----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Michalski" <amichalski@earthlink.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: [MV] M135's/CCKW's--Full Metal Jacket
> Speaking of trucks in the movies, in Full Metal Jacket, something that
> struck me as odd was a scene where there is a convoy of what I think are
> CCKW's instead of M135's or M35's in that movie. Do I need a refresher
> course on my 6x6 truck id'ing, or are the trucks shown in this scene a
> little too old to be in a Vietnam era movie?
>
> Andy
I can't recall the specifics of that particular scene, but what puzzles me
to this day is the ID of trucks seen in all sorts of VN photos which look
sort of like a CCKW "bigger brother" with very similar grillwork, but
considerably wider than the CCKW in all respects. Could be something the
French had been using over there which got inherited by various arms of the
military and civvies, but as I've never had the opportunity to see one up
close and personal, I'm can't say for sure.
Pick up any of the Time-Life VN books, and you'll see 'em all over the
place.
Andy Hill
MVPA 9211
Vancouver, B.C. (and no, they're not US-6 Studies or any variation thereof -
which has been suggested.)
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