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Anyone know what kinda mount this is? Looks like a M23 cradle sitting on some strange curved base. Seen the curved base elsewhere, would like to know what it was originally on.
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weird gun mount on King Kong gun truck
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And more importantly, is it the same as this mount on RLW?
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Top one looks like one off the commanders hatch on an older tank IMHO, not so sure about the second one.
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Yep---Same--Same----We call them ACAV mounts---They were on APCs and probably other armor-----They helped get the gun over the sides better--easyer to get into the ditches alongside the truck--------Driver
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That photo of King Kong is a model of the truck done by James Lyles---A really great model---On the actual truck that front hatch was welded open with another piece of armor so the driver could get into the rear or visa versa-----Driver
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That looks more like this one, used on a lot of tanks.
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Thanks for the answers, guys - I think you are right. I think this truck had an angled bracket going from driver's side wall to back wall, and the ACAV mount/tank mount (whatever you call it) was mounted facing toward the rear quarter, with a M23 cradle and .50 cal on it.
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it is off of a cupola.
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The ACAV mounts we used didn't have that cut-out at the bottom, it was about the same--here's a photo of the rear of Proud American after a terrible ambush but you can see the mounts and what they looked like at the botom
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Sammy that has the Ace of Spades fabed these mounts when he built the Ace, here are some photos of the ACAV mount that Mark sent Sammy for reference----Maybe one day I'll post all the stuff I have on the build of Ace and Widow---------------------it would sure be usfull in the future------Driver
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A couple of pictures of the mounts on King Kong 1971
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Excellent pics, Uglyranger! Nothing like close ups of the actual gun truck to show what's what.
Look closer in the second pic - see the slotted barrel support on the M2 Browning? Those are WWII-style Navy .50 cals, that were "borrowed" from the Navy. The Army and USMC ones all had circular holes in the support.
Look closer in the second pic - see the slotted barrel support on the M2 Browning? Those are WWII-style Navy .50 cals, that were "borrowed" from the Navy. The Army and USMC ones all had circular holes in the support.