Pakistan army technicals during Somalian civil war 1993 , wood armour for added protection 😂

Posted by historyeeter@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 27 comments

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b16b34r@reddit

Not Toyotas back then?

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

Nope, we used American produced till the 90s.

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b16b34r@reddit

Didn’t knew you got American trucks sold there; always thought the Toyota thing was about it was a common brand over there not an adopted practice; thanks, I learned something new

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

We actually produced willys under license with local diesel engines.

I believe these Chevy's and M151s were the last American transport/trucks we had in service.

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b16b34r@reddit

Willys with diesel engine, that would make a nice goat for mountains

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

True, I used to own one when I was in school. Put a 3.4 V6 diesel in the little fella.

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

Old M series trucks are still in service..

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KilroyNeverLeft@reddit

MG42/MG3 on a classic Chevy pickup goes hard, ngl.

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Ultravod@reddit

Seriously. Can't remote GAF about wooden armor one way or another when that MG42 is there flexing. "Did you know I was a prop in the original Star Wars?"

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

MG3*

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Afraid_Stuff_History@reddit

Damn, guess that's where my dad's '78 Silverado got off to

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CrashDepth_411@reddit

MG3s are so underrated

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Fluffinator44@reddit

Square body Chevy, Kraut bullet hose, Lunch Box of Doom. I want it all.

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blazeweedm8@reddit

I like these more than I should.

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Je_me_rends@reddit

I was not familiar with Pakistan's MG3 game

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TotalTimely8515@reddit

wood amor is actually very good against rpgs, the phillipines army would use it in marawi

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Tobix55@reddit

That doesn't look like armor, more like sideboards or guard rails so people don't fall off the bed

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scirocco@reddit

Looks to me like wooden boxes that may have 10-12 inches of sand in them, which would actually be decently effective, on the scale of shitty technicals

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

It's not. They just trying to make up with whatever.

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The_Guardsman@reddit

CUCV my beloved

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skark_burmer@reddit

Right? I wonder how many Dana 60 and NP205 are just sitting out in the desert.

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scirocco@reddit

Surely a goldmine

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89LSC@reddit

CUCVs with MG3s? Neato

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Stormbaxx@reddit

I don't see wooden armour I see galaxy brain ad-hoc backrests.

You drive a couple hundred kilometers on insane African roads sitting on the edge of a truck bed with a squad and see how you feel - that's if you haven't fallen out.

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