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  • Member since
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  • From: Thailand
M-113 A1
Posted by Model Maniac on Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:23 AM

AFV CLUB's M-113 A1 - by "Art Instructor" :

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  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:51 AM

No too bad.  The weathering is inconsistent as usual.  Nice clean tracks with dirt and mud on the hull bottom and sides.  At least part of the vision blocks are painted on this one.  He still missed the driver's vision blocks.  Lack of attention to detail due to a rushed job as usual. 

By the way, it is not just an M113A1, but an Australian M113A1 MRV (Medium Recon Vehicle).  An M113A1 is simply a Vietnam-era M113 personnel carrier without the turret.

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  • Member since
    August 2006
  • From: Oromocto, Canada
Posted by Gun Tech on Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:47 PM
Is that a Scimitar turret with the 76mm gun?    I had no idea it had been mounted on a M-113.

Jean-Michel    "Arte et Marte"

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:03 PM

 Gun Tech wrote:
Is that a Scimitar turret with the 76mm gun?

I think it is a  Scorpion turret on top.  It was a later version used by the Australian army.  They had an earlier version with a Saladin turret on it.

Old style M113A1 FSV (Fire Support Vehicle) used in Vietnam.

Tamiya did it in kit form too.

 

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  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Sydney, Australia
Posted by Phil_H on Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:11 PM

 Gun Tech wrote:
Is that a Scimitar turret with the 76mm gun?    I had no idea it had been mounted on a M-113.

It is a Scorpion turret.

It's a refinement of the earlier version which was fitted with a Saladin turret (and which saw action in Vietnam). In Australian service, Saladin turreted units are/were designated "FSV's" (Fire Support Vehicles) and the Scorpion turreted units "MRV's" (Medium Reconnaissance Vehicles)  At the present time these vehicles have been withdrawn from active service and are in storage.  

 

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reference/armour/m113mrv/m113mrv.htm

  • Member since
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  • From: Oromocto, Canada
Posted by Gun Tech on Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:38 PM

We had them mounted on the the AVGP Cougar.   Men I hated those!  During my apprentice course, I was day dreaming during a pull back test and got smack right in the head by the ordnance! Black Eye [B)] 

 (you insert a tool in the barrel and with a chain and hoist simulate a recoil, then let go suddenly, and you want to examine the ordnance coming back forward under nitrogene pressure)

 Lucky for me, they where out of the system when I did my latest course  Big Smile [:D]

Jean-Michel    "Arte et Marte"

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