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Brian French
Nov 26, 2002, 4:37:44 AM11/26/02
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Re: Anti-Decapitation Device
It was a nasty fact of war that sometimes the enemy forces would string a
thin wire across a roadway that Allied Jeeps traveled on. This steel tension
wire provided a static way to lop off the heads of drivers (passengers) who
couldn't see it (night time, dust, fatigue, etc.), and even if they could see
it, stopping in time was seldom accomplished. The GI's answer to this booby
trap threat was the Anti-Decapitation Device, which was a field made angle iron
assembly bolted or welded to the front bumper. There were usually 2 support
braces that angled back to either side of the frame rails. At the top it was
angled forward to catch & hold the wire and usually a notch was cut and
sharpened as well to aid in catching wires and cutting them. <a
href="http://members.aol.com:/drivetowwii/Cust/JohnHolzinger42GPW1.JPG">Here is
a picture of a Anti-Decapitation Device mounted on a WW2 Ford GPW Jeep
made in 1942.</a>
<a href="http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/wwwDriveToWWII.html">
Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII www.Drive.To/WWII </a>
<a href="http://members.aol.com:/brimiljeep/WebPages/SquadronPatchPage.html">
Squadron Patches of WWII </a>
It was a nasty fact of war that sometimes the enemy forces would string a
thin wire across a roadway that Allied Jeeps traveled on. This steel tension
wire provided a static way to lop off the heads of drivers (passengers) who
couldn't see it (night time, dust, fatigue, etc.), and even if they could see
it, stopping in time was seldom accomplished. The GI's answer to this booby
trap threat was the Anti-Decapitation Device, which was a field made angle iron
assembly bolted or welded to the front bumper. There were usually 2 support
braces that angled back to either side of the frame rails. At the top it was
angled forward to catch & hold the wire and usually a notch was cut and
sharpened as well to aid in catching wires and cutting them. <a
href="http://members.aol.com:/drivetowwii/Cust/JohnHolzinger42GPW1.JPG">Here is
a picture of a Anti-Decapitation Device mounted on a WW2 Ford GPW Jeep
made in 1942.</a>
<a href="http://members.aol.com/brimiljeep/WebPages/wwwDriveToWWII.html">
Brian's Military Jeeps of WWII www.Drive.To/WWII </a>
<a href="http://members.aol.com:/brimiljeep/WebPages/SquadronPatchPage.html">
Squadron Patches of WWII </a>
Dave Milne
Nov 26, 2002, 8:05:46 AM11/26/02
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Isn't that a head on the hood?
:-)
Dave.
"Brian French" wrote
> Re: Anti-Decapitation Device
> href="http://members.aol.com:/drivetowwii/Cust/JohnHolzinger42GPW1.JPG
Zorin Inc.
Nov 26, 2002, 7:03:41 PM11/26/02
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Must not have worked for that guy... =]
--
Zorin
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Dave Milne
Nov 26, 2002, 7:10:08 PM11/26/02
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That would be why the Jeep has shovels as well
then, right ?
then, right ?
Dave.
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L.W. Hughes III
Nov 26, 2002, 7:49:20 PM11/26/02
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Hi Brian,
Yes, I have the cable cutting device attached to the front bumper
of my Jeep: http://www.billhughes.com/pismo.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:LWHug...@aol.com
Yes, I have the cable cutting device attached to the front bumper
of my Jeep: http://www.billhughes.com/pismo.jpg
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:LWHug...@aol.com
Brian French
Nov 26, 2002, 8:16:32 PM11/26/02
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>That would be why the Jeep has shovels as well
>then, right ?
>then, right ?
the lack of headroom requires that yes
<snicker>
Brian French
Nov 26, 2002, 8:15:38 PM11/26/02
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>Isn't that a head on the hood?
yeah americans put the head on the "hood"
while english put their head under a "bonnet"
LOL
Brian
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