[charleston1]

They also routinely sandbagged APCs, specifically the M113 according to General Tommy Franks in his biography. IIRC they had a lot of aluminum in them. I could be wrong on the aluminum but I think that is why they used the sandbags--the armor was so poor you were better off on top behind a sandbag than in the vehicle.

[JSteff]

"They also routinely sandbagged APCs, specifically the M113"

yeah they did but in Vietnam they were burning up the auto-transmissions because of the extra weight. Maybe they got better tranies since them.