M242 Removed from Bradley

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

What about just grafting the whole turret onto something else? M1 hull, truck, go cart, whatever is strong enough to carry it.

the recipient vehicle would also have to be able to provide power to the turret. i would assume that alone would severely limit your options. dismounting the M242 and feed assembly and placing it on a functional vehicle would be far simpler.

though twin brad turrets on a hemmt guntruck would be awesome if the power plant could handle it.

(note i like the idea of having ungodly firepower on large cargo vehicles.)

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by bobcat

the recipient vehicle would also have to be able to provide power to the turret. i would assume that alone would severely limit your options. dismounting the M242 and feed assembly and placing it on a functional vehicle would be far simpler.

though twin brad turrets on a hemmt guntruck would be awesome if the power plant could handle it.

(note i like the idea of having ungodly firepower on large cargo vehicles.)

Abrams APU appropriated to power the Brad turrets on your HEMMT "land destroyer", et voila.

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

Abrams APU appropriated to power the Brad turrets on your HEMMT "land destroyer", et voila.

think that would be enough juice for the tow launchers to work on the frankentank too?

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by bobcat

think that would be enough juice for the tow launchers to work on the frankentank too?

Well I remember correctly from my TOW Missile Course, the Missile Guidance Set (MGS) will work off of batteries or it can slaved to a vechicle electrical system, in my training we used the M113 or the German Iltis, I am guessing you have do so re wiring to have it off the APU of the M1, but dos'nt the bradley have a APU?

[Tegyrius]

Thanks, guys.

If we're talking about just the gun itself, not the whole turret assembly, what sort of power requirement is involved?

- C.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Tegyrius

Thanks, guys.

If we're talking about just the gun itself, not the whole turret assembly, what sort of power requirement is involved?

- C.

A flashlight would have enough juice to run the solenoid for the firing pin but the chain mech to pull the ammo belt through is another story.

[Legbreaker]

Rip an old lawn mower apart and there's a motor to run a few of the mechanicals. A civilian generator should produce enough for the electrical systems.
It wouldn't be pretty, but with a sufficiently imaginative and skilled team of techs, any obstacle could be overcome.

In most of the games I've been involved with in the past few years, scrapyards have been very valuable resources. In fact, one game in Krakow had the local "powers that be" reward the PCs with not weapons, ammo, food, fuel, medical supplies, etc, but with 48 manhours on the ORMO's scrapyard. Whatever they could pry loose was theirs. The players treated this right as worth more than gold!