V100 film

[Pawnshop]

I found this short film about the V100 while wandering aimlessly about the WWW... enjoy!

US soldiers arrive in a V-100 Armored Commando car in Longbinh Vietnam to discuss its maintenance.

 

[Pawnshop]

More here:

v100 Search Results | CriticalPast.com: Page 1

 

[B3.3T]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

 

[HellonwheelsV-100]

Strange turn signal light at the end of the video. Add on perhaps?

 

[M813rc]

Strange turn signal light at the end of the video. Add on perhaps?

Yes. Added next to the old style composite lights. The very early ones seemingly didn't have turn signals from the factory.

That is a cool video, I have it on a disk I bought long before I had a V myself, been drooling over it for years.
Did you notice the Elmer Fudd moment when the narrator talks of the 'terrowists'?

Cheers

 

[Rickv100]

That film footage is out of the National Archives. I had copies of it made about 5 years ago.

The vehicle in the film are the evaluation V100's the MP's had. There is further video of them on patrol that was shot at the same time.

Rick

 

[M813rc]

Rick, is that the one of the convoy, some of it shot from a Huey?

Cheers

 

[Rickv100]

Yes, it is the same one. One of the V100's has an orange marker panel on the nose.

The footage I got from the National Archives was all silent. Not sure when the voice over was added.

This was shot in the 1967 time frame when the MP's were evaluating the V100's for issue. They are early V100's armed with the .30 machine guns.

I have copies of the evaluation reports that were filed by the MP's every 6 months.

The V100's did not start to get issued until late 1968/1969 time period.

One of these days I will get everything scanned I copied out of the National Archives and Center for Military History on the V100.

Rick

 

[smashcrashy]

I stumbled across this Malaysian TV show it has a V-100 variant in it as well as a Ferret variant (known as Harimau):

Once Upon a time: Kisah Drama Insurgensi - YouTube

Apparently there are 13 aired episodes, Im sure trolling around youtube would turn them up.