kubel mounted MG

I say forget about it for another build. Or if you really want it the bar that separates the front and back seats mounting.
BTW, your right that is a very wierd spot for an MG. They must be planning to retreat!

Grige88 : The creators of the kubelwagen (Volkswagen and Ferdinand Porsche) design the car that way because usually they use a lot of these vehicles on airfields and it was easy to jump to the rear seats and start firing the enemy or on the road, the other vehicle (the swimwagen) have one in the front on the passenger side for also easy acces because the use the soldiers give them.

Keep on modeling!!

Gabriel Salazar

My guess is that it's also positioned that way for AA use...it's got the drum magazine and pintle mount more commonly seen on American vehicles for the same purpose.

reb, romelio, and wbill-
thx for your opinions on this guys. the reason why i was considering this, was because it was an easy build, and because mounting it on the bar separating the front seats from the back, would have made it difficult to maeuver any MG i'd think, as i will have a large radio addition on the right hand side of the back seat. like this-

the fourth shot down on the right gives the best idea of where it will go:
http://www.vmdstudios.com/tw_showcase.html

ROMELIO: i already know why they would have a mounted MG in there. its just that from where they mounted it, the only way it could be fired was towarcds the back. firing towards the front is impossible, because you'd have to climb ontot he back bumper to get in position, which is quite dangerous. but thnx none the less. BTW- I will keep modeling, and i hope you do to!!

That is an interesting mount, I have never seen one there either...