Destined to develop into the most influential postwar armored vehicles, the V-100 Commando used to be constructed by means of the Cadillac Gage corporation in 1962 as a personal enterprise, and the 1st prototype was once accomplished within the comparable yr. It used to be designed as a multi-purpose automobile and will functionality as an 11-man team of workers provider, reconnaissance car, convoy escort, command or patrol motor vehicle and a insurrection automobile. The V-100 was once confirmed and evaluated in Vietnam prior to full-scale creation all started in 1964. It observed common use in Vietnam through either US and South Vietnamese forces. This identify describes the layout, improvement and operational use of the V-100 Commando, together with their endured deployment all over the world.
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