Hello everybody!
bitbite, stik, Bill, New Hampshire, f8sader, Lee - thank you so much for your kind words!
Karl - like fificat and Lee already mentioned, the opening in the hull botom is a special spent brass chute. Just goes to show, how heavily modified the Walker Bulldog chassis was for this vehicle.
The actual escape hatch is under the front compartment of the vehicle.
fificat - I didn't want to put ammo into the guns, as the fire selectors are in the "fire" position - one small bump on the road and the guns go off? Not on my shift :-) There are some clips handy, should something happen. I wanted to show the vehicle on the move from one position to another on the same base, this was often done after dark to confuse eventual mortar gunners looking for a nice target.
Thanks again for your comments, have a nice day
Paweł