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Washington, United States
Joined: March 29, 2017
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2018 - 04:53 AM UTC
I'm in the middle of a binge build of several M1A1 kits. One of the builds will probably depict the 3rd Infantry Division plow tank "C-1ORDER II" from the ECHELON T35013 decal sheet.

I've borrowed a plow from the Trumpeter kit. With some TLC, it came together pretty nicely. However, Trumpeter included optional parts that it called the "Gulf War" version. This includes 5 parts for running the dog bone chain in a different configuration than the more common version. This optional config appears to be closer to what the USMC uses with a much larger dog bone "roller".

So, was this alternate configuration also used by the Army? I've already built up the plow with those optional parts, so I might have to just save it for my MENG M1A1 USMC all green build. Here's the built up plow with the optional parts attached:

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