VN142 M151 ‘Mutt’ (U.S. Army Military Police) 

A very visible presence on any Saigon street or indeed any large South Vietnamese town or city where American troops were stationed. This particular MP vehicle is clean and well-maintained and again has a two-man crew comprising a sitting driver behind the wheel and a standing Military Policeman wearing the MP brassard and suitably-painted helmet in charge of the M60 machine gun. 

Both men belong to the 716^th Military Police Battalion whose primary mission was providing security and law enforcement in the Saigon/Cholon/Tan Son Nhut metropolitan area. In addition, they guarded the US Embassy, the MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) headquarters and other critical US facilities throughout the city. 

All members of this unit were heavily engaged during the ’68 TET Offensive and suffered a number of fatalities. 

Our model depicts these MPs on regular vehicle patrol prior to the surprise attack.