Armored/hybrid 800 series

[patracy]

Anyone know anything about the truck in the video at the 3:30 mark? (It's a worthwhile video to watch anyhow)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4uV0y6Vua8[/media]

 

[patracy]

Screen grab from the video

 

[westechs_wifey]

it is a 5ton with a 113

 

[patracy]

Ahh! I went and did an image search on M113 and saw the APC and thought, well that ain't it. Then I looked back and you can see where the cutouts were for the treads on the truck. Thanks!

 

[maddawg308]

Driver523 worked on it as a civilian contractor, it was an experiment to armor the M809 series trucks for convoy duty in Iraq. It never went anywhere. Here's a bigger pic.

 

[mkcoen]

Great for small arms fire but doubt it's any better for IED survivability. The Vietnam model had a 113 body in the bed of a 5 ton to make a gun truck.

By the way, that's a great video. Thanks for posting it.

 

[4x4e350]

Cool Video! There's something about a female voice talking about Military Trucks.

 

[patracy]

Driver523 worked on it as a civilian contractor, it was an experiment to armor the M809 series trucks for convoy duty in Iraq. It never went anywhere. Here's a bigger pic.

Thanks for the pic. I knew SS would come through with the info.

 

[MyothersanM1]

Cool Video! There's something about a female voice talking about Military Trucks.

I like the way she said Deuce and a half
Man, I think I need a cigarette...and I don't even smoke!!

 

[SSG Rock]

Good viedo, Thanks for posting