phildagreek Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Does anybody have a good reference or indeed references for the vehicles used by the USAF for airfield defence in Vietnam? I think I've read that they were mainly scrounged and improvised from what could be found & bartered for from local army units. Thanks very much. I know the title is spelt wrong, but I can't figure out how to change it. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I know the title is spelt wrong, but I can't figure out how to change it. Ah well. Hi Phil Sorry that I can't help with your main question, but to edit your title, you need to click "Edit" and then use "Use Full Editor". Hope that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centaur95 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Depends on your time period as the type of equipment changed through the conflict. USAF Security Police units ultimately ended up with the V100 Commando for this role late in the conflict. Yes they probably used M113s, gun jeeps and maybe the occasional armoured truck but most major airbases were multi-service operations so there would have been US Army and ARVN units in and around the base anyway. Cheers, Centaur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thank you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haydn Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 Rob Baldo has posted some interesting photos on our forum.... http://www.usaf-sig.org/Forum/index.php?topic=650.0 http://www.usaf-sig.org/Forum/index.php?topic=33.0 Cheers, Haydn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Squadron/Signal did a special 'Armor in Vietnam' (I think) that has some coverage of base defence vehicles. There was/is another volume on the gun trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanguin Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 For the Vietnam era I believe the USAF military police used the early M113 and M113A1 and the V-100 as the XM706 and XM706E2 variants, along with the usual M151 Mutts. As far as I know the weaponry was generally the same as used by the US Army and Marine Corps. The USAF never had its own organic equivalent of the RAF Regiment charged with airfild defence (or defense,,,,). A few links: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/182507-v100s-and-their-crew/ http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/US/Cadillac_Gage_Commando_M706.php http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?34462-V-100-with-M-60-Searchlight http://militarymashup.com/m706-v100-armored-car.htm http://www.usafpolice.org/tactical-vehicles.html Hope these are useful, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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