5 Ton armor?

[vtach]

Hello all, been off for a few years and have acquired an M939 cargo truck. Does anyone know if there are armor up kits available for these? Or has anyone made a kit?
Thank you in advance.

 

[msgjd]

If you can't find any kits avail, you can always install the armor-up kits the army provided us to practice with in the 70's-80's.
Sandbags on the floor and a flak jacket to sit on .. Definitely fits the 5-ton M39-series and M809-series..
I don't know whether they fit the M939-series..

Sorry I'm being totally unhelpful but I could not resist .... However, I will keep an eye and ear out !

 

[FullSpecial]

There use to be a company out of Longview WA that made complete armored M923s. Don't remember the name and can't even find a picture
but would know it if I saw one. Logging company that did it on the side I think. Anybody with better search foo?

 

[LCA078]

When I was 'playing in the sandbox' in 2003, I remember transportation units asking the engineer units on our base to cut up shipping containers and then bolt/weld it on trucks and hummers to augment the sandbags on floors and flak jackets hung on doors. Wasn't exactly a fun time to be driving around Iraq in a soft-skin vehicle...

Not exactly helpful info but if you're looking for authentic types of armor, a lot of it for the early trucks was 'hillbilly' armor that you can make yourself. The up-armored FMTV family quickly displaced the soft-skinned M939 family in theater. I don't remember the M939's having a standardized armor package but I could be wrong. I'll see if any of my transportation buddies have pics or specs of M939 armor.

 

[simp5782]

The Bosnia kits are out there.

 

[Jbulach]

I’ll drop these here, but please don’t blow up the guys in these threads with a bunch of questions.

M939 cab armor kit

Anyone know who might make a retrofit armor kit for a standard cab for my 1984 M934? Any help is appreciated.

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Did they ever make an Armored Cab upgrade package for M939 series cabs? (I.E. M923A2)

This may have been covered already, but is there an up-armored package made for the 5-ton cab? I've seen some 5-ton trainers made to look like MRAPs but i've never seen a military-issued cab protection kit. I know there is a company making survivalist armored trucks, but did the military ever...

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Did they ever make an Armored Cab upgrade package for M939 series cabs? (I.E. M923A2)

Kenny I might can help I have been in and around a few of these trucks and have seen them disassembled. Post some pictures of the parts you ha ve questions about.

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Specs/plans for up armoring a M923

does anyone have information about specs/plans for up armoring a m923? The measurements of the panels? Or know where to find them? I just want it for the cab and engine compartment.

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https://www.ldac.army.mil/web2/archive/PS2006/647/647-10-12.pdf