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I removed the motor and drive shafts from the jeep today. and happy that it went well. I had sent chuck a few photos of the project and he pointed out the coil springs in the rear.


I had looked at them and they looked like they belonged there so I never gave it another thought. I plan on removing them tomorrow, I will try and get some photos of the mounting bracket they had used to install them

thanks for the great catch chuck

steve

It's a shame they were not installed like this:



Your jeep would be famous!

Recoiless rifle? What type of warfare, similar to mortor or artillery? Avalanche control? A Jeep with a big gun for sure. Always wondered what they used them for. John

Anti-tank. Obviously there was a very low life expectancy in combat for these units.

Especially when firing it looks like this:


Video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VjpC9H99MLw

well I can say I know a little bit about 106, I was on one in the service

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the video is of a 105 recoiless, the main difference is the 105 did not have the 60 cal spotter on it.

Awesome! Thanks. I need one of those for prairie dog hunting. I hate it when I miss! John

This is a bit more impressive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fBFUoWvjHg

When I was stationed in Thailand at U'Tapao Air Base our security forces used these mounted in the bed of M715's.

I took the coil springs off. here are a few photos of what I found










they sure look like they were made for the m38, chime on in if you know anything about them
thanks Steve

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They are very common aftermarket overload or helper coils that have been in use for many years. They are usually multi-vehicle fit applications. The spring set in my photo above are from the Recoiless rifle set-up kit for the M38.

Here are some of the aftermarket choices:




These are available at O'Reilly's


Also at O'Reilly's




Available at Military Trader.com


These are at Advanced Auto Parts

Thanks for the great information on the coil spring sets, It is good to know if I ever want to put them on again.
but for now I don't think I am going to re install the old ones or put new ones on.

thanks
Steve