Author Topic: M50 Ontos Ideas and Inspiration (Read 17614 times)

GTX_Admin · « **on:** January 07, 2012, 09:42:23 AM »

Hi folks,

One vehicle that I have always liked the look of has been the M50 Ontos.

I just don't know what to do with it though, so what are your suggestions?

Regards,

Greg

finsrin · « **Reply #1 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:46:56 AM »

Is one of those that OOB looks bashed. Can put gun in hull like Swedish S tank and machine type turret on top.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #2 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:52:09 AM »

I suppose one could turn it into a AA platform and replace the recoilless rifles with SAMs?

Regards,

Greg

Weaver · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2012, 09:58:29 AM »

How about replacing the RRs with Hueycobra-style Quad TOWs, with armoured shields around them?

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:00:34 AM »

Interesting...

Dr. YoKai · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:00:43 AM »

Flak would work. but I don't think there's room in the hull for a gun-it was a pretty small vehicle. There was a proposed successor
called the Ontos 1960 that replaced the hextet of RCL with a pair ( same caliber ) equiped with revolver type magazines.

A TOW version would be possibility, ( Even more so with a crane type launcher arm ) as would a version with ( Mwahahaha )
a pair of Davy Crocketts...

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:03:59 AM »

Quote from: Dr. YoKai on January 07, 2012, 10:00:43 AM

a version with ( Mwahahaha )
a pair of Davy Crocketts...

Now you're just being silly...what good would only a pair do???

Regards,

Greg

finsrin · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:06:27 AM »

Replace with six Bushwacker 25mm and 50cal on top.

Weaver · « **Reply #8 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:06:53 AM »

I love the Davy Crockett idea - it's the perfect answer to the "lack of reloads" problem!

Jeffry Fontaine · « **Reply #9 on:** January 07, 2012, 10:41:11 AM »

Quote from: Dr. YoKai on January 07, 2012, 10:00:43 AM

A TOW version would be possibility, ( Even more so with a crane type launcher arm ) as would a version with ( Mwahahaha )a pair of Davy Crocketts...

TOW armed Ontos sounds plausible.

A brace of Davey Crocketts sounds even better.


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I wonder if that resin 1/35th scale Davey Crockett from Sharkit is still available?

sotoolslinger · « **Reply #10 on:** January 07, 2012, 11:52:52 AM »

I have this in progress back in Texas

Both a hull gun and magazine fed recoiless rifles

Weaver · « **Reply #11 on:** January 08, 2012, 01:19:34 AM »

You know, I did wonder who would go for the "ridiculously over-armed" option.... but only for about 10 seconds.....

Alvis 3.1 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 08, 2012, 01:39:57 AM »

Nothing says "NASCAR" Racing tank to me more than the M50. I can also see them as the NASCAR originator, a Moonshine smuggling vee-hickle!

Alvis 3.1

Jeffry Fontaine · « **Reply #13 on:** January 08, 2012, 03:13:21 AM »

Quote from: Alvis 3.1 on January 08, 2012, 01:39:57 AM

Nothing says "NASCAR" Racing tank to me more than the M50. I can also see them as the NASCAR originator, a Moonshine smuggling vee-hickle!

Painted up in markings for Richard Petty and Junior Johnson?

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #14 on:** January 08, 2012, 03:16:02 AM »

Maybe a diorama with a pair of them in a "Wild West" type standoff ...gunslingers at the ready...

Dr. YoKai · « **Reply #15 on:** January 08, 2012, 07:46:09 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on January 07, 2012, 10:03:59 AM

Quote from: Dr. YoKai on January 07, 2012, 10:00:43 AM
a version with ( Mwahahaha )
a pair of Davy Crocketts...

Now you're just being silly...what good would only a pair do???

Regards,

Greg

Hey, all I've got is a pair, and I do just fine....

There is host of good ideas here-If Alvis doesn't mind my kibbitzing his racing tank idea, I think lengthening the suspension
forward by an extra pair of roadwheels would make a great Drag Tank...of course, then you'd have to give it skirts...

Alvis 3.1 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:00:10 AM »

Kibbitz, no, but you can steal it outright! Considering how many ideas I've poached from serious modellers out there, I'd be more than glad to have one of mine taken. Besides, mine is having something else happen to it anyhow. :)

Alvis 3.1

apophenia · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2012, 07:02:50 AM »

Going underarmed, a light recce vehicle à la the Wiesel 1 MK20?

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2012, 05:00:19 PM »

Quote from: apophenia on January 11, 2012, 07:02:50 AM

Going underarmed, a light recce vehicle à la the Wiesel 1 MK20?

Makes perfect sense.

Maverick · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2012, 09:00:02 PM »

You could go one step further and do a Recce Stuart on it. Fit a ring with a couple of M2s or M1919s. or even a solid roof and a T50 turret or something similar.

Regards,

John

LemonJello · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2012, 09:41:53 PM »

I'd arm it with 4 GAU-8s (and add a big trailer for all the ammo they'll eat).

jcf · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2012, 04:09:31 AM »

The Ontos was designed as a family of infantry vehicles, the first two built were the T55 and and longer-hulled
T56 personnel carriers (6 and 10 troops respectively). The production M50 six-rifle anti-tank version was based
on the T55 hulled T165E2 developmental vehicle, all SP developments were T55 based. The T166 mounted one
rifle on a hydraulically operated version of the ground mount, four-rifle T164 and eight-rifle T167 variants were
proposed but never built.

Titanium hulled single and twin-turret assault vehicles were also planned, along with heavier anti-tank vehicles
using Ontos family components. Project AT-2 used the hull of the 90mm T101 aka M56 Scorpion/SPAT.

from Hunnicutt - Sheridan.

ChernayaAkula · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2012, 04:40:52 AM »

Quote from: Weaver on January 07, 2012, 09:58:29 AM

How about replacing the RRs with Hueycobra-style Quad TOWs, with armoured shields around them?

Why stop at TOWs!

Go wild! LAU-10 (5in Zuni rockets) pods, LAU-3 (2.75in FFAR rockets) pods, Minigun, Vulcan, 40mm grenade launcher,.....
Six LAU-10 pods in place of the recoilless rifles - that's 24 rockets in ready-to-launch position.

Don't know whether that would work in terms of weight, but would look seriously awesome.

Jeffry Fontaine · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2012, 05:51:43 AM »

For something as small as the M50 Ontos why not mate two hulls in tandem?
Something similar to the Hägglunds BV-206 in appearance.

(image source: one35th.com/Tankograd)

Links:
one35th.com ATTC - All Terrain Tracked Carrier
BAE Systems - Bv206S Armoured All Terrain Vehicle
Wikipedia - Hägglunds BV-206

apophenia · « **Reply #24 on:** January 12, 2012, 05:54:36 AM »

Love the 'Assault Ontos' although it might need Jeffry's Bv-206 trailer


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