"M35A1 Quad-.50 Gun Truck " Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 Jul 2014 11:21 a.m. PST |
Nice model!.
From here
link Hope you enjoy! Amicalement
Armand |
 Mserafin  | 24 Jul 2014 11:46 a.m. PST |
I don't think I would want to meet the "Nancy" this thing was named for. |
| zoneofcontrol | 24 Jul 2014 1:02 p.m. PST |
I visited the Army Heritage Days event at the Army Heritage and Education Ctr. in Carlisle, PA (USA) a few years ago. Among many fabulous displays and re-enactors was a unit of these gun trucks. Lots of mobile firepower. Thanks for the neat link Tango! |
 Legion 4  | 24 Jul 2014 1:38 p.m. PST |
That quad .50 was a great system ! |
| Leadpusher | 24 Jul 2014 2:57 p.m. PST |
My Dad was a gunner on a trailer mounted quad 50 during WW2. He said it was primarily an anti-aircraft weapon but deadly against light skinned vehicles and devastating against infantry. He was glad to be on his side of the weapon. |
| Rudysnelson | 24 Jul 2014 3:28 p.m. PST |
Mserafin, Since the system was called the meat grinder, Nancy would have been someone I would not want to meet. LOL. |
| Hornswoggler | 25 Jul 2014 6:02 a.m. PST |
Since the system was called the meat grinder… I think the actual nickname was "meat chopper". |
| Etranger | 25 Jul 2014 6:24 a.m. PST |
Lovely model, but Vietnam era rather than WWII. |
| Legion 4 | 25 Jul 2014 8:13 a.m. PST |
Yes, the quad .50 had the ability to fire not only direct LOS, but indirect with it's 6800m max range. Hence the VC called it Whispering Death. They might hear the distant firing of the weapon. Then shortly afterward, they'd hear the rounds whistling and cutting thru the air, but by that time it was too late … |
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