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Technicals and Guntrucks

Started by philp, October 20, 2010, 12:06:54 PM

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Mossie

They used the LWB Landie in the British Army too, with the cab top removed to give all-round fire.  I guess they made similar mods!  IIRC the Wombat wasn't mounted as such, just sat on it's usual wheels & lashed to the deck.

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 27, 2011, 05:17:32 PM
I'm not sure I like the idea of being mounted on a truck, thank you! :blink:

OK, I can be annoying but, really, that bad? :-\

:lol: :lol: :lol:  I get the same thing with using Mossie as a moniker!
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Quote from: Old Wombat on March 27, 2011, 05:17:32 PM
I'm not sure I like the idea of being mounted on a truck, thank you! :blink:


Thats just given me a vision I definately don't want again  :blink: ;D
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Quote from: Mossie on March 28, 2011, 02:15:33 AM
They used the LWB Landie in the British Army too, with the cab top removed to give all-round fire.  I guess they made similar mods!  IIRC the Wombat wasn't mounted as such, just sat on it's usual wheels & lashed to the deck.

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 27, 2011, 05:17:32 PM
I'm not sure I like the idea of being mounted on a truck, thank you! :blink:

OK, I can be annoying but, really, that bad? :-\

:lol: :lol: :lol:  I get the same thing with using Mossie as a moniker!

Oh buzz off....... ;)
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Quote from: dogsbody on March 25, 2011, 06:52:53 AM
How about something like this...

That picture actually gives me the funny idea of a Japanese invasion of Continental US...... improvised US AFV (guntrucks included) v.s. Chi-Ha......
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Mossie

I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Army of One

I saw on Sky news update today what looked like a Toyata style pick up with what appeared to be an aircraft rocket pod (silver) lashed to the back pointing at an angle over the roof....the contraption was shown firing a few rockets before it drove off......
BODY,BODY....HEAD..!!!!

IF YER HIT, YER DEAD!!!!

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Quote from: Army of One on April 06, 2011, 03:10:40 AM
I saw on Sky news update today what looked like a Toyata style pick up with what appeared to be an aircraft rocket pod (silver) lashed to the back pointing at an angle over the roof....the contraption was shown firing a few rockets before it drove off......
Poor mans MRLS?

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pyro-manic

Excellent! ;D I wonder how accurate it would be though...
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tanktastic43

That has got to be as crazy an idea as i've ever seen.  :o

It looks like something Wyle E Coyote might dream up to chase the Roadrunner!

Make a great model though.  :thumbsup:

tt43.

ChernayaAkula

Quote from: pyro-manic on April 06, 2011, 08:52:29 AM
Excellent! ;D I wonder how accurate it would be though...

Highly accurate! It's 100% guaranteed to hit the earth!  :thumbsup:
Cheers,
Moritz


Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

Mossie

It's something that I've been thinking about for that Landie 1 tonner I mentioned earlier.  I checked to see what it would take to mount a couple of launchers from an early model Huey, more as a scratch built launched rather than something taken from an aircraft.  Probably not going to go that route now.

I've got it together & a sand base coat on, I'm now just stuck as to which way to go.  I've found the WOMBAT mount was (probably) real-world & I've been surprised at the lack of gear that can be robbed from other models.  Any more suggestions?
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

rickshaw

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Weren't these truck mounted rocket launchers used during the unpleasantness in the Balkans in the 1990's?

I'd assume they are an area saturation weapon rather than a pin-point target destroyer.   The low angle the Libyans have mounted them at would suggest they are not using them indirectly but I suspect aiming them is more a matter of luck than planning.
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philp

Maybe they used Google for their design.





Also like the way everyone is taking pics with their phones.  War has changed.
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rickshaw

The first one is a pretty sophisticated piece of work.  The second quite simple but effective.  I remember the Balkans ones 'cause the rocket pods were so big compared to the carrying vehicle.
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