5-ton gun truck

Gun trucks were first employed by the American military in South Vietnam. This system, as its name indicates, is a large truck that has received additional armor and weapon improvements. Gun trucks are designed to protect convoys while giving soldiers more protection than Humvees.

Gun trucks can be equipped with 50-caliber machine guns, Squad Automatic Weapons and grenade launchers. The 5-ton model can incorporate two or three such heavy weapons. The added armor protects crew...