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December 5th, 2003, 11:25 PM
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What is this? Does anyone know? Martin? TA? Anybody?
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it appears to me to be a red X in some sort of box, within another larger box....... ?
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December 5th, 2003, 11:57 PM
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hey it just came up ! eeeeeeeeek  US quad.50's on a mobil mount |
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American WWII 50 cal. quad mobile anti-aircraft battery M55. Also could be fitted to half-tracks etc.
Visit the site below to see it hooked up for towing. I didn't link direct as it's a big picture and would expand browser frames - which personally I do not care for. 
http://www.gunboards.com/forums/uplo...20DSC00470.JPG
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Well, it is a standard quad .50 Maxson mount model 45. I can't tell you which version (A - F) it is. They are all similar except in detail.
The trailer is not an M55. That one looks very square and has two closely spaced wheels on each side. I would suspect it is homemade by the owner of the mount.
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December 8th, 2003, 08:29 PM
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looks like a big red X to me though!
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December 8th, 2003, 08:59 PM
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I could be very wrong here but wasn't it nicknamed the 'meat Chopper' ?
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Quote:
Originally posted by T. A. Gardner:
Well, it is a standard quad .50 Maxson mount model 45. I can't tell you which version (A - F) it is. They are all similar except in detail.
The trailer is not an M55. That one looks very square and has two closely spaced wheels on each side. I would suspect it is homemade by the owner of the mount.
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Like the rear of a 6 wheel drive Dodge WC? First time I saw such a photo I thought it was a truck mounted system.
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December 10th, 2003, 01:50 PM
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Yep nice big Red X, often painted on M4s (unneccessarily) to aid Germans in PzkpwIVs for target practice.
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Yah
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