We’ve heard and seen stories of TLC in the battlefields. I just learned that the US army brought one home:
“More than two years after paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division acquired a Toyota Land Cruiser with a mounted anti-aircraft gun during the chaotic days of the Afghanistan evacuation, the vehicle is finally at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. It will be displayed at the Division’s on-base museum.”
You can read the rest of the story here: The iconic Toyota gun truck from Kabul evacuation has arrived at Fort Liberty - https://taskandpurpose.com/news/toyota-kabul-fort-liberty/
“More than two years after paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division acquired a Toyota Land Cruiser with a mounted anti-aircraft gun during the chaotic days of the Afghanistan evacuation, the vehicle is finally at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. It will be displayed at the Division’s on-base museum.”
You can read the rest of the story here: The iconic Toyota gun truck from Kabul evacuation has arrived at Fort Liberty - https://taskandpurpose.com/news/toyota-kabul-fort-liberty/