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vehicle, with its attached snowplow, was put through various Army-required
tests, one of which required snowplowing 1200 miles, and was eventually added
to the Army inventory with a National Stock Number.
The 5-ton truck snowplow initially had been developed by TACOM and,
although not being used at the time, was reviewed and redesigned to meet recent
safety requirements, and retested at Fort Drum. Eleven of these snowplows were
subsequently deployed to the Balkans and one remains at Fort Drum.
The need for a sand/salt spreader was obvious at the time and HQUSAREUR
ordered the Henderson spreader deployed to the Balkans. CRREL reviewed three
commercial spreaders based on a survey of the private sector and rank-ordered
them at the request of USAREUR. The Henderson basic model was selected
based on its versatility and the different sizes that allow it to be used on the
HMMWV and the 5-ton truck. The different sizes are all powered the same and
used in the same manner. The utility of conducting various applications of all of
the snow and ice control (SNIC) equipment in realistic tests, in all kinds of
weather, was successfully demonstrated.
Figure 1. Seven-foot right-hand non-reversible snowplow mounted on a
truck, utility, -ton 4 4 (Jeep) in 1943. The single hydraulic cylinder,
which raised and lowered the plow, was operated manually by the
assistant driver from the assistant driver seat. This snowplow, though
larger than necessary, was able to handle up to six inches of snow
effectively.
Key:
1. Safety clearance flags
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