Its great to get real photos out on the Web where many interested people can
see them, especially those who have no experience. Thanks for making the
effort.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Baker <edc@tiac.net>
To: bleffler@vnet.ibm.com <bleffler@vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: MIL-VEH@skylee.com <MIL-VEH@skylee.com>
Date: Friday, June 19, 1998 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] altered trucks
>I have a number of photos of the Gun Trucks I rode on while in Vietnam
>as a medic. The modifications ranged from 2"x10" wooden planks made to
>make a box that would contain sandbags in the Cargo Bed to Steel Plates
>welded together with an internal lining of wooden planks to reduce the
>chance of bullet rumbling around inside of the box. Towards the end of
>my tour in 1970 I had the chance to ride on a few 5 tons with an M113
>APC hull in the cargo bed. These trucks were normally armed with a
>variety of 50 cals and M-60 machine guns. The trucks were almost always
>5 ton cargo trucks. The cabs were hardened very often in the process
>and the floors of the cargo box and the cab were almost always lined
>with sandbags. Convoys of Cargo 5 tons and 5 ton s&ps of up to 200
>vehicles would be formed in up to 3 march units with two or more gun
>trucks being assigned to each march unit depending on the size of the
>march unit. There would always be a forward element usually composed of
>a gun truck or two with a 151 armed with an M-60 (usuallly not hardened)
>and a scout element also usually an M151 with an M-60. The trail
>element included the usual maintenance stuff, a wrecker, a parts truck,
>and a tire truck, as well as a number of 5 ton tractors with out
>trailers. The trail element also usually included two gun trucks and an
>assortment of jeeps. In the early 70's we saw the introduction of
>V-100's operated by the MPs as part of the forward and trail escort
>vehicles.
>
>I have photos of the box gun trucks as well as a few of the "M113 hull"
>trucks. When I get some time I will scan them an put them into a web
>site..
>
>Joe Baker
>Major, Infantry
>
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