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  • #31
    I'm glad to see my threads actually matter enough for people to reply. Thanx guys.

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      • #33
        In context of the later stages of the war, would it be more complicated to build casemated turrets or traditional ones

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          • #35
            Originally posted by Brit View Post
            And when the Merkava was being developed I think it's turret was first fitted to an M48 or M60 hull... or was it the other way around
            There are some photos of that vehicle on this thread: http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling.../t/149626.aspx plus a line drawing of a 'what if' Merkava variant.

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            • #36
              Originally posted by Draq View Post
              Or the m60 with a m1 turret
              I think I've seen other names for it but that would / could be the M60-2000:

              These are 'drawings' but there are photos on the web:

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              • #37
                Something else I found. The M111 Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft.

                (Found here: http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index....light,m48.html & http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.phptopic=4777.0 ).

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                • #38
                  I would have loved to have seen one of the early thoughts for the M1 had made it. As I understand it early on the plan was to have the 25mm Bushmaster be the Coaxial so they could use it rather than the main gun against MICV.

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                  • #39
                    A 25mm Bushmaster and a useful amount of ammo will eat up significantly mote turret space than a 7.62mm MG and it's ammo. What do you strip out of the turret to make room
                    A generous and sadistic GM,
                    Brandon Cope

                    http://copeab.tripod.com

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Draq View Post
                      In context of the later stages of the war, would it be more complicated to build casemated turrets or traditional ones
                      Historically, assault guns/tank destroyers with casemate mounts are cheaper to build than tanks built on the same hull, but are more limited tactic a lly.
                      A generous and sadistic GM,
                      Brandon Cope

                      http://copeab.tripod.com

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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by copeab View Post
                        A 25mm Bushmaster and a useful amount of ammo will eat up significantly mote turret space than a 7.62mm MG and it's ammo. What do you strip out of the turret to make room
                        Now how much ammo is needed to be "Useful" If you pull the M240 and the 10,000rds of 7.62 how much 25mm could you fit with the gun I do not know, but even say it is only 1000rds 25mm I would find that very useful as it would have your 120mm last longer. Of the 40 main gun rounds that the tank carries only 17 of them are in your ready rack and can be used easily. Yes you can use the other 23rds, but they are much more difficult to use. Normaly they are used to reload the ready rack.

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                        • #42
                          OK, this actually exists, but it an interesting gun. The TP-82 survival rifle for cosmonauts. Two shotgun barrels mounted over a 5.45x39mm rifled barrel, with a detachable stock that doubles as a machete.
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                          • #43
                            Hmm, all steel and three barrels, so, weight wasn't a factor. I wonder what its effective range was and accuracy.
                            "God bless America, the land of the free, but only so long as it remains the home of the brave."

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Draq View Post
                              OK, this actually exists, but it an interesting gun. The TP-82 survival rifle for cosmonauts. Two shotgun barrels mounted over a 5.45x39mm rifled barrel, with a detachable stock that doubles as a machete.
                              I alerted everyone to this one some time ago, though I haven't done anything with it.
                              I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes

                              Entirely too much T2K stuff here: www.pmulcahy.com

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                              • #45
                                Originally posted by ArmySGT. View Post












                                I did the AGDS on my Best SPAA that never Were Page.
                                I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes

                                Entirely too much T2K stuff here: www.pmulcahy.com

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