"How did you get the armour plating and guns?" "Well, we strategically transfered equipment to another locations"
@dw7094Ай бұрын
We had to call these "hard trucks" because we weren't authorized "gun trucks". Much of stuff used on these trucks was stolen. The "armor" was made from cut up dumpsters. Reports of M54 trucks being stolen from the Class VII yard at Long Binh may be exaggerated (wink, wink).
@wartang2 ай бұрын
Only one gun truck came back to the U.S. the Eve of Destruction. It is in the Fort Eustis Transportation Museum.
@jackpin47972 ай бұрын
In 1967/1968 I drove 5000 gallons fuel tankers from An Khe to Pleiku on QL19. Going over the Mang Yang pass us truckers were defenseless and if not for the gun trucks and truckers to protect us many tanker drivers wouldn’t have made it back home. Thank you my Brothers us drivers owe you a lot.
@user-io6pw6sd2v3 ай бұрын
I was always glad to have these gun trucks behind me on convoy. I was a wrecker driver/operator. Being the last vehicle in a convoy it was nice to have these guys watching my back. Thanks guys. Bob Bielsky 2/35 Artillery Bn. Maint.
@EdwardHaren-zp6re3 ай бұрын
I just lost my Dad this last December, my old man drove gun truck 69-71 in Vietnam. I'm just missing him, he's got pictures of Brutus. He said I got to drive in Brutus once. Got pictures of what happened to Brutus too. Told me a story of him driving and his partner a black Gentleman, my dad said a very young Vietnamese kid jumped on the hood of the truck with a gun in my dad's face, my dad said he had to kick at him shoving him off the front down under the big wheels and that was it.. for the kid. He still felt bad for what he had to do.
@judithaldridge52544 ай бұрын
AWESOME...xxx
@pcrombie5015 ай бұрын
anyone remember the mighty mouse i saw it once at the 604 dsat camp hallaway pleiku
@tabathacollett78056 ай бұрын
My dad, Harold Slaven, drove a fuel tanker in veitnam 68-70. One of the gun trucks that rode with him named "Satan's hired guns" I can't find any info on. Is there a site where I can find this truck?
@mplewp8 ай бұрын
would make a damn fine movie
@carlmclelland7624 Жыл бұрын
If ANYONE has a photo of the gun truck named CHEAP THRILLS, I'd do damn near anything to get a copy of the photo... Carl 366th ASD, DakTo, '68-69
@JohnRyan-gr8bs Жыл бұрын
Didn't help all that much We lost
@michaelsouslin891 Жыл бұрын
"Strategic Transport of equipment to alternate locations", marines do what they need to do and thank you for it
@markrlindstrom Жыл бұрын
Looks familiar...I drove a 5 ton with the 442nd Trans Co. out of Cam Rahn Bay Jan. thru Dec. 1971
@tommypham2101 Жыл бұрын
Hey I love my daddy my name to daddy. Juris kovalenko my daddy he did was America come back American. 02/1970 I love the people he know that he where he sent me the message I think you very much
@glennbrymer4065 Жыл бұрын
The enginuity of US Army's soldiers is awesome.
@duckdrop9158 Жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS! I served from 1991-2015 miss the BROTHERHOOD! GET SOME
@adriaanboogaard8571 Жыл бұрын
Great Video. If the Factory doesn't cut it Modify it. Farmers do. I'm betting the Modified Hum V. Was done by a Vietnam Vets kid because Dad said we did it because we had to make it better to live. I've seen videos about WWII Aircraft having to do it. Necessity is the Mother of Invention. What is more Nessasary than Surviving ? I was Bourne in 1968 . My oldest sister lost Freinds in your War . We had Dutch WWII surviving parents. Thanks for your service
@davedrifter416 Жыл бұрын
“Captain America” rolled into our base at Dong Ba Thin on convoy escort duty, for a refuel one day, i just so happened to be reading Stars and Stripes and they were featured in a story. I kept that magazine and gave it to a German friend who does re-enacting. He loved the story!
@michaelmortag3536 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting,my PA was 2/9 motor T, 1970 U.S.M.C. .Watching this and hearing these men was like listening to my PA at the kitchen table.
@leonjonestoney1843 Жыл бұрын
Most of the soldiers children's were like dad we don't want to hear your Vietnam story . But they have my respect.
@johnnyc.holmes42512 жыл бұрын
I was a UH-1 Pilot(WO2) and later transferred to the Cobra. I remember the gun trucks! It was such a wonderful feeling to see these crazy motherfuckers paint their logos on the side. The one that I remember was called “King Kong” and 0ur Huey was called “brother loves traveling salvation show” A Neal Diamond hit! Just like you guys we were not authorized to change the appearance of the aircraft and some crews absolutely went overboard. There was the Coors beer Slick, The Budweiser Huey, Locally most of the decorations and verbiage went on the radio flap in the center of the ship so if we knew there was some heavy brass coming down we could simply change out the hoods and be totally within specs. the further you worked towards the DMZ the more you could get away with. The 🚀 pods were often painted in the shape of beer cans! And some of these artists were damn good! One of the ships from the 48th assault helicopter company “Blue Stars” was t’s done-up in the stars and stripes. And another shape was done up in the Confederate flag. Back then nobody gave a damn even the blacks, it just didn’t mean anything. Of course the cobras had the ferocious fangs !
@ek21562 жыл бұрын
The trucks needed to be big not just for the weight of the armor and guns, but to carry the balls of the drivers and crew! Ingenuity is the mother of invention, and the gun trucks are the perfect example. I am really glad that some of the trucks and crews are still around to tell such an incredible story!
@sydneystewart60592 жыл бұрын
Those men were awesome.
@josephgioia10902 жыл бұрын
Joe. Gioia sp/4 597 th med truck 1967/68 phu tai
@markhart89902 жыл бұрын
I have a brother was killed in 67 then I had another brother went over there at 10 offensive and it was I think he said country inn is where he was his name was Leslie Hart he's born in 1950 when over there in 67 came back in 69 he died in 2000 13th January the 25th his son was named bubba he was the third mostly be hard the third then he had another daughter was named Tanya and then he had another daughter named Heather I miss my brother I'm missing bad I wish him and Leslie and Rita was here cuz I feel all alone I had a son too I lost him February 17th of 2012 he was 10 years old
@cutkicker2 жыл бұрын
Retired Convoy Commander OIF/OEF I had the pleasure of operating the Orient Express Armored 5T that made it from Vietnam to Iraq. Much of our Hill Billy armor was inspired by Gun Trucks from Vietnam.
@sopwithcamelus2 жыл бұрын
My father in law helped scrounge parts for and build a gun truck while he was stationed in Vietnam. He was a very good mechanic, and he told me he had a ball helping them build it. God bless the crews who manned them.
@hondmilodoggo2 жыл бұрын
Imagine mounting a flamethrower on one of those trucks.
@JohnPatrickONeal2 жыл бұрын
R Lee Ermey once commented on one of his Mail Call shows, when asked about gun trucks, "that shit didn't happen." But then, he was a marine.
@chiperhuser90452 жыл бұрын
My father was on Brutus. Charles Huser. He was on Brutus when it was hit
@bgarrigal2 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard a lot about him!
@Comm0ut2 жыл бұрын
Great video of Soldiers getting it done. The later US military forgot these men and it cost lives in Mogadishu, Iraq and Afghanistan. Fortunately Transportation and other troops at lower levels DID learn the lesson then built their own.
@P1stolPeter2 жыл бұрын
utmost respect for these guys
@rodneyward83573 жыл бұрын
Jesse James just before he died named 4 things he wanted to ride . . ......bicycle tricycle automobile deauce and a half on the battlefield...
@DbolOnlyGangster3 жыл бұрын
We owe these Vietnam vets so much . If it wasn’t for them paving the way with their blood and sacrifices , we wouldn’t have the vehicles and tactics we have today to fight the modern war . We should’ve never let politics get in between us and them. Welcome home y’all I’m sorry I have to say it 50 years later .
@jameslibby13473 жыл бұрын
God Bless you guys. Proud to have been part of these operations. Jim Libby, 88th TC, An Khe 1968-69.
@dartmaster5013 жыл бұрын
You never stole anything. The word reappropriated.
@desertfox85833 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and the son of a bitches officers didn't give them the minigun M-134 when they requested them
@douglasstreet73043 жыл бұрын
HAUL ASS AND BYPASS BROTHERS ! Thank you so much for everything you did.
@surfside-hj2ue3 жыл бұрын
D Battery, 71st Arty, Quad 50 Machine Guns, Duster Compound/Long Binh. 1970-71. "4 Guns for Hire 24 hour Service" and "The Good, Bad and Ugly".
@large1ner5533 жыл бұрын
My dad was a machine gunner in 69 the quad was called the gook gobler no disrespect I have pics crazy shit
@scooby919813 жыл бұрын
How is the story of these guys not a major motion picture right now this sounds like a bad ass screen play
@Mist3rData3 жыл бұрын
You guys did an awesome job! Respect and thank you for your service
@garstenray28323 жыл бұрын
As a younger area soldier from these guys in a war with no rules my hat is off to you gentlemen thank you for your service
@GimpyGregKeller3 жыл бұрын
Please help me find info on Truck driver Norman L Keller
@bgarrigal2 жыл бұрын
When did he serve?
@GorillaCookies3 жыл бұрын
I thought " Bluto " was the big guy in Popeye cartoons.
@jockellis3 жыл бұрын
Did the gun trucks shoot back when under attack or did they intimidate Charlie to just watch the convoy go by unmolested?
@BallPingFpv3 жыл бұрын
God bless you all we can not say thank you unnuf from the bottom of my hart I love you all
@diannapointer37213 жыл бұрын
Drove 5 ton 24th CRB, 71-72- end of May 72, we only hauled documents to and from airbase in Kaiser K's - April, we were still crossing My Ca but hauling Korean troops. Welcome home brothers and sister. "don't mean nothin"
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"How did you get the armour plating and guns?" "Well, we strategically transfered equipment to another locations"
We had to call these "hard trucks" because we weren't authorized "gun trucks". Much of stuff used on these trucks was stolen. The "armor" was made from cut up dumpsters. Reports of M54 trucks being stolen from the Class VII yard at Long Binh may be exaggerated (wink, wink).
Only one gun truck came back to the U.S. the Eve of Destruction. It is in the Fort Eustis Transportation Museum.
In 1967/1968 I drove 5000 gallons fuel tankers from An Khe to Pleiku on QL19. Going over the Mang Yang pass us truckers were defenseless and if not for the gun trucks and truckers to protect us many tanker drivers wouldn’t have made it back home. Thank you my Brothers us drivers owe you a lot.
I was always glad to have these gun trucks behind me on convoy. I was a wrecker driver/operator. Being the last vehicle in a convoy it was nice to have these guys watching my back. Thanks guys. Bob Bielsky 2/35 Artillery Bn. Maint.
I just lost my Dad this last December, my old man drove gun truck 69-71 in Vietnam. I'm just missing him, he's got pictures of Brutus. He said I got to drive in Brutus once. Got pictures of what happened to Brutus too. Told me a story of him driving and his partner a black Gentleman, my dad said a very young Vietnamese kid jumped on the hood of the truck with a gun in my dad's face, my dad said he had to kick at him shoving him off the front down under the big wheels and that was it.. for the kid. He still felt bad for what he had to do.
AWESOME...xxx
anyone remember the mighty mouse i saw it once at the 604 dsat camp hallaway pleiku
My dad, Harold Slaven, drove a fuel tanker in veitnam 68-70. One of the gun trucks that rode with him named "Satan's hired guns" I can't find any info on. Is there a site where I can find this truck?
would make a damn fine movie
If ANYONE has a photo of the gun truck named CHEAP THRILLS, I'd do damn near anything to get a copy of the photo... Carl 366th ASD, DakTo, '68-69
Didn't help all that much We lost
"Strategic Transport of equipment to alternate locations", marines do what they need to do and thank you for it
Looks familiar...I drove a 5 ton with the 442nd Trans Co. out of Cam Rahn Bay Jan. thru Dec. 1971
Hey I love my daddy my name to daddy. Juris kovalenko my daddy he did was America come back American. 02/1970 I love the people he know that he where he sent me the message I think you very much
The enginuity of US Army's soldiers is awesome.
LOVE THIS! I served from 1991-2015 miss the BROTHERHOOD! GET SOME
Great Video. If the Factory doesn't cut it Modify it. Farmers do. I'm betting the Modified Hum V. Was done by a Vietnam Vets kid because Dad said we did it because we had to make it better to live. I've seen videos about WWII Aircraft having to do it. Necessity is the Mother of Invention. What is more Nessasary than Surviving ? I was Bourne in 1968 . My oldest sister lost Freinds in your War . We had Dutch WWII surviving parents. Thanks for your service
“Captain America” rolled into our base at Dong Ba Thin on convoy escort duty, for a refuel one day, i just so happened to be reading Stars and Stripes and they were featured in a story. I kept that magazine and gave it to a German friend who does re-enacting. He loved the story!
Thanks for posting,my PA was 2/9 motor T, 1970 U.S.M.C. .Watching this and hearing these men was like listening to my PA at the kitchen table.
Most of the soldiers children's were like dad we don't want to hear your Vietnam story . But they have my respect.
I was a UH-1 Pilot(WO2) and later transferred to the Cobra. I remember the gun trucks! It was such a wonderful feeling to see these crazy motherfuckers paint their logos on the side. The one that I remember was called “King Kong” and 0ur Huey was called “brother loves traveling salvation show” A Neal Diamond hit! Just like you guys we were not authorized to change the appearance of the aircraft and some crews absolutely went overboard. There was the Coors beer Slick, The Budweiser Huey, Locally most of the decorations and verbiage went on the radio flap in the center of the ship so if we knew there was some heavy brass coming down we could simply change out the hoods and be totally within specs. the further you worked towards the DMZ the more you could get away with. The 🚀 pods were often painted in the shape of beer cans! And some of these artists were damn good! One of the ships from the 48th assault helicopter company “Blue Stars” was t’s done-up in the stars and stripes. And another shape was done up in the Confederate flag. Back then nobody gave a damn even the blacks, it just didn’t mean anything. Of course the cobras had the ferocious fangs !
The trucks needed to be big not just for the weight of the armor and guns, but to carry the balls of the drivers and crew! Ingenuity is the mother of invention, and the gun trucks are the perfect example. I am really glad that some of the trucks and crews are still around to tell such an incredible story!
Those men were awesome.
Joe. Gioia sp/4 597 th med truck 1967/68 phu tai
I have a brother was killed in 67 then I had another brother went over there at 10 offensive and it was I think he said country inn is where he was his name was Leslie Hart he's born in 1950 when over there in 67 came back in 69 he died in 2000 13th January the 25th his son was named bubba he was the third mostly be hard the third then he had another daughter was named Tanya and then he had another daughter named Heather I miss my brother I'm missing bad I wish him and Leslie and Rita was here cuz I feel all alone I had a son too I lost him February 17th of 2012 he was 10 years old
Retired Convoy Commander OIF/OEF I had the pleasure of operating the Orient Express Armored 5T that made it from Vietnam to Iraq. Much of our Hill Billy armor was inspired by Gun Trucks from Vietnam.
My father in law helped scrounge parts for and build a gun truck while he was stationed in Vietnam. He was a very good mechanic, and he told me he had a ball helping them build it. God bless the crews who manned them.
Imagine mounting a flamethrower on one of those trucks.
R Lee Ermey once commented on one of his Mail Call shows, when asked about gun trucks, "that shit didn't happen." But then, he was a marine.
My father was on Brutus. Charles Huser. He was on Brutus when it was hit
I’ve heard a lot about him!
Great video of Soldiers getting it done. The later US military forgot these men and it cost lives in Mogadishu, Iraq and Afghanistan. Fortunately Transportation and other troops at lower levels DID learn the lesson then built their own.
utmost respect for these guys
Jesse James just before he died named 4 things he wanted to ride . . ......bicycle tricycle automobile deauce and a half on the battlefield...
We owe these Vietnam vets so much . If it wasn’t for them paving the way with their blood and sacrifices , we wouldn’t have the vehicles and tactics we have today to fight the modern war . We should’ve never let politics get in between us and them. Welcome home y’all I’m sorry I have to say it 50 years later .
God Bless you guys. Proud to have been part of these operations. Jim Libby, 88th TC, An Khe 1968-69.
You never stole anything. The word reappropriated.
Yeah, and the son of a bitches officers didn't give them the minigun M-134 when they requested them
HAUL ASS AND BYPASS BROTHERS ! Thank you so much for everything you did.
D Battery, 71st Arty, Quad 50 Machine Guns, Duster Compound/Long Binh. 1970-71. "4 Guns for Hire 24 hour Service" and "The Good, Bad and Ugly".
My dad was a machine gunner in 69 the quad was called the gook gobler no disrespect I have pics crazy shit
How is the story of these guys not a major motion picture right now this sounds like a bad ass screen play
You guys did an awesome job! Respect and thank you for your service
As a younger area soldier from these guys in a war with no rules my hat is off to you gentlemen thank you for your service
Please help me find info on Truck driver Norman L Keller
When did he serve?
I thought " Bluto " was the big guy in Popeye cartoons.
Did the gun trucks shoot back when under attack or did they intimidate Charlie to just watch the convoy go by unmolested?
God bless you all we can not say thank you unnuf from the bottom of my hart I love you all
Drove 5 ton 24th CRB, 71-72- end of May 72, we only hauled documents to and from airbase in Kaiser K's - April, we were still crossing My Ca but hauling Korean troops. Welcome home brothers and sister. "don't mean nothin"
63 viet cong hate this video.