Hi all,
I always wondered how the crew did that. When looking at pics, it looks like the stuff on the cargo hatch is just "glued" and rests without any tie, rope or whatever could keep it in place.
This is a mystery to me. As I probably will display the hatch full of crew gear and open, I'd be glad to know and avoid a mistake.

TIA
olivier

Well Olivier
it seems that on the rear hatch of the up-armored Humvee the are some point of attachement (sorry don't remember the technical term)
you can clearly see it on the mig kit

But Gino or Epi can come with more detailled answers
cheers
seb

While I'm waiting for an answer from our residents experts as well, I've found this (huge) picture on Primeportal that shows some of the tie-downs on the hatch...


HTH
Frenchy

There are tie downs along the sides , top & bottom on the rear deck lid on Hummers .visible in Frenchy's pic . There is also the rear IFF pannel wich is shown as well - it makes a decent spot to put the spare tire - though it is a bit hard on the hood springs . I used 550 cord and a couple of bungie straps on the M-1114 that I rode in during OIF 3 to hold my assult pack and sleeping bag . It just made it easier to get to ,and there is only so much room in the trunk with 5 guys on a truck sometimes . Later on , toad

The rear hatch on the up-armored HMMWV does have footman loops in a square pattern around the hatch. The Regular HMMWV turtle backs had nothing. Usually, we secured spare tires to the rear hatch sice the HMMWV doesn't have one.....how's that for a design flaw!!! These, along with any other items, were usually secured with CGU-1B straps a.k.a. ratchet straps. These were routed around the hatch cover itself and through the hub of the tire to prevent loss. We would also place the ratchet stap around the hatch and secure other items as our missions dictated. For example: assault packs, med kits, etc. The rear seats were also left in the down position to store extra ammo!!

Thank you all,

I'm building a M1046 so a "normal" hatch is required. I will have to make some straps around the hatch I guess.

olivier

See Olivier, you don't need me or gino to answer this for you. You have more than enough guys on this sight capable to answer this question.

But to just add to Carlton and Eric's answers, Ratchet Straps and Bungee Cords are the norm to secure everything. But pretty much, you use what ever you can get your hands on to secure your gear. Now when I secure my gear, I like to run the strap, cors, rope, etc. through the strap or loops of my gear for added security.

Here's a variation on the theme. Note the snatch strap underneath, but this is not the prefered method or placement.

Yes Pete,
this sounds sensible and is often forgotten by us modelers ! I'll try to keep this in mind when completing this area.

18Bravo, I saw a lot of those rear racks. Are they field-made or a DoD regular issue? I think of building one as it looks quite easy to scratchbuild.

olivier

we used ratchet straps to secure our rucks to the hatchWe'd feed the strap between the frame and theruck itself, and run it under the hatch where it was secured. When we did that, we had to use a full MRE box or ammo can to support the hatch when we opened it.

We didn't do that with the TOW's for obvious reasons, so the rucks got stored on the sides of the rear doors and on the brush guard

As far as the stowage straps on the tailgate, we put the steel pickets under the water and fuel cans or under the camo nets depending on the mission's loadout (sometimes we carried the nets, others we didn't)

They're a field mod