2003, paper covers, 8 1/2 x 11, 78 pages, profusely illustrated.
This book, written by James Lyles, a former Vietnam gun truck commander, is an authoritative reference on a number of special hybrid vehicles called Vietnam gun trucks and the extraordinary crews who manned them. During their 5 year history from late 1967 thru late 1972, Vietnam gun trucks were without a doubt the most important wheeled vehicles to see duty in Vietnam. They were mainly used for convoy security and installation perimeter defense, but were also used in other roles.
Volume 2 includes more recently discovered regular gun trucks, APC gun trucks, Quad 50 gun trucks, ¾ ton gun beeps, gun jeeps, gun trucks with multi-angled armor, V-100s, gun truck scale models, a complete gun truck list, a gun truck crew list and pictures of many ambushed vehicles including BRUTUS, the vehicle Larry Dahl won the Medal Of Honor aboard in 1971 by jumping on a grenade thrown into his gun truck, There are several photos of a formidable 5-ton gun truck called MAVERICK which eventually may have been the most heavily armed gun truck of them all with four (4) General Electric XM-134 miniguns and a set of two .50 caliber MG's.
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This review is from: Hard Ride- Vietnam Gun Trucks (Volume 2) (Paperback)
I ran convoys in VIetnam and the gun trucks are what protected us. They were unique vehicles, made by the transportation companies themselves. This book documents them in detail and tells their stories well. The author was on a gun truck himself and with the aid of the internet and the trust of the other gun truckers, has compiled the most detailed picture of them you can find. The Army has found it needed the gun trucks once again in Iraq. The author assisted them in developing a new gun truck, but that will be in the next book!
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