European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3troops get fast food via Wol Mobile a in saudi Arabia a the Wolfburger made its desert debut sunday bringing a tasty morsel of americana to front line troops who Are fed up with prepackaged army Chow. It May not come from the Golden Arches but its free. And so Are the French Fries sodas hot dogs and grilled cheese sandwiches that will be cooked on the . Military a version of a travelling fast food stand a the Wol Mobile. The vehicles Are the brainchild of chief warrant officer 4 Wes Wolf 42, of Monterey calif., who dreamed up the idea in the Middle of organizing thanksgiving dinner for most of the 230,000 americans in operation desert shield. Maj. Gen. William g. Pagonis the Central Comdr a logistics chief gave wolfs name to the food Mobile and ordered it out to serve troops stranded in the Sand dunes and surviving on cold rations hot to style dinners and an occasional hot cooked meal. We have a generation of soldiers including myself that grew up on hamburgers and French Fries and so we re going to provide that a Pagonis said. A out in the desert you re going to see these  the first Wol Mobile left Friday for the 1st Cav div camped in the desert in Eastern saudi Arabia and the two army Cooks Manning it started grilling Wolf burgers and hot dogs sunday. Wolf said 80 Wol Mobile trucks will be dispatched to the desert where they will move among the front line units. Even if the Wolf mobiles can to get to every Forward unit Pagonis said at least a when the soldiers come Back to their base Camp they can get French Fries and a  much of the griping from americans deployed Here following the iraqi invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2 has focused on food and the complaints have been loudest from front line units forced to eat a steady diet of prepackaged combat rations. Short order food is More popular than regular hot meals at army bases in the states so Wolf and Pagonis first decided to open a fast food dining facility. Its called the Pentagon and is open nightly serving pizza hot dogs hamburgers and Chili but its Only available to soldiers in rear line units. Then it was time to take care of the soldiers in the desert. A a that a when we came up with the idea of a Mobile Type truck a Wolf said. A we thought Well there a no reason that we can to. Put a couple of military Cooks in there get the supplies from the saudi government. Then the soldiers can just walk up and order a hamburger Fries and a soda and just walk away without paying for  saudi Arabia is supplying All food for the . Forces Here under an agreement with the United states. The Wol Mobile is a 30-foot-Long, 2-ton truck with a fold out window and a ramp to walk up and order food. Its equipped with grills a deep fat Fryer Freezer refrigerator a grilled cheese maker and eight heat lamps to keep the food warm. Each truck can feed Between 500 and 800 soldiers before it needs to be resupplied. Even though Wolf Isnit planning to retire from the army yet the Soldier likes the idea of franchising Wolfburg ers some Day. And he a already got the slogan a a Burger on every  paratroops aging tanks seeing Sands through new night eyes Gulf briefs desert shield go killed when truck loses brakes in Eastern saudi Arabia a a . Soldier was killed when a truck he was Riding in lost its brakes and crashed in Eastern saudi Arabia the . Military said sunday. The Soldier was the 47th member of the . Armed forces to die during operation desert shield since deployment began aug. 7, five Days after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Most of the deaths have been in accidents. The Soldier was from the 101st aviation brigade the statement said. His name was not released pending notification of his family. The military said it was investigating the Accident which occurred saturday night. The 5-ton truck was pulling a trailer and went off the Road the military said. A . Military statement said the Driver was treated for Shock and the other passenger suffered a broken Finger. Their names were not  urge sex Boycott to cajole gis to desert Munich Germay apr the Green party of Bavaria is urging american soldiers to desert and not go to the Gulf Region warning that their wives and girlfriends will withhold sex if they do a party spokesman said. Leaflets signed by party members Jutta Ditfurth Giesla Poehler and Hans Hermann Hann have been prepared in English and Are to be distributed to americans based in the state. Hann said the women could influence their husbands and boyfriends to refuse to be sent to the Gulf Region a to kill or be killed through a love Boycott or the threat of one. A the female sex is More powerful than it believes a Hann said. He said the environmental greens have placed the leaflets in German establishments frequented by soldiers such As restaurants and bars. The leaflets in English read a War kills. Soldiers if you go to the War in the desert of saudi Arabia you will be boycotted from love by your wife and  another Green leaflet urging american soldiers to desert reads a Ugis done to go to the desert of saudi Arabia. Desert now before you trigger world War  Hann said the greens Are also calling on germans to carry out peaceful sabotage of movement of military equipment to the Gulf by such actions As refusing to Load it on trains and  shield highlighted in donation drive by Uso Washington the Uso has launched its corporate sponsors fund with programs for operation desert shield in the spotlight. To meet a goal of $2.5 million the Uso is asking 50 member companies defense contractors and commercial suppliers to the commissary system to give $50,000 each. By Vince Crawley staff writer with the 82nd airborne div saudi Arabia a american troops believe they can beat Saddam Hussein a army by fighting it at night. But paratroops from the 82nd airborne dives Light tank units weren t especially enthused about the idea until now. The reason is their tank. The army Stop of the line my a1 Abrams at roughly 65 tons is just too heavy to be dropped out of an air plane so the airborne troops use a Small old fashioned tank called the m551 Sheridan. It was designed in the late 1950s, when cars had fuzzy Dice and Tail fins and night fighting was a purely hit and miss proposition. A they had spotlights on the old Sheridan and one would illuminate the target while the others shot at it a said capt. David Lloyd of the 3rd in 73rd army regt. Naturally this Man Euver made the Guy with the Searchlight a pretty easy target. It a kind of put your Tail out in the wind a acknowledged sgt. David Stine 22. But no More. A dozen or so Sheridan assigned to the battalions co d have now been fitted with what tankers Call a night eyes a Thermal sights originally designed for the m60a3 Battle tank which the Abrams began replacing in the Early 1980s. The Thermal sight a picks up heated images Down Range a tanks heat from people a said Stine who comes from Reedsville a. So far Only co d has the updated sights but officials say More will follow soon. The Crews of the old tanks Are like Vintage car enthusiasts when they talk about the Sheridan. Its not High tech that counts several said. Experience and training Are what a important and the army has had More than 30 years to work the bugs out of the Sheridan. Washington apr the Marine corps is beefing up its ground assault strength in saudi Arabia by equipping a reinforcement unit with new m1a1 Battle tanks officials said. The two Marine tank battalions already in the persian Gulf area Are equipped with 1960s-designed m60 tanks which Are lighter and not As Well protected. The marines decided shortly after Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2 to Speed up a previously planned switch from the m60 tanks to the m1a1, the most modern . Battle tank said it. Col. Ron Stokes a corps spokesman. Similarly the army recently began substituting meals stored in Europe for its older my tanks deployed in saudi Arabia and it is expected to have More than 1,000 of the top of the line tanks in the area by the end of the year. Iraq has about 3,500 tanks in and around Kuwait although it looks like a tank some people done to even Call it one. The army lists it As an armoured reconnaissance airborne assault vehicle and Calls most of the Crew members cavalry scouts not tankers. Whatever they Are they can now see at night. The new sight unlike the old one can also see through smoke and fog according to Stine. And a on a modern Day Battlefield there will Likely be smoke and if the weather produces it fog a he said. A a it a pretty impressive a sgt. 1st class Willie Britton 31, said of the new sight. M551 tank 8 Jav ii i m i i9 a my Clah Crew 4 combat weight 17.5 tons Width 2.819 m height 2.946 m Max Road Speed 42 Mph armament main 152 my gun launcher armament coaxial 7.62 my gun armament anti aircraft 12.7 my gun sources Jane s Armour and artillery a amps Wes Booher according to the Pentagon. However Only about 600 Are believed to be the modern soviet designed t-72 Model. Stokes said a battalion now being trained on the m1a1 in the United states will deploy to the Gulf with 58 of the Modem tanks As part of a huge wave of Marine reinforcements for operation desert shield Over the next several weeks. The approximately 45,000 marines in saudi Arabia and afloat on amphibious assault ships have about 140 m60 tanks. There Are no immediate plans to switch those to meals. The marines had been scheduled to Start getting meals next february or March but the Gulf buildup led Marine corps leaders to Speed up the transition Stokes said. In addition to being shielded by better Armor than older tanks the m1a1 packs greater firepower with its 120mm gun and provides More Protection against chemical biological or nuclear agents. Marines bringing in meals