2 1/2 & 5 TON GUN TRUCK'S OF THE VIETNAM WAR

Thanks for sharing the slide show of deuce and a half an 5-ton trucks modified for convoy duty in the Vietnam war SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
When I was a young Private in a combat engineer battalion at Fort Campbell in the mid-1970's we rode on the back of 5-ton dump trucks usually on tops of bales of concertina wire. Wearing MOPP outer garments ensured we were not sliced as we rested on the concertina.
LTC Stephen C. CPT (Join to see) Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 Charlie Poulton SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright

Bummer. I'm not approved to watch this. I would like to share this posting with a friend who drove a "gun truck" in convoys in Vietnam, but I'd like to resolve the "approved" issue first. Can you help?

Thanks for the slide show! During OIF II in the spring of 2004 we received the up-armored doors for our M998 and M1038 HUMMVs. Additionally we Had SABER MG pedestals mounted in the Cargo areas so we enclosed 3 sides with ARMOX Steel that the 7th Trans. turned us on to. We also acquired machine gun rings for M35 2 1/2 tons, and modified the roof framing and fastened the posts to the hump between the seats. The ARMOX steel has special ballistic qualities. To test it we cut several coupons and fired 5.56, 7.62 and .50 Cal ball and AP-IT. The 5.56 shattered on contact, the 7.62 had less than 1/8" deflection. The .50 Cal ball penetrated, but it was not a clean penetration, and the AP-IT made a clean penetration. Later, after a few run-ins with IEDs, we discovered the panels resisted bomb splinters very well. In addition to the Gun trucks we armored-up our 10 tons and M916 Equipment transporters, Finally, before we deployed we installed "chicken Plate and gun shields on our APCs they we essentially ACAVs. It is fortunate that Combat Engineers are very well armed. we were able to arm every vehicle in the Battalion that could receive a Machine gun ring or pedestal. Much thanks to (Then) MAJ Greg Bunck (S4 and Mechanical Engineer), SFC Bobby Skipper BN Supply Sergeant, and HHC 105th EN BN mechanics their ingenuity, ability to manipulate the supply system, and hard work spared many lives and severe wounds! "None Shall Pass" !