Vietnam-type gun trucks in existence

[maddawg308]

I know the only surviving Vietnam gun truck is Eve of Destruction, at the Army Transportation Museum at Ft. Eustis, VA. There might be one or two still in Vietnam on display at a state-owned motor pool (pile) of captured USA armor (not sure about that but I have heard rumors). However, my question is: how many replica Vietnam gun trucks are out there in the USA that have been built up over the past several years by MV collectors? To include 1/4-ton, 3/4-ton, 2.5-ton, and 5-ton variants...

 

[maddawg308]

Here's pics of the ones I have photo evidence for:

Aces & Eights
Satan's Lil Angel
The Untouchable

 

[rmgill]

Funny I was just talking to a fellow what drove 5 ton semi tractors in a unit that had King Cobra in it.

 

[B3.3T]

There was a reasonably well done 1/4 ton( M151A1) at the MVPA National at Ft. Lee, VA. in 2001. I do not know who owned it.

 

[oifvet]

Pretty sweet!

 

[armored_jon]

There is an armored M151 in front of an MP headquarters on Fort Hood. Can't remember exactly where though.

 

[wreckerman893]

Papa Bear has a replica in Columbus, GA.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

You are missing.

Ace of Spades M54
Uncle Meat M54
Black Widow M54
Wild Thing M54
Malfunction (M37)
Psychotic reaction M35
Iron Butterfly M35 In the UK
Squatter Swatter M35


I think I got them all that were not mentioned

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Here are pics.

Ace of Spades was built and operated by an origional crewmember of ACE.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

Here is another.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

As for the rumor of any types surviving in VN. None are known to exist other than "Eve". During the pull out, all existing gun truck were turned over to ARVN forces and some Vets that I had talked to had witnessed many of them get stripped of their guns and steel and used them as regular trucks. I have had dreams in the past of going to VN and finding a bed being used as a animal pen, but dare to dream.

 

[papabear]

The Proud American Replica Guntruck is located in Columbus, Georgia. She made her maiden run down to our museum on 12 March 2007. On the same day, but 36 years after she was hit.
She will be at the Guntruck Rally in August

 

[jatonka]

Guntrucks

Mad Dog, thank you so much for posting those pics of The Angel, Untouchable and my Aces & Eights. That is the best group of pics I have seen of our gathering at Gilbert 2007. Now that we're all running out of fuel money, I don't know when we will be together again. She just sits in the barn now. JT. PS, you will be part of my crew when it really hits the fan.

 

[Uglyranger]

The Gathering....Pigeon Forge, TN 5 - 9 August 2008. There will be eight Vietnam replica gun trucks plus V100, M37 and a couple of M151s.

 

[vtdeucedriver]

John, you going to bring aces N eights to the VT rally?????? Is it going to make TN???? We will talk at the VT show.

 

[roger-wilco-66]

A few Details of "Iron Butterfly" in Beltring 2005...

 

[davidkroberts]

you know its funny about the stacking the sandbags between the hillbilly armor and the ammo cans on the floor. We were doing the same thing in 2004/2005 in Al Anbar province iraq before we got all the armor. We are still doing similar stuff here now in the guntrucks we use everyday here. I would post some pics but i cant sorry.

When we got IEDed in 2004 it was the armor our maintenance guy welded under the front wheel well that kept us from getting killed from the anti-tank mine.

I guess things really dont change too much when you get down to it.

 

[Uglyranger]

Dave in TN: Here is a gun truck from Vietnam (Satan's Lil Angel)....things just never change.

 

[bigbee]

Add one more

Got one up here in northern Michigan.

Another M35 version-The Gamblers. Done by a local guy, doesn't go far from the Petoskey area.

 

[davidkroberts]

RE: Add one more

yeah ranger your right they sure dont..... that looks awful familiar