Are there any gun trucks in Iraq with wrecked M113's on the back like they had in Vietnam? I think it would be a cool build.

if there were, as I believe there were during OIF 1, there are no more. To many other vehicles that came online and that provide better protection than the hull of an M113

Ric

Not that I've seen. Even in Vietnam the M113 gun trucks were ungainly with all that weight.

M113 is not particularly common to OIF, at least not as nearly plentiful as it would have been in Vietnam. Certain units still use them, but they are generally not a frontline vehicle like they were in Vietnam either. Basically fewer of them to have for unused spares.

More of a what-if than anything protoypical I've heard of.

They tested one prototype during OIF 1 and OIF 2 but discontinued the testing in favor of up-armored Hummers.

Here is a picture of the vehicle:



More pictures can be found here: Special Iraq Things

This is as far as I got on a model of the Slammer. Never heard of or saw a finished truck pic so the model went into spares box.




Joe

No, M113 guntrucks have not been used in Iraq. After the initial home-made armor of plate steel that units applied, purpose-built armor add-on kits became available, then fully armored cabs and beds for the trucks.