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Counter Battery Radar HalfTrack - Finished

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Buzzbomb:
Trying to squeeze another one in for this groupie.
There are some great builds so far.

Continuing on the theme of the Russians attacking the west in mid 1945. There was much work being done on using radar for counterbattery work. There were already radar for AA gun control and by happy accident it was found that with a bit of tweaking it could also be used for to locate enemy artillery. Now for this sort of technology to be of any use it had to be mobile. Plus it was delicate gear so it needed protection. The US M3 family of halftracks were utilised to mount the radar in a mobile platform, plus have an operator on board, it pushed them over weight, somewhat limiting their mobility, but it was worth it for the great service they performed

What I have is a Tamiya 1/35 Mortar Half Track. So cobbled up a radar with a roof mounting


Operators station, this will have overhead protections as well


Also planning on a generator trailer as well.
So more to follow, hopefully we can get this finished before the deadline

Cheers
Brian T

Brian da Basher:
That's a killer concept and that radar certainly looks the business!

Brian da Basher

Old Wombat:
Great idea, Brian! Hope it all comes together quickly for you. :)

GTX_Admin:
Great idea!

finsrin:
Halftrack is on the track to becoming very different.  I like it :)

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