Well since it's 1AD, and they're at Hohenfels I'd guess that each platoon in the company designates one tank to carry the platoon's A-bag, B-bag, and ruck between the Motor Pool and the barracks they'll be staying in. I've only seen it done once before, and as Robin said it sure beats having to drag 2 duffels and a ruck around.

Well the tank in the background is just as loaded, so I don't think it's a practical joke. I'm sure the crew climbed in first, then everything was piled on top afterward, and since the "stowage" isn't tied down, travel distance is probably real short, a neat idea, would be kinda cool to model, just make sure you have this pic handy so you don't get heck because nothing is tied down! :-)

If it is a practical joke, it would have to have been perpetrated by another tank crew or grunt. The driver can't exit or enter the vehicle unless the turret is facing to the rear of the vehicle.The overhang of the gun and opening in the turret basket prevents the driver from geting into his position unless the turret is to the rear. turret traverse controls are in the turret so he couldn't stack all the gear on top and than enter the tank. I served in an M1 so trust me.

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Well since it's 1AD, and they're at Hohenfels I'd guess that each platoon in the company designates one tank to carry the platoon's A-bag, B-bag, and ruck between the Motor Pool and the barracks they'll be staying in. I've only seen it done once before, and as Robin said it sure beats having to drag 2 duffels and a ruck around.

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My God! Is that Hohenfels? I never got to see it in anything but the dead of winter.....Camp Albertshof with frozen mud up to your ankles! I'm glad to see that "Old Rustysides" is still a practical outfit. Why drag all those bags when the tank can carry em?

Nah, my first platoon was still equipped (much to my chagrin) with M60A3TTS (still has a place in my heart). Ran into my old driver I had on my first M1A1 the other day at the food court. Hadn't seen him in 16 years or so. His 16 year old daughter was with him and I still remembered her name. He was the first soldier of mine to have a baby while I was a platoon leader and she was the first newborn baby I had ever visited in the hospital.

God I love pics like these. No matter what anyone can say about overloaded vehicles, or any other part of modelling that may not be fully 'correct', I know that there is always proof to the otherwise.

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God I love pics like these. No matter what anyone can say about overloaded vehicles, or any other part of modelling that may not be fully 'correct', I know that there is always proof to the otherwise.

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Amen to that! I have pictures of guys in my company (C Company 1-35 Armor) at Honefels wearing German winter coveralls with U.S. patches sewn on, and black West German tankers berets with Red metal Hammer and Sickle badges pinned to them when we played OPFOR. Put that crew on a M1A1 model and post photos and see all the "experts" come out of the woodwork!

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God I love pics like these. No matter what anyone can say about overloaded vehicles, or any other part of modelling that may not be fully 'correct', I know that there is always proof to the otherwise.

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Amen to that! I have pictures of guys in my company (C Company 1-35 Armor) at Honefels wearing German winter coveralls with U.S. patches sewn on, and black West German tankers berets with Red metal Hammer and Sickle badges pinned to them when we played OPFOR. Put that crew on a M1A1 model and post photos and see all the "experts" come out of the woodwork!

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lol, now that would make for an interesting thread :-)