing more than a school bus taking kids to school. The Battle Bus truly is the ultimate APC.

I’m an EO in the navy and drive these regularly, Let me tell you getting an accurate count off from the rear in one of these is like trying to pump fresh water out the ocean.

I reallly shouldn't be surprised but the informative comments were very welcome. I always wondered at the local buses opening their doors at a junction.

Nothing beats the Wonderful "Cattle Car" when traveling (Just Kidding) stuffed in standing "Asshole to Belly-button"

Sadly, two existential questions will forever remain a mystery: 1. Can Chieftain fit in the driver's position? 2. "Oh bugger, the bus is on fire!"

I think I remember seeing these busses on McGuire Air Force Base through the fence when I went through Basic at Ft. Dix.

And Sarge says "Don't make me stop this bus!" My bus driver had curlers, a hair net, Wayfarers, and attitude. She was like a meaner version of Dirty Harry. No .44 magnum.

@rogersmith7396

Жыл бұрын

People had more sense then.

Kid leaves school, "Finally I can join the army, no more getting on that damned bus again", two weeks later "Omg why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Interesting article. Now, you have raised interest in one on the troop carrying "cattle car" that we also rode about.

There's some material in here to make a great out of context YTP with, omg 🤣 Thanks for the tour!

Chieftain. You forgot to state that the wheels on the bus do indeed go round and round.

*_Finally! A worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary._* T-90

We had the Ft. Benning Limousine Service which were the Cattle Cars attached to a truck with a fifth wheel.

Every window can mount a GPMG - Awesome dakka delivery system.

@rogersmith7396

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Looks like about 90 M 16s to me.