[Milsurplus] Blood n Guts

[J. Forster]

Don't know about seat belts, but the radio headgear in tanks and other
AFVs have 'quick disconnects', like 'snatch plugs' so you can get outta
Dodge FAST!.

-John

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> When, if ever were seat belts incorporated into the M151A1 or A2? My 1965
> M151A1 has no seat belts and it gets real squarely above forty miles per
> hour or so, defiantly not designed for highway driving but real fun off
> road.  Did they not install seat belts in the jeeps so you can get out of
> them in a hurry?
> Ray F
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Peter Gottlieb
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:34 AM
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Blood n Guts
>
> Mid seventies I joined the police reserve and hung around with a lot of
> fire and EMS personnel.  As more and more stories of crashes where the
> injuries were minor due to seat belts were talked about everyone pretty
> rapidly began to use them religiously.
>
> There were also changes made to control heads of radio gear, but not until
> later.  Some of that stuff could do some damage to you in a wreck.
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 11/13/2013 5:12 AM, don davis wrote:
>> The first mandatory factory seat belts were 67 or 68.  They were lap
>> only with no retraction.  Hardly anyone used them until the 70's.
>>
>> 73 de don ad6pb
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Camp
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:06 PM
>> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> List
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Blood n Guts
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I think you will find that seat belts were nearly impossible to get
>> pre-installed in a normal car until the 1950's.
>>
>> Bob
>>
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