After performing a quick check-fit of the HMMWV TOW cupola to the M50 Ontos last night I got to thinking about what could be done with the 106mm Recoilless Rifle mount from the Ontos. Since the hole in the top of the HMMWV Weapons Carrier is the same diameter as the hole in the Ontos it might be simple enough to just drop the cupola from the Ontos on to the top of the HMMWV Weapons Carrier and make a two or four recoilless rifle mount. Obviously the lower weapons would need to be left off in order for the cupola to rotate freely. A two-recoiless rifle mount might be an interesting diversion.
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Another idea that I had originally shared on another forum a long time ago and far, far away (from this topic:
Armor Fighting Vehicle Concepts From SketchUp on: December 22, 2011, 08:04:41)
The argument to whether the HMMWV could actually carry the Quad .50 mount is based on the fact that the Avenger Air Defense Missile System is mounted on a HMMWV and it is very large and bulky so I figured this would fit and might actually work with a little imagination. I claim no authorship for either of the SketchUp models that were used for this digital kit bash. I simply combined the components from the two models together to come up with this concept as a means to share an idea for the purpose of discussion.
Frank3K took this concept and actually built it:
HMMWV with Quad .50. It was nice to see an idea go from a concept to a digital 3D model and eventually to an actual physical model in plastic.