CJ5A Gun Jeep

Just watched an interesting episode on Meccum Auto Auctions. There was a real nice 1965 CJ5 Military Jeep with a recoiless rifle on it. the winning bid was $ 12,500. It was very nice. Did such a beast exist ?

Correct me if I am wrong, but 'CJ Military Jeep' is an oxymoron. CJ means Civilian Jeep. On the other hand, I see nothing wrong with a recoiless rifle on a CJ!

More then likely it was an M38A1C, not a CJ.

There is a recoiless rifle version.

Here is a couple pics for you..

The first pic is a CJ5, Second is the M38a1c

gunboy1656 said:

Here is a couple pics for you..

The first pic is a CJ5, Second is the M38a1c

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Yup! I figured they got it wrong! It was an M38a1c. Thanks gunboy1656!

There is not a lot cosmetically different between the 2 so it is easy to mix up.

My dad and I are rebuilding the recoilless rifle, and had tossed the idea of mounting on a jeep over the mule. With that going price, I know it has to be a mule now.

Do you happen to have a pic from that auction?

gunboy1656 said:

There is not a lot cosmetically different between the 2 so it is easy to mix up.

My dad and I are rebuilding the recoilless rifle, and had tossed the idea of mounting on a jeep over the mule. With that going price, I know it has to be a mule now.

Do you happen to have a pic from that auction?

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It was on Dish satellite television on HDTV Channel 364. It comes on Friday nights into the wee hours and Saturday nights into the wee hours os Sunday morning until 7:00 AM. Hope that helps. it was sure clean and I thought it was a pretty low bid that it went for. $12,500. They have these auctions all over the country. It's an interesting show to watch, have seen several MV's on it.