Designers at the Lawrence Liver-more National Laboratory (LLNL), California, have built upon experiences from the Vietnam War to design and develop new 'gun truck' platforms now operating in Iraq. The effort was spotlighted during US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearings in early May. Army officials are attracted to the gun truck concept because it provides supply convoy escort platforms that blend improvised explosive device survivability with overwhelming firepower against ambush.
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