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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:22:45 AM EDT
How about some Gun Truck pics from the wars in Vietnam and Iraq
How about we get it started with King Cobra......a 5 ton in Vietnam VS M977 Rolling Thunder in Iraq 
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:23:51 AM EDT
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another shot of the King Cobra
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:25:15 AM EDT
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Tag.
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:25:36 AM EDT
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More from Vietnam
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:27:06 AM EDT
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This thread could be cool. That is an m113 APC mounted on a truck, lol
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:27:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: another shot of the King Cobra http://www.transchool.lee.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/images/KingCobra2.jpg ETA beat by 9 seconds |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:27:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Tag. This |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:28:29 AM EDT
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Iraq
Dig the M105 trailer for a bed 
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:28:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:29:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:30:07 AM EDT
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I love gun trucks, technicals and other improvised fighting vehicles.
Rolling Thunder needs more crew served weapon(s). |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:30:14 AM EDT
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Vietnam
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:32:02 AM EDT
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Iraq
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:32:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:32:58 AM EDT
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I want to build one like this.
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:34:09 AM EDT
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The most famous of all the Vietnam Gun Trucks
Eve of Destruction (which I believe is also the only surviving example) 
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:34:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:35:09 AM EDT
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I want to build one like this. http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k410/m35ben/BENDEATH/Pictures/5ton113-2_zps810de53d.jpg Holy Frak is that awesome!!! An old 'Nam era 5-ton |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:38:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:40:22 AM EDT
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Is their a connection between the Vietnam era trucks and Iraq era?
Why yes there is......... During the Vietnam War, transportation units were forced to improvise their own protection for truck convoys. They eventually built a number of "gun trucks" with a variety of weapons fitted. Only one of these vehicles returned to the US after the war. It was named "Eve of Destruction" after the protest song. 
Flash forward to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Army convoys found themselves in similar circumstances, leading to jury-rigged "hillbilly armor" and ultimately to up-armored Humvees and MRAPs, but in the interim, the DOD asked different agencies to come up with short-term solutions. A scientist from the Livermore Labs came to the Army Transportation Museum to study "Eve of Destruction". His research led to the introduction of what is known as the Livermore Truck. 
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:42:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:43:23 AM EDT
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Its kinda sad thinking that only one of the Vietnam era gun trucks survives.
A short drive from my house a salvage yard is scrapping 5 -tons from Riley. A number of them that have come through were gun trucks....don't know if any came back from Iraq......but even so its kinda sad seeing them cut up. |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:44:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Iraq http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/2015134_guntruck001_jpeged288c576cc76747fc8aa30a6a08b1a9 http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq184/abflug_r34/reference%20photos/Heavy%20Gun%20trucks%20of%20Iraq/Heavy_Rustbuckets-22A8.jpg Dig the M105 trailer for a bed http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ke5kjyY1TTQ/TTgZipETZ3I/AAAAAAAAB-o/eGkLfExv-KI/s1600/2554000320037572303iDzPDX_ph.jpg |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 12:47:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:09:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:11:37 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:14:00 AM EDT
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How about some M151 based gun jeeps??
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:14:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:15:48 AM EDT
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Tagged for more awesomness!
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:15:56 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:16:50 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:20:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's wonderful. |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:21:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:22:08 AM EDT
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This thread needs lots of Rhodesian stuff too. Tag for later
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:24:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:25:30 AM EDT
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Kinda curious as to why dont any of these have any armor covering the wheels? Seems like a fairly large weakpoint.
ETA: Awesome thread by the way. |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:25:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:31:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Kinda curious as to why dont any of these have any armor covering the wheels? Seems like a fairly large weakpoint. ETA: Awesome thread by the way. 
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:32:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:35:49 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:37:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:39:17 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:43:28 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:48:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:50:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 1:59:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2015 2:20:27 AM EDT
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Gun trucks piss me off in a way. My company builds parts for a number of the trucks pictured. We built MATV parts. We've built armor kits, and turret swivels, and all kinds of things. If some unit wanted to up-armor something like a HEMTT rather than cobbing something together in the field a unit could tell us what they wanted and we could have put a kit together that would literally bolt on for nothing like the expense that standard channels would normally charge. But that's not how it works, so you end up with doing what you can with what you got.
They are fucking cool though
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Posted: 9/16/2015 11:25:13 AM EDT
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Daycrew bump
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Posted: 9/16/2015 11:30:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat's cheatin'! |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 11:38:00 AM EDT
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Older School
As an addition to the battalion's defense, HQ Co. of the 5th Armd Maint Bn developed an idea thought up by Ordinance Sgt. Magazine. The 37mm gun is the only field weapon allotted for the battalion's defense. To increase firepower, a 50 cal. Machine gun was mounted on the front of the 37mm gun vehicle. All parts were made and mounted by HQ personnel. (6 Jun 43) Signal Corps |
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Posted: 9/16/2015 11:47:41 AM EDT
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I do like the "Firepower on all the Things!!" mentality that seems to always come about when men are no-shit downrange with bad guys running around.
Sometimes you just have to get in touch with your inner Lord Humungus. 
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