especially for the wet terrain and rice patties of Vietnam. The M116 was a cargo carrier and the XM 733 was armor plated. The XM 733 was made as an escort vehicle for the cargo carriers. They were equipped with a automatic grenade launcher in the front, an M60 machine gun on each side, a 50 caliber machine gun in the middle, and a 60 or 81 MM mortar tube in back (bed). They could go almost anywhere the foot troops could go. To my knowledge these vehicles doesn't exist anymore. The book will preserve the role these vehicles played in Vietnam. This is a story that needs to be told. |