WebEve of Destruction, a 5-ton M54-based gun truck at Fort Eustis. The versatility of the pattern was perhaps shown best in its usage as an armored "gun truck" for patrol duties and convoy escort. The simplest examples were produced by simply placing an existing light gun mount directly onto the cargo bed of the truck, and securing it in place. WebM923 5-ton Gun Truck “Ace of Spades” ... Laboratories sent technicians to the Army Transportation Museum to study the only gun truck to return from Vietnam, the Eve of Destruction. The technicians, with the help of the Transportation Corps Historian and the Museum Director, also brought in Vietnam veterans who had served aboard gun trucks. ...
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WebBill Schneider. Kurt Fuller. Eve of Destruction is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by Duncan Gibbins and starring Gregory Hines as Col. Jim McQuade, a Special Ops officer assigned to track down EVE VIII, a military android that has gone rogue and was modeled to resemble her human creator. The following weapons were used in the film ... WebEve of Destruction is the only surviving U.S. Army gun truck from the Vietnam War. A rare example of a radical DIY Army vehicle is the "Eve of Destruction" gun truck -- another lone survivor from the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War, it was the mission of the US Army Transportation Corps to ferry supplies from the coastal ports of Qui Nhon and Cam Ranh Bay to inland bases located at Bong Son, An Khe, Pleiku, Da Lat and Buon Ma Thuot. The logistical requirements of the MACV were huge, and 200-truck convoys were not uncommon. These convoys were tempting targets for Vietcong (VC) guerrilla gr… joan didion publisher