Gun Trucks

[Adm.Lee]

Originally Posted by Graebarde

a note on tha Hawgs.. That aircraft is probably the ONLY aircraft built around the gun system ever produced, unlike building the plane and then saying.. gee it needs guns..

Dunno, I think the Germans had something in WWI with a 77mm gun, but I can't track anything down just now.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

I've skimmed through the thread; am I reading earlier posts right? is it possible to mount an M113 hull on a truck chassis?

[copeab]

Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

I've skimmed through the thread; am I reading earlier posts right? is it possible to mount an M113 hull on a truck chassis?

It's more along the lines of "secure it to the flatbed cargo area" than an M113 with wheels.

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by copeab

It's more along the lines of "secure it to the flatbed cargo area" than an M113 with wheels.

Correct. They'd strip the engine, transmission, track-related gear from the M113 and then strap it down to the bed of a 5-ton with steel cables. The comms system was usually left intact for the gun crew to use.

[copeab]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Correct. They'd strip the engine, transmission, track-related gear from the M113 and then strap it down to the bed of a 5-ton with steel cables. The comms system was usually left intact for the gun crew to use.

Although the idea of an M-113 with a "convertible" Christie suspension suddenly intrigues me ...

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by copeab

It's more along the lines of "secure it to the flatbed cargo area" than an M113 with wheels.

AH thank you I was trying to picture how that would work.