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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2247969" data-attributes="member: 7900">Now, more interesting stuff.  This from a recent trip to the 45th Infantry Division Museum.  When viewing the outside displays and taking a lot of photos, I came across this "critter."  Six-wheeled drive, articulated cargo truck and something I had never seen.  First the photos, then a little side story from one who knows about these "critters."<a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/TerryandJo/media/Historical%20Images/DSC_5133_zpsf33f3c16.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1190.photobucket.com_albums_z458_TerryandJo_Historical_20Images_DSC_5133_zpsf33f3c16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/TerryandJo/media/Historical%20Images/DSC_5134_zpsce563fb6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1190.photobucket.com_albums_z458_TerryandJo_Historical_20Images_DSC_5134_zpsce563fb6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/user/TerryandJo/media/Historical%20Images/DSC_5140_zpsf1d79bd7.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i1190.photobucket.com_albums_z458_TerryandJo_Historical_20Images_DSC_5140_zpsf1d79bd7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>A friend at work, who had dealings with these during the Vietnam war, gave me some insight as to these vehicles.  He was in communications and said that they used these to string communications wire between outposts and bases because they were also somewhat amphibious as well as six-wheel drive.  They are not equipped with propellers, but the turning of the tires in the water was enough to cause some forward motion.  From videos I've seen of one in water, I don't really think they would handle much of a current.He also said that they were slow and prone to mechanical problems.  In fact, they were so slow that when his unit would convoy anywhere, the Gama-Goats would be at the front of the convoy so as to "set the pace" for that convoy.  Otherwise, they would be left behind.There are no doors as they are designed to be amphibious.  When my friend was somewhat overcome by smoke while they were fighting a brush/grass fire over there, they hauled him 26 miles to the nearest aid station.  He thinks that the dirt and ride of that 26 miles did more damage to him than the smoke inhalation.There are some YouTube videos out there of these in action, although in the hands of "amateur" private owners.  I even watched one on video that turned his over 90 degrees, trying to navigate a slope to show the vehicle's capabilities.</blockquote>

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