Silver_Dragon Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Meanwhile I was check DCS, I discover a little mistake on the US Army trucks present on DCS World. On the encyclopedia, appears a 6x6 US truck called M818, a tractor truck coming from LOMAC / FC times. Has two main problems. First, the M818 has trailer truck capable of towing semitrailers. Second: The truck present on DCS World has a M813 cargo version. That two trucks was part of the old M809 Serie 5 Tons 6x6 truck, used from late Vietnam war to 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M809_series_5-ton_6x6_truck That has a evolution of the old Cold war / main Vietnam era M54 cargo trucks, with replace the old WW2 6x4 trucks on the Us Army. That maintain on use to 90s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M54_5-ton_6x6_truck The M809 series evolved to the M929 series trucks on 80s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M939_series_5-ton_6x6_truck On the 90s the old 6x6, 4x4 and other trucks was replaced by the new M1083-1091 truck series (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_of_Medium_Tactical_Vehicles M1083 with armored cabin Now, the Us Army has testing FMTV A2 family (expected 2022). The "old" M818 Lomac / FC truck on DCS World. Edited June 8, 2021 by Silver_Dragon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwbishUP Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I noticed this also. Wanting to make myself some particular liveries, I was looking for the m-818 model in DCS and couldn't find the actual truck. But, I found a livery folder for m818 and .lua description files pointing to a vehicle that isn't in the install. Everything led back to confusing the m939 straight truck version for the 818 tractor version. Would definitely like to have an 818 and a trailer for it though. And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. Micah 5:15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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