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Old 11-06-2007 | 08:37 AM
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Default RE: m26/m46 arv help needed

Which M-60? I tested that pile of scheisse back in 1959-60 at (then) Camp Irwin, CA. I reported that there were only two good things about the tank...the gun and the fire control system, both of which were British. The rest of the tank was crap. [:'(]Everyone hated the "new"dielsel and the fact that some idiot decided that shocks were not needed, caused us to get really beat up travelling through the desert terrain.[:@] The A2 was an attempt to improve it, but it was still too big and slow of a mass for the firepower. [&o]

If you want to do a '46, I can get you some detailed, close shots of one we have here at Ft Jackson, and a lot is still in my memory banks. But, it will take a LOT of work on the grill doors. May want to wait for the conversion kit...or get a 1;35 Trumpter model. put it on the copy machine and blow it up to scale .

My M-45 is pretty accurate and I could send you some photos. The mantlet has to be beefed up and closed in on the sides. The Coax is BELOW the 105, not in line as with the Pershing, [X(]a muffler has to be built on the rear and the gun travel lock is mounted on the blower motor housing and locks into a piece on the base of the mantlet. Swapping the 90 to 105 is no problem. [8D]