So who was driving the jeep with the machine gun in the new Albany area today

[Kagnew]

My neighbor drives an old willys jeep with a .30 browning mounted in the back. When the canvass cover is on it you can bet it's the wood mock-up but when tooling around the neighborhood it is a real life .30 cal machine gun. real cool! the women around here wring their hands and cry..... That's pretty cool too!

I've always thought that if I had the money to buy and restore any vehicle I wanted to that it would be either a Willys MB or a Ford GPW.

 

[Hookeye]

Vietnam era..........was it a Jeep or a M151?


A M151 is NOT a Jeep

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Wake me if you see one mounted with something GOOD on it, like a MAG58 or M2HB.

 

[gregkl]

Shooting it, would make my day

Shooting the Jeep?

 

[Kagnew]

Vietnam era..........was it a Jeep or a M151?


A M151 is NOT a Jeep

Most of the 1/4 tons we had during the Viet Nam era were M151 "MUTT"s, built by Ford. They were not "Jeep"s (capital J) but a lot of people still (incorrectly) referred to them as "jeep"s (small j).

 

[Harleyrider_50]

I know it had to be an INGO'er. It was a older style jeep with a machine gun mounted on top. It had an orange emergency light on top as well. I saw it in Floyd Knobs around 10am.

I'll take a wild stab at it,and say was/could'a been Doug Kiesler.....dude's got'a LOT'a stuff like that....tanks,1/2 trac's,old german WWII stuff....you name it,the dude prolly owns it.....


(might be mistaken but....when the dude still own'd the gun shop,now 'Orions'.....seems like I remember see'n a quad .50 down there....looonng time back......)

 

[Blackhawk2001]

As in "A little bit Less than a 155" recoilless rifle?

Truth in advertising has never been the military's strong point.

Actually I just threw away a British military vehicle collectors' magazine that discussed that very thing. The original recoilless was IIRC 104mm (possibly 103mm). It didn't work very well in its first iteration, so it was re-designed and re-issued some years later. Rather than retaining the less-than-successful "104mm" title, it was changed to "105mm".

 

[Lammchop93]

I'll take a wild stab at it,and say was/could'a been Doug Kiesler.....dude's got'a LOT'a stuff like that....tanks,1/2 trac's,old german WWII stuff....you name it,the dude prolly owns it.....

True that! I have a friend who owns a ton of land out in Hardinsburg and Kiesler basically bought the entire town. But he said we can shoot/hunt whenever we want!

He seems like a very cool guy. I would love to shoot with him and see his collection/arsenal.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

Most of the 1/4 tons we had during the Viet Nam era were M151 "MUTT"s, built by Ford. They were not "Jeep"s (capital J) but a lot of people still (incorrectly) referred to them as "jeep"s (small j).

It's like calling a copier machine (or the act of copying on it) "xerox(ing)". Even the original model was a "truck, 1/4 ton"; it got its nickname from a cartoon character named "the Jeep" and the name stuck. Now it's generic for any quarter-ton open top four-passenger military vehicle. (And yes, I can be a pedant also).

 

[Harleyrider_50]

True that! I have a friend who owns a ton of land out in Hardinsburg and Kiesler basically bought the entire town. But he said we can shoot/hunt whenever we want!

He seems like a very cool guy. I would love to shoot with him and see his collection/arsenal.

HELLuva good dude.....
Ain't seen or talk'd to'm since he moved on ta bigger/better things(Kiesler Defense Corp) but was always good ta talk to,honest,knowledgable, and could take his word to the bank....got'a brother that's a electrical contractor(or was..)....good dude also..

 

[Hookeye]

Most of the 1/4 tons we had during the Viet Nam era were M151 "MUTT"s, built by Ford. They were not "Jeep"s (capital J) but a lot of people still (incorrectly) referred to them as "jeep"s (small j).

Note how the 151 grill slats go horizontal, not vertical

 

[Kagnew]

It's like calling a copier machine (or the act of copying on it) "xerox(ing)". Even the original model was a "truck, 1/4 ton"; it got its nickname from a cartoon character named "the Jeep" and the name stuck. Now it's generic for any quarter-ton open top four-passenger military vehicle. (And yes, I can be a pedant also).

Correct. Much like some old-timers still call all refrigerators a "Frigidaire".

(I hope the pedantry clears up. Have you seen a doctor? )

 

[Hookeye]

I also heard the name was from speaking the letters "G" amd "P" together (GP standing for "general purpose" )

 

[Hookeye]

I call a Jeep a Jeep, and a Norge a Norge (it wasn't a Frigidaire)

Saturday Night Live - The Nerds - Broken Fridge - Video - NBC.com

 

[jgreiner]

That brings new meaning to the idea of OPEN CARRY.......