{"id":1343,"date":"2006-08-09T21:49:48","date_gmt":"2006-08-09T15:49:48","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-10-26T00:08:06","modified_gmt":"2006-10-25T18:08:06","slug":"improvised-truck-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/improvised-truck-armor\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvised Truck Armor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It would be hard to find a better example of &#8220;street use&#8221; than these hardened street trucks outfitted for desert war. A guy named Defensor Fortis, who was stationed in Iraq, posted some photos on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/defensorfortis\/128817245\/\">Flickr<\/a> of truck modifications performed by contractors. These are desperate attempt to protect a factory-issue truck from roadside bombs or enemy fire. They also boast their own artillery posts to return fire. When asked about the effectiveness of the jerry-rigged armor Defensor said, &#8220;I have seen no proof, but I imagine they&#8217;re fairly safe from small arms fire and more than like fitted with &#8220;run flat&#8221; tires.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This one is a Ford Super Duty gun truck in Southern Iraq (Mar 06).<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/Iraqtruck1.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"400\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In southern Iraq a modified GMC truck used by a British company, April 06.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/Iraqtruck4.jpg\" height=\"261\" width=\"400\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Iraqtruck4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In June 06, a gun truck in southern Iraq.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/Iraqtruck3.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Iraqtruck3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the rear gun ports you can notice the armor plate behind the glass.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/IraqTruck2.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Iraqtruck2\" \/><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would be hard to find a better example of &#8220;street use&#8221; than these hardened street trucks outfitted for desert war. A guy named Defensor Fortis, who was stationed in Iraq, posted some photos on Flickr of truck modifications performed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/improvised-truck-armor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[93],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/streetuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}