I'm on Camp Pendleton and MCAS Mira Mar once in a while and I've sure
seen non-Milemarker winches on some of their trucks.

Jerry

wrote:
> HomeBrewer wrote:
>
>>trust me I'm in the
>>military and we use nothing but warns for serious stuff.
>
>
> either your facts are flawed, or youre running some type of reserve
> equipment. the US military uses mile marker hydraulic winches
> _exclusively_, and they have for several years now. electric winches
> proved worthless when trying to winch from an amphibious landing
> (submerged) so the hydraulic winch was standardized.
>

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