does this armed grader count ?
([url]http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/hobgrot/Chad.jpg[/url])
you're too quick, Greg !
How about a gun truck that predates the above that mates an M54 series 5 Ton Truck with the hull of an M113 ([url]http://news.webshots.com/album/92508045vVhFUA[/url])? It was called the Alabama Slammer.
Of course there were the gun trucks created during the Vietnam conflict that had an M113 APC in the cargo bed of the truck but the above turns the M113 into the body of the vehicle and it looks like an easy conversion with the kits currently available.
Search engine results for Alabama Slammer Gun Truck ([url]http://www.google.com/search?q=Alabama+Slammer&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=kAN&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&biw=1608&bih=1027&sclient=psy-ab&q=Alabama+Slammer+gun+truck&oq=Alabama+Slammer+gun+truck&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=serp.3...15196l17395l0l17788l10l10l0l0l0l0l395l2046l0j6j3j1l10l0.frgbld.&pbx=1&fp=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&cad=b[/url])
I can't help wondering how they changed the whole drive train of that jeep. Or did they just drive it around in reverse all the time?
All that armor plate and three man crew must have maxed out the weight limit.
When searching use Image search and the terms improvised armoured ............... will give the most 'interesting' results.
Mining dump trucks are already a 1:1 reality, or if you would prefer a front-end loader:
a 120mm mortar on a 360-degree turntable - to reach out and touch somebody;
at least one ZU-23-2 23mm gun mount for anti-aircraft and engagement of high elevation targets;
a couple of Mk 19 40mm grenade launcher for close protection ;
four banks of smoke/grenade discharges - you don't want enemy infantry/rebels getting under or on this thing!.....
Bah! Why go small? Fit a battleship turret in the rear
Anyone know of any kits?
And thus create a truck mounted rapidly moved tank destroyer type thing.
That looks a bit like something I have planned (and indeed have the kits for). Basically replace the 40mm gun on this:
(https://leicestermodellers.weebly.com/uploads/8/0/9/7/8097807/8734878_orig.jpg)
With this:
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/716XcaVxCVL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
And thus create a truck mounted rapidly moved tank destroyer type thing.