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Aero-space / Re: Antonov Design Bureau
« Last post by kim margosein on Today at 10:34:59 AM »All I can think of is the world's largest ramen cup.
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Land / Re: Crew Served Weapons
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Today at 05:36:39 AM »It is an odd looking design for sure. Wonder why they did not try to use one of the Infantry Hand Carts for this purpose?
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Small Arms Review > M3A4 (M4A1) Hand Cart included on this site is an image of an hand cart configured to carry M2 .05" Browning HBMG broken down for transport on the cart.
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The Liberator > M3A4 Infantry Hand Cart
Hand Carts . Com > U.S. Army Hand Carts
Small Arms Review > M3A4 (M4A1) Hand Cart included on this site is an image of an hand cart configured to carry M2 .05" Browning HBMG broken down for transport on the cart.
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Group "A" (Automatic weapons, small mortars, carts, and light artillery
A42 - M3 and M3A4 hand cart, general utility.
M4 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of .30-caliber M1917A1 Browning Machinegun.
M4A1 hand cart, M3A4 cart configured for transportation of .30-caliber M1917A1 Browning Machinegun.
M5 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of .50-caliber M2 Browning Heavy Machinegun.
M5A1 hand cart, M3A4 cart configured for transportation of .50-caliber M2 Browning Heavy Machinegun.
M6 hand cart, M3 cart configured for transportation of 81mm M1 Medium Mortar.
M6A1 hand cart, M3A4 cart configured for transportation of 81mm M1 Medium Mortar.
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Land / Re: Crew Served Weapons
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 04:57:16 AM »... Looks too-too to be a jeep trailer...
Yeah, definitely too big to be a Bantam 1/4-ton. And it doesn't look anything like the official '50 Cal. Machine Gun Carts' - most of which were for transporting disassembled .50 cals anyway.
Most of the small US carts had spoked wheels. So, yeah, you've got a genuine puzzle here ...
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 04:26:23 AM »How could you imply something so evil of a humble fire-fighting appliance!
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Profiles and Pixels / Re: GLanini Profiles
« Last post by apophenia on Today at 04:25:03 AM »... The Gripen couldn't have the serial starting with MG... Perhaps "GP".
Yes, "GP" would fit perfectly with the Finnish system. Or, slightly less plausibly, maybe "SA" for Saab? (Recycling the code used briefly in early 1940 for the Fiat G.50s ... although, not sure why.)
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Land / Re: A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's
« Last post by Ramba on Yesterday at 09:06:57 PM »The digital camo pattern template is here. I also painted the base sand color on the Hobby Boss ZTL-11 what if that I am going to use the template on. I used Vallejo Air 686 FS33446. It is for modern US armor. In the bottle, it looked too dark for modern US armor but once I airbrushed it on, it came out lighter than expected. It still looks a little too dark for modern US armor though so that is why I am using it on this what if. Anyway, the main gun barrel wasn't painted yet. I am going to paint it a different color, probably khaki. Hoping to try out the template sometime next week.
You can use the template to make your own masks from tape or you can tape the template directly to the model. I will probably be doing both.
You can use the template to make your own masks from tape or you can tape the template directly to the model. I will probably be doing both.
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Land / Re: Crew Served Weapons
« Last post by Story on Yesterday at 09:04:26 PM »Towed .50 Browning, no further information. Any guesses on what the baseline trailer was?
I see what looks like the lower half of a 37mm shield, two 250 round ammo boxes and the Browning T&E device.
Looks too-too to be a jeep trailer.
Looks Bastogne-ish vintage, so if I was surmising the backstory it was fabricated based on the memory of someone old enough (in 1944) to remember this
This tripod was made in Baltimore, Md., by Crown Cork & Seal Co
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/mr-browning-s-gun-the-u-s-model-of-1917-browning-machine-gun/
I see what looks like the lower half of a 37mm shield, two 250 round ammo boxes and the Browning T&E device.
Looks too-too to be a jeep trailer.
Looks Bastogne-ish vintage, so if I was surmising the backstory it was fabricated based on the memory of someone old enough (in 1944) to remember this
This tripod was made in Baltimore, Md., by Crown Cork & Seal Co
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/mr-browning-s-gun-the-u-s-model-of-1917-browning-machine-gun/
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Profiles and Pixels / Re: GLanini Profiles
« Last post by perttime on Yesterday at 06:32:56 PM »I have a soft spot for the Gripen, and was hoping that Gripen E would win the evaluation against the F-35. Didn't happen....
The Gripen couldn't have the serial starting with MG. The letters denote the aircraft type. MG was already used by MiG-21 F and BIS models. Perhaps "GP".
The Gripen couldn't have the serial starting with MG. The letters denote the aircraft type. MG was already used by MiG-21 F and BIS models. Perhaps "GP".