USAF gun trucks?

[Soupermike]

Did the US Air Force have gun trucks in Vietnam? I understand they wouldn’t be in convoy use but for airfield defense maybe?

The reason I ask is for my next project I would really like to restore an M37 in strata blue, but if I could make one as a gun truck, that would be sexy!!!!

By the way I have reserved a copy of James Lyles gun truck books from David Doyle.
Thanks
Mike

 

[B3.3T]

The USAF used V-100/M706e1 armored vehicles in Vietnam as mobile base security vehicles.

 

[jeffhuey1n]

I know of two AF gun trucks. Hangman and Hangman II. Both belonged to a Red Horse Squadron (possibly the 819th). They are in James Lyle’s books.

 

[Soupermike]

I know of two AF gun trucks. Hangman and Hangman II. Both belonged to a Red Horse Squadron (possibly the 819th). They are in James Lyle’s books.

Thanks for the info. I look forward to getting my hands on those books.

 

[Soupermike]

I know of two AF gun trucks. Hangman and Hangman II. Both belonged to a Red Horse Squadron (possibly the 819th). They are in James Lyle’s books.

Do you know what color Hangman was?

 

[jeffhuey1n]

Do you know what color Hangman was?

Not off the top of my head. I’ll dig out my references and see if they say. Problem: the pictures are in black and white. Might be difficult to tell what color they were.

 

[M813rc]

I have conversed on the topic of colour with a friend who was a USAF truck driver in Vietnam, he said all their M35s and other tactical type vehicles were, as he phrased it, "the normal green, like the Army ones".

He also said they ran a lot of their own supply convoys from the docks in Saigon out to their airfields, and had guns on a few of their trucks, along with V100s for security. He specifically mentioned M715s with a .50 on a pedestal in the bed. Next time I see him, I'll ask about M37s.

He was there in 1970.

Cheers

 

[Soupermike]

I have conversed on the topic of colour with a friend who was a USAF truck driver in Vietnam, he said all their M35s and other tactical type vehicles were, as he phrased it, "the normal green, like the Army ones".

He also said they ran a lot of their own supply convoys from the docks in Saigon out to their airfields, and had guns on a few of their trucks, along with V100s for security. He specifically mentioned M715s with a .50 on a pedestal in the bed. Next time I see him, I'll ask about M37s.

He was there in 1970.

Cheers

That’s good to know. I am really curious to hear about the M37. Thanks for the info.