I'm sure that this is the reincarnation of a M26 !

Picture from Corey Sanders on Don Busack's Prime Portal website ( http://www.primeportal.net )

Frenchy

Thats nice but what is it?

Not seen anything like it before, also seeing the size of the star on the front you are going to need some very good optics to avoid friendly fire

Luciano

It's an up-armored LMTV truck used by US troops in Iraq. You can find some other variants on Prime Portal website. Here's a standard LMTV cargo truck :


IIRC , it's a US licence-built version of an Austrian Steyr truck....But I'm no expert

Frenchy

National symbols are not used as a vehicle identification feature in most (all?) NATO countries since probably early 60s. All US Army / Marines vehicles have either such small black, green or gray stars on them, or sometimes no stars at all. To identify the friendly vehicle you must usually recognize its silhouette or some unit/operation markings (like inverted chevrons used during Desert Storm). Now additional identification feature are CIPs - Combat Identification Panels which help in identification of vehicles through thermal sights.

Pawel

Interesting looking vehicle.....
I wonder whom amoungst us will be the first to build one..... :-) :-) :-)

Before 3d ACR re-deployed back to Iraq they had all kinds of modifications done to their vehicles. Had I been more on the ball I would have gotten some pics of these. Up-armored LMTV's, HMTV's, HEMMT's, Hummer's, etc There is another unit still here that might have the same mods done to them. IF so, I'll grap a few pics of them. "Q"

Don't know writ and verse, but all US military vehicles HAVE to have a star somewhere on them, by order. Belive me, I thought it was stupid too, but it was explained as tradition, so...