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M8 Greyhound and M20 Armored Utility Car (M8 Scout Car)
Maverick:
I was with Greg at first glance, but then the 'details' came out.
How about a quad .50 turret? ISTR seeing one somewhere as a photo. Failing that, a pair of .50s from the Tamiya Pibber might make an interesting deviation.
Regards,
John
Jeffry Fontaine:
--- Quote from: Maverick on December 30, 2011, 07:35:42 AM ---I was with Greg at first glance, but then the 'details' came out.
How about a quad .50 turret? ISTR seeing one somewhere as a photo. Failing that, a pair of .50s from the Tamiya Pibber might make an interesting deviation.
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There is an image of an air defense vehicle with a four-gun arrangement in an armored turret on the Wikipedia M8 Greyhound/M20 Scout Car page. While it may actually be a Maxon M45 Machine Gun Mount underneath the armored shell it is difficult to tell.
The Mk36 mount is the weapons mount that is found at the bow of the 31.0' PBR Mk1 and Mk2 and above the pilot house on the 50.0' PCF Mk1, Mk2, and Mk3. The Mk36 mount with the twin Browning machine guns would be an ideal match-up with this vehicle. Reminds me of the reconnaissance vehicle based on the M5 Stuart that was armed with the Mk17 Scarf Ring Mount and a pair of Browning .50s.
ChernayaAkula:
EDIT: Jeffry was faster!
--- Quote from: Maverick on December 30, 2011, 07:35:42 AM ---How about a quad .50 turret? ISTR seeing one somewhere as a photo.
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Yup! Some countries in South America used (use???) the Maxson M45 Quadmount mount (as on the M16 MGMC) on M8 Greyhounds. Looks rather wild.
Here's a Colombian one:
--- Quote from: GTX_Admin on December 30, 2011, 02:23:22 AM ---What about fitting something similar to the T34 Calliope rockets to the M8?
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Greg, was there any mention of where that pic was taken? The scenery looks a lot like many of the villages here in northern Hesse.
Frank3k:
--- Quote from: ChernayaAkula on December 30, 2011, 08:58:39 AM ---Yup! Some countries in South America used (use???) the Maxson M45 Quadmount mount (as on the M16 MGMC) on M8 Greyhounds. Looks rather wild.
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Damm! There goes a whiff!
Jeff - I think a Bushmaster would easily fit in place of the 37mm M6; that was a pretty big gun. The turret (and the rest of the vehicle) could use some extra armor but if an M8 can take a quad .50, it could probably handle a couple of Bushmasters.
A smaller turret with an M151 would look good, too. Maybe with a minigun or a Mk 19.
ChernayaAkula:
--- Quote from: Frank3k on December 30, 2011, 09:32:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: ChernayaAkula on December 30, 2011, 08:58:39 AM ---Yup! Some countries in South America used (use???) the Maxson M45 Quadmount mount (as on the M16 MGMC) on M8 Greyhounds. Looks rather wild.
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Damm! There goes a whiff!
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:-[ Sorry!
How about this, then:
Pretty interesting in and of itself, how about this turret fitted to an M8?
DN-V Búfalo
Mexican-built DN-5 Toro (looking a lot like an LAV-150) with the 75mm turret of an M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage. Apparently very much the only self-propelled artillery in the Mexican Army.
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