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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
I've often wondered why no one tried fitting the 20mm commanders cupola from the M114 armored recce vehicle on an M113 ACAV in the Vietnam era, but I'm not aware of anyone trying it. Might be because that particular 20mm gun had reliability issues, or might have been tried and I just haven't heard about it.
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There were prototypes with that cupola fitted to the M113 or various 20mm autocannons fitted to several different cupolas and turrets, but none of them got into production. Some never made it past the mock-up phase. Eventually, they skipped the whole idea and went on to develop what became the Bradley.