| HistoryPhD | 17 Jun 2015 8:40 p.m. PST |
Exactly where did the spent shell casings eject? The turret was fairly small and quite cramped, being filled with the twin breech blocks and the two gunners. The loaders had to stand on the back deck, as there was no room for them in the turret. So it seems quite problematic if the shell casings were ejected onto the floor of the already crowded turret, where there would be no spare hands to get them out from under foot. However, I see no ejection ports anywhere on the outer surface of the turret. Anyone know what the process was? Thanks. |
| Garand | 17 Jun 2015 9:08 p.m. PST |
There was a hole in the hull floor, so the shells ejected underneath the vehicle IIRC. Damon. |
| HistoryPhD | 17 Jun 2015 9:29 p.m. PST |
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| epturner | 18 Jun 2015 6:26 a.m. PST |
Garand is correct. I just asked the retired CW5 who works for me and who was a Duster crewman, well, before I was born…  Eric |
| HistoryPhD | 18 Jun 2015 8:36 a.m. PST |
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 Inari7  | 18 Jun 2015 9:00 a.m. PST |
Yes, underneath. The shells were also kept on the sides of the Turret/Tub before being loaded into the guns. I was an M-42 crewman from 84'-86' FL ANG |
| HistoryPhD | 18 Jun 2015 10:09 a.m. PST |
Now I just have to figure out what diameter of brass rod equals a 1/100 40mm round |
| leidang | 18 Jun 2015 11:00 a.m. PST |
.3281 mm = 40mm at 15mm scale |
| HistoryPhD | 18 Jun 2015 2:24 p.m. PST |
Excellent! Thanks. A bit of brass wire is called for |
| Disco Joe | 18 Jun 2015 2:52 p.m. PST |
I wish someone would make the M42 Duster in 1/56. |
| Mako11 | 18 Jun 2015 10:49 p.m. PST |
Hmmm, I get .4mm, e.g. 1/100th of 40mm. Of course, the shell casing is a bit wider, which is why I think 0.6 – 0.8mm is a good starting point for the whole round. |
| capncarp | 19 Jun 2015 7:52 a.m. PST |
Except for the relative lack of gun crew protection, it would seem a Duster would be a fairly formidable opponent to an infantry charge.
A bit messy in its employ, too; but effective. |
| HistoryPhD | 19 Jun 2015 10:31 a.m. PST |
The shells cast into the feed rollers on the model are definitely over scale, so a bit bigger will be necessary to match those. I'll try 0.6mm |
| Mako11 | 19 Jun 2015 11:21 a.m. PST |
Haven't seen them, but suspect those shells will be at least 1mm in diameter, since anything smaller than 1mm is really small. |
| HistoryPhD | 19 Jun 2015 2:49 p.m. PST |
We'll see. If 0.6mm turns out too small, I'll just use it for .50cal rounds. |
looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!