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Many modern forces now have their dedicated armored car designs, to exploit the advantages noted above. Examples would be the M1117 armored security vehicle of the USA or Alvis Saladin of the post-World War II era in the United Kingdom. Alternatively, civilian vehicles may be modified into improvised armored cars in ad hoc fashion. [31]
The Cadillac Gage Commando, frequently denoted as the M706 in U.S. military service, [7] is an American armored car designed to be amphibious. [6] It was engineered by Cadillac Gage specifically for the United States Military Police Corps during the Vietnam War as an armed convoy escort vehicle. [7]
Armored car (military), a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle; Armored car (valuables), an armored van or truck used to transport valuables; Armored car (VIP), a civilian vehicle with a reinforced structure; SWAT vehicle, a non-military armored vehicle used by police tactical units
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The Vietnam People's Navy has itself built six Tarantul-class corvettes (Molniya class) with Russian supervision and has designed and built the first warships of the TT-400TP gunboat class. [95] Vietnam also purchased two Pohang-class corvettes were purchased from South Korea, one in 2017 and
Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando – Postwar 4 wheel armoured car / APC; Jeffery armored car – World War I; King armored car, World War I vehicle for the short-lived 1st Armored Car Squadron (United States Marines) LAV-300; M1 armored car – interwar [95] M2 scout car – interwar; M3 scout car – World War II; M8 Greyhound; M38 Wolfhound prototype
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In the Vietnam War, U.S. "gun trucks" were armoured with sandbags and locally fabricated steel armour plate. [20] More recently, U.S. troops in Iraq armoured Humvees and various military transport vehicles with scrap materials: this came to be known as " hillbilly armour " or "haji armour" by the Americans. [ 19 ]