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Dalton Trucking Inc.
The Russians are coming…
Only their captured 'stuff',
(armored personnel carriers, guns, tanks and tank retrievers and trucks)
that is!

Shown here are several vehicles similar to the types used by Iraq during Desert Storm and the Taliban during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. If the Russian equipment came from Afghanistan, it was probably first abandoned by them in 1980 and then used by the Taliban until the Northern Alliance captured it.


A Russian armored personnel carrier
(we think) complete with a 51 MM machine cannon mounted on top of a rotating turret. Light armor but it would stop a 7.62 MM round.

Most of this equipment is now becoming part of a military equipment display at the Marine Corps Yuma Proving Grounds Museum. It was originally used for familiarization and identification purposes as part of the 203rd Military Intelligence Battalion at Ft Irwin. Some of this “iron” may go back to Israel's “6 day war” in 1967. This unit is being deactivated and the “spoils” of war are being spread throughout the country.




Six loads were transported by truck to the Marine Corps Logistics Base at Yermo, CA for transloading onto rail and shipped to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland.

Mobile Missle Launcher equipped dummy Scud type missle.

Dalton handled the movement of all 22 truckloads (plus 6 more for transload) of which four were delivered by truck as far east as White Sands, New Mexico. Dalton's capacity to quickly respond to our customers needs was demonstrated again. At 1600 hours on a Thursday, we received a call from Ft. Irwin. “Could we have 22 trucks there tomorrow by 0700 to noon so a rented crane could load all of them that day?” “No problem!” was the answer from Arnie and the 'Can Do Team'

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If you have an opportunity for Dalton to excel,call Arnie McMichael at Ext 1562 or John Leonard at Ext 1561.
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