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Strange element in HMMWV's interior
kubisz
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Wojewodztwo Slaskie, Poland
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 04:38 AM UTC
What's the element in red lines at the picture below? What's its purpose?

It's a photo of Polish M1025A2, but I've seen such elements in other countries Humvees.
TacticalSquirrel
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 08:03 AM UTC
Looks like part of the radio bracket that's not in use and is just sitting on the floor to me. Where else have you see it?
kubisz
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Wojewodztwo Slaskie, Poland
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:25 AM UTC
F.e. here:
http://svsm.org/gallery/HHMWV-M1043
This photo:
http://svsm.org/gallery/HHMWV-M1043/IMGP3971
cahilj
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Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 05:35 PM UTC
That's a piece of wood to "protect" the floor, like the piece behind the gunner platform. If you look here-



You can see the stowage bracket just to the right of the wood and that the wood is shaped around the bracket. The M1025 has TOW storage, but the 1043 has the M2 stowage bracket. It looks to me like the M1025 either never had the M2 bracket, or it was removed to install the TOW stowage and red switch.
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