AFV CLUB’s M-113 A1 - by “Art Instructor” :
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Enjoy!
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.
Is that a Scimitar turret with the 76mm gun? I had no idea it had been mounted on a M-113.
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.
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and the Scorpion turreted units “MRV’s” (Medium Reconnaissance Vehicles) At the present time these vehicles have been withdrawn from active service and are in storage.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
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! [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 [:D]