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  • ARMORED WARFARE: The Q-Truck in Iraq

    12/02/2003 9:03:30 AM PST · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 58 replies · 453+ views
    Strategypage.com ^ | December 2, 2003 | Harold C. Hutchison
    December 2, 2003: The Q-Truck in Iraq- Army soldiers in Iraq are modifying their vehicles to carry additional weapons, usually the M2 .50-caliber machine gun (first used prior to World War II), the M249 SAW (a 5.56-millimeter machine gun), and the Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher (firing 40-milimeter grenade rounds). The crew-served weapons are mostly going on the Humvees, (no surprise there), but some are also being placed on the M872 Heavy Equipment Trailers. This might sound unusual, but the trucks are large, can carry a lot of ammunition, and guerillas in Iraq might not suspect they are armed at...