Here’s something further from an American military website
In 1950, the US Continental Army Command placed a requirement with the Ordnance Corps for a new vehicle to replace the M38A1. A year later, the Ford Motor Company was awarded a development contract for the new vehicle, and the first prototype was completed in 1952…….
…Some of the advanced features in the design of the M151 caused some initial problems, such as the strength of the rear suspension system, and the high risk of vehicle roll-over.
…Because of the earlier roll-over problems, the US Government decided that the M151 was unsafe for use on public roads, despite a safety kit (called R.O.P.S, the Roll Over Protection System) being developed. A mandate was issued that all M151’s were to be scrapped before being released to the public. Initially achieved by cutting the vehicle in half (allowing some ingenious restorers to weld the halves back together again), the vehicles now have to be crushed by a tracked vehicle.
I’d love to see that last bit! American lawyers huh! Oscar Duck’s hasn’t been delivered as a flat pack has it?
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