My father told me about one he had as a company furnished truck sometime late 50's/early 60's. Original Powerwagon complete with vague steering and military non directional tires. Apparently is was good on forestry and logging roads, but not on pavement. He told me about driving home on back roads after a fresh snow and essentially caroming down the road from the ditch on one side to the other - he couldn't keep it on the road, but didn't get stuck in the ditches either!
When I was in the army, we preferred to avoid slick pavement. Those tires were like racing slicks on slick roads.
