Tanks off-loaded from ships on 10 tons from Vietnam

[joshs1ofakindxj]

The title is what I have interpreted as what's going on in these pictures my dad showed me in an old photo album. He was in the Navy and he said "here is some equipment coming back from Vietnam".

 

[319]

Cool, got any more?

 

[73m819]

Wow, look at the trailer, I have seen a few pictures of those in books but NEVER in use,, it pivots in middle, it is called a "trackporter"

 

[rickf]

Looks like that trailer has 4 axles? Times 4 huge tires each! If so do the forward axles turn?

Rick

 

[gringeltaube]

WOW, never saw one of those before!

Does it just appear from the pics, or is it indeed very unstable, with all the tires placed in between the tracks?... as if tank & trailer would tip sideways at the very next corner...

G.

 

[73m819]

WOW, never saw one of those before!

Does it just appear from the pics, or is it indeed very unstable, with all the tires placed in between the tracks?... as if tank & trailer would tip sideways at the very next corner...

G.

Did have stability propblems, there is a small blurb in U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles, page 381, thay are talking about a m123D, which the trailer is hooked to, so the trailer blurb

I have seen pics of the trailer before

 

[emr]

AMAZING Thanks and I like the rest of us would LOVE to have that 10ton and trailer combo

 

[m816]

I hauled lots of stuff down to Newport and Never saw a trailer like that. Amasing to see.

 

[Durango_USMC]

Love the Arty!

 

[joshs1ofakindxj]

No more pictures, but I'm glad the few I have show something rare!

 

[Matt65]

Thanks for sharing these.

 

[timntrucks]

i too loved those pics. thanks for thinking about us slackers

 

[M793]

Great pictures!
Have been looking for pictures of this trailer for many hours...
This is the M793 Trailer, used by USMC, if I'm correct.

 

[319]

http://jedsite.info/trailers-mike/mike-number-us-0500/m793_series/m793-series.html

 

[quickfarms]

Nice pictures

Very interesting, unusual, trailer.

 

[KaiserM109]

No more pictures, but I'm glad the few I have show something rare!

Pictures of anything coming BACK from Vietnam is RARE. Even early in the "war", it usually got scrapped or given to the ARVNs.

The first picture of of an eight inch self propelled howitzer. The other two are of an M60 tank.

 

[paradeduty]

I have never seen that trailer - very wicked looking. Darn if it does not look top heavy/tipsy in the pics loaded!

 

[saddamsnightmare]

December 11th, 2013.


Now that question got answered, I'll bet fifteen more new ones show up because of those pictures!

 

[11Echo]

Pictures of anything coming BACK from Vietnam is RARE. Even early in the "war", it usually got scrapped or given to the ARVNs.

The first picture of of an eight inch self propelled howitzer. The other two are of an M60 tank.

Tanks in the pics are M48's.

 

[M793]

Once again, great photo's.
Hopefully, more will indeed follow.
Perhapse with the LVS MK48/MK16?