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Let me go through all my pics and Ill see if i have any random pics of VIC systems in any of our M1114's or M1117's. Gimme a day or two [thumbzup]

That is good info Draco... Its been so long since I thought about the acronym names of all these crazy devices they came up with that I have forgotten most of them. SPARKS rings a bell lol....and by the way, if you ever happen to take a journey up the mountain in your MV, let me know, we can go...

Alot of the "rusty" looking metal in Iraq actually wasnt rusty. some of it was but mosty the steel that was used for these first gen up armored was Hardox400 and had a brownish red coating on it...and the reason no one painted them....availability of paint mostly. Im sure they could have gotten...

The GTs in Iraq usually had a VIC system...but I dont know if its the same as the ones they had in VN. Ours (M1114) had a master control box, and one for each passenger and then on just under the left side rear of the turret for the gunner. All the boxes were connected to the SINCGARs radios...

Now that I see the wheels in pic #2...I remember them clearly lol.Didnt they try this system on a HMMWV for a while? And I see that one has a Rhino system as well...that one always made me laugh. And as for that bumper...I could have used that on my M915 when I would play what I called " NFL...

You are correct Sir. The thing on the front IS a mine roller...designed to blow IEDs up under it instead of the truck. The thing on the back however, I am not exactly sure what that is. It very well might be some sort of hydro control pump/tank to lift the roller up and down, but who knows. When...