WWII - 1944, Jeeps & 75 mm Gun Motor Carriage M3 Half-Tracks Are Fired Upon, Paestum, Italy, 02Jan44

Jeep w/ troops along dirt road lined w/ orchards , followed by 75mm Gun Motor Carriage M3 half-track trucks; closer shot of same. 10:11:30 View up road, jeep past & off shoulder of road, soldiers take cover. 10:12:13 Jeep slowly up road toward camera, passing; reverse shot of jeep swerving off road & soldiers take cover - seen from across road. Repeated. 10:13:23 MS Soldier beside machine gun mounted in jeep, gets on radio / walkie talkie. puts on helmet. flags down half-track which fires mounted gun up road. 10:14:09 Half track past up hill, pillbox smoking ahead & firing on the pillbox from beside jeep & soldier alongside road. Soldier signals half-track to retreat. Pillbox smoking & soldiers attack. 10:15:19 POV from half-track firing on pillbox. View from alongside half-track which bounces as each shell is fired. Second half-track stops alongside & fires. Both firing. 10:17:55 MCU of burning pillbox, explodes several times. Much smoke & dust afterwards. 10:18:44 Destroyed pillbox w/ rubble, explodes & tree falls onto road. More explosions. WWII; WW2; 1944; GMC; NOTE: Staged in Italy, but good action footage.