US Army Gun Truck during the invasion of Panama 1989

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Ancientsoul93@reddit

For any fat electrician fans, S.T.E.A.L, this is funny

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buddboy@reddit

finally some good fucking technical. Wonder why they chose a huge box truck instead of a pickup? They got something neat in the back?

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Old_Wallaby_7461@reddit

This is an airport catering truck, it comes with a little balcony on the front that you can access from the box

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My first assumption is they just commandeered it. My second assumption is they chose this to blend in and/or moving supplies around. But also the small amount of foliage and sideways safety cone make me think they're just having fun and probably not much more beyond that.

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IShouldbeNoirPI@reddit

It looks like one of those airport trucks that can take catering or cargo directly to plane.
So it has connection between box in the back and platform and platform can elevate

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buddboy@reddit

I bet they got hoe's in the back

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Seahawk_2023@reddit

Why did they chose a box truck, simple answer: to carry infantry.

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thenewnapoleon@reddit

You can hold more guys in the back. There's another photo of a bunch of infantry dismounting and you can see just how many guys fit in there.

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RedblackPirate@reddit

Do they sell plants tho?

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DESTRUCTI0NAT0R@reddit

50 cal on anything, zero fucking exceptions.

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ChanoTheDestroyer@reddit

On…a shopping cart? 🛒

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Bakedbythesea@reddit

There is legitimate examples of Syrian and Libyan rebels of doing exactly that 🤣

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ChanoTheDestroyer@reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Weird/s/VEZRLJ3Uw6 Holy shit I was only half joking

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Bigredstapler@reddit

Yes.

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ChanoTheDestroyer@reddit

On…the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe? 🚗

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Bigredstapler@reddit

Yeeeees.

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t4skmaster@reddit

Marriott is really enforcing that gold member only parking

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Status-Ad-83@reddit

What's the cone for?

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EasyRhino75@reddit

Room service, bitches

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Raguleader@reddit

"Good morning, Gentlemen. This is your wakeup call."

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BadAssOrangeJuice@reddit

I thought that disguising military vehicles like civilian vehicles was a war crime or against the Geneva convention or something like that. Would this fall under the same? Just genuinely wondering

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joshuatx@reddit

IIRC the U.S. had a lot of oversized tracked vehicles that were not ideal for Panama City roads. Perhaps this was a workaround.

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snake6264@reddit

Whatever works

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BoxFullofSkeletons@reddit

“Guys, it’s just called a banana republic, you don’t actually have to deliver bananas”

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UNC_Samurai@reddit

That foliage is doing a lot of heavy lifting on the camo scheme

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MiataCory@reddit

Cone over here sticking out like "HEYYYY YOUUUU GUYYYSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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LoopDloop762@reddit

Urban camouflage

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West-Construction871@reddit

When you have to deliver goods by 12PM and have to respond to a call for fire support by 1PM.

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pLudoOdo@reddit

God damn I thought the economy was bad now

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instantpowdy@reddit

When you have to wreck your enemy but your troops gotta have that 5 star hotel feeling in the field

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Madetoprint@reddit

I'm thoroughly confused by the traffic cone on the side of the truck. But I suppose if I got mowed down with .50 BMG while trying to figure out what it's for, then it was effective?

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