Comments on: The AK-47 of Trucks

By: AAB

AAB — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:07:41 +0000

The US Dodge Weapons Carrier was one of the first civilian trucks used to mount a weapon on the back of it — a 37-mm AT gun. It was basically a 1940s version of a modern day Toyota + recoilless rifle.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 16:28:54 +0000

On your deathbed, you’ll surely rue your decision never to mount a .50-caliber machine-gun on your Toyota truck.

By: Grasspunk

Grasspunk — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 12:53:13 +0000

I have a ’99 model called Rosebud. It doesn’t have the .50-cal so I doubt it would be much use against lightly armed special forces operatives, but it is good for carrying a load of hay, water, tools, dirt, or kids around the farm.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:23:33 +0000

Speaking of the Landcruiser and the AK of trucks:

In 1941 the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Philippines, where they found an old Bantam Mk II, and promptly brought it to Japan. The Japanese military authorities commanded Toyota to make a similar vehicle but to not model the appearance on the American Jeep. The prototype was called the Model AK and was formally adopted by The Japanese Imperial Army as the Yon-Shiki Kogata Kamotsu-Sha (type 4 compact cargo-truck ).

By: Doctor Pat

Doctor Pat — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:22:30 +0000

Actually that second picture looks like a Toyota Landcruiser to me.