M998 Hillbilly Armor

Brent Sauer
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Erik Houghton
Where did you find this picture, Jeremy? Any info to got with it? It looks like it could be 3d ACR at the end of their first Iraq deployment.

Brent Sauer
The picture is date stamped March 3, 2004 which is OIF 2. The vehicle is an M998 which they put basic armor doors on and added hardox steel plates.

The picture turns up quit often in Google searches.

Erik Houghton
Got that. OIF I did not end for 3d ACR until they left country at the end of March 2004. We were sporadically moving equipment down to Kuwait for the month prior to our actual final convoys south out of Al Asad.

Jeremy Coyle
I actually found it a long time ago, I was searching on Google. I honestly do not remember where. I wish I had a better answer but i don't...

Brent Sauer
I was there from March 2003 till July 2004. I sure wish I had taken more pictures then.

Erik Houghton
I only had those cheap disposable camera the first tour; about half of the pictures taken didn't develop properly 🙁 Of course, the two cameras with all of the Iraqi aircraft graveyard photos on them didn't work out.

Jeremy Coyle
Updated with a few pics