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I was in county out of prang rang from 1/66 to 8/68 in the USAFs Red Horse, the AFs version of the Armys combat engineers, we had a LOT of m51s, a few of these were used for convoy and job site protection, home made, had a double walled bed with sand bags in between, door armor that hung on it, the front window armor was hinged at the top like WW2 half tracks, just pull the rope and down it came, a plate sorta protected the fuel tanks, a few more things but old age has caused me to forget. Every truck was different, depended on what the shop could find, the plate WAS plate NOT armor steel, at first we had 60s on the bed, later a couple of 50s and other better the 60s were * found * . we did not name or paint them (nobody cared what they looked like, just if they were up to the job), nor have a named crew, used as needed, we found that a named crew was NEEDED for each truck not to long into there use. You never here about the early gun trucks and ones built on a m51 base. Thought I post this up as a point of interest since m51 based units was mentioned.Okay, that's enough to go on. Thanks, I appreciate it. There weren't very many M51's used as gun trucks, maybe 25 or so.
Hello, I was a gun trucker in Vietnam in late 69-thru 70 in An Khe. I am putting on a talk to Sun City Hilton Head Bluffton SC and would love to have a gun truck parked outside the conference hall will be sometime in February or March. I know it's asking to much but maybe a truck near Hilton Head SC would like to show off the 'baby' to a great group of senior vets many of which were in Vietnam. ...thanbks...TerryInterested in getting a roll call of all the reproduction and tribute gun trucks that have been built in the USA by military vehicle enthusiasts. This would include all the ones patterned after real gun trucks that served in Vietnam, as well as ones that are original creations by their builders.
Please include all those built and under construction, from 1/4-ton to 5-ton.
I'll start the list, from the ones I have seen:
vehicle, repro or tribute, name, owner, location
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M151 repro, Wolfman
M37 repro, Malfunction, New Jersey
M37 repro, Raider's Light Work, Mike Davidsen, Virginia
M35 tribute, Aces and Eights, John Tennis, New York
M35 tribute, Business As Usual, Kansas
M35 repro, Gamblers
M35 tribute, Grim Reaper
M35 tribute, Have Gun Will Travel, Texas
M35 tribute, I Dream of Charlie, England
M35 tribute, Iron Butterfly, Max Levell, England
M35 repro, Psychotic Reaction, Illinois
M35 tribute, Squatter Swatter, Florida?
M35 repro, The Gamblers, Michigan
M35 repro, The Widow Maker, Texas
M54 repro, Ace of Spades, Tennessee
M54 repro, Black Widow, Florida
M54 repro, Proud American, Larry Board, Georgia
M54 repro, Red Baron, Wayne Dobos, England
M54 repro, Satan's Lil' Angel, New Jersey
M54 repro, Uncle Meat, Michigan
M54 repro, The Untouchable, William Parker, New Jersey
M54 repro, Wild Thing, Indiana
M54 original, Eve of Destruction, US Army Transportation Museum, Virginia
M813 tribute, Proud American, Larry Board, Georgia
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