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To prove that there are no absolutes, and there are always exceptions to the rules in the MV world, here is a picture of a camouflaged US Army V100 in Vietnam. This one came off Jeff's V100 Crew Member thread and was posted by Driver523 (who has also posted many other excellent period photos on...

You should have a special interest in David's book.. :wink: I understand he is also doing another V100 book, which should be out imminently. Looking forward to that. Another excellent book is "Armored Car" by R P Hunnicutt. JimK turned me on to that one (thanks Jim!), it has a superb...

Both nice books and cover different aspects of the V. Unfortunately Lathrop and McDonald's book was limited by Osprey's 'standard size' format, they will only make a book "so thick". (For clarification- by the above I mean they had a lot more good material, it just wouldn't all fit in the...

David, I have been all excited about that book since you told me about it, really looking forward to seeing it. To hold us until the book comes out, here are a few pics borrowed off the internet, most from the 720th MP site below, to give some ideas of nose art...

Very true. I do a lot of parades with my 5-ton and I am often asked by other Vets if I will let them ride. My answer is always "Of course". When they climb in the back and smell the truck (all MVs seem to smell the same), you can see an expression on their face that no one else gets. And at...

Hard to answer that first question, and you will get many answers, but in the end, it is YOUR vehicle so paint it in a scheme that makes YOU happy. Many of these vehicles that served in Vietnam were returned to the US afterwards (surprising number really, including damaged ones) and used well...

Welcome aboard cobmw. Great to see that we will have another V100 on SS! First question is what model V100 do you have? If you have the turreted style and are going with Vietnam era, your choice is basically, as stated above, OD. If you have the USAF version with the parapet, those were...