This Is Cool. Ge Divad Concept With Gau-8

[jcf]

Gives me all sorts of idears.

Cheers, Jon

[Jschmus]

Is it possible to have a tank 'gasm?

Me likee.  Add screens to the turret and skirts to the sides to shrug off RPGs, and I could easily see this thing mopping up in Iraq.

[LemonJello]

That would make for a nice Iraqi/Afghani streetsweeper, wouldn't it?

I think it'd need a trailer to haul enough ammo for that GAU-8.

Makes for a nice idea if/when I have a spare M-60 or M-1 hull laying around.  Cool.

[Maverick]

Egads, I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that volley!!  It'd chew up Hinds like a buzzsaw!

[Archangel]

Egads, I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that volley!!  It'd chew up Hinds like a buzzsaw!

Not only that but think of the  tank kills it would have too.

[Thorvic]

That would make for a nice Iraqi/Afghani streetsweeper, wouldn't it?

I think it'd need a trailer to haul enough ammo for that GAU-8.

Makes for a nice idea if/when I have a spare M-60 or M-1 hull laying around.  Cool.

How about mounted on a Merkava then it would be easier for a trailer and direct ammo feed ?

Like the name Buzzsaw    

[BlackOps]

Hey, that is pretty cool!

[Archibald]

Yep, incredible! Au fait, would it be possible to mount one or two GAU-8 on a turret, and use this as CIWS on a ship ?    

[Hatchet]

Yep, incredible! Au fait, would it be possible to mount one or two GAU-8 on a turret, and use this as CIWS on a ship ?  

The Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS already uses the GAU-8

Cool idea with the DIVAD (whatever that acronym means - something something something Air Defence). Come to think of it, I have a Merkava in the stash

[SinUnNombre]

That would make for a nice Iraqi/Afghani streetsweeper, wouldn't it?

I think it'd need a trailer to haul enough ammo for that GAU-8.

Makes for a nice idea if/when I have a spare M-60 or M-1 hull laying around.  Cool.

How about mounted on a Merkava then it would be easier for a trailer and direct ammo feed ?

Like the name Buzzsaw  

Actually, if you just filled the troop area with ammo belts, you wouldn't need a trailer. That would be a cool diorama, a Merkava with a GAU-8 and people loading the back with crates and crates of ammo.

On a slightly less OT note, this reminds me of the idea I had awhile ago for a M551 Sheridan with a GAU-8, fences, and reactive armor. I wish I still had the profile I did, but I lost it with my last computer.

Jon

[Hobbes]

DivAD = DIVisional Air Defence, iirc.  

[Wyrmshadow]

The turret actually reminds me of the Mauler tank from GI.Joe.

[LemonJello]

That would make for a nice Iraqi/Afghani streetsweeper, wouldn't it?

I think it'd need a trailer to haul enough ammo for that GAU-8.

Makes for a nice idea if/when I have a spare M-60 or M-1 hull laying around.  Cool.

How about mounted on a Merkava then it would be easier for a trailer and direct ammo feed ?

Like the name Buzzsaw  

If not the Merkava, then perhaps an LAV/Stryker or Bradley/M113/AAV?  Add some more armor for its own protection, too.

[RotorheadTX]

Yeah, they should have built that instead of horsea$$ing around on the "Sgt. York". :ill:  

[philp]

Ahh...Sgt York, the Hero of Desert Shield.  
Oops, that is another Whiff idea I have.

Wonder how the 30 would look on a Striker?