Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Tanker's Tuesday: M53 Self-Propelled Assault Gun






An interesting side note here, you can find at least one
of these monsters on every live fire range on every
Army post I've ever been on.....)
http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=620
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4 comments:

  1. Tim GowOctober 28, 2014 at 5:18 PM

    Looks a bit rubbish. Has a big gun. Love it! I had the ROCO model of this a few years back. I suppose I ought to try bodging one in 1/48ish scale.....

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  2. Don MOctober 28, 2014 at 8:11 PM

    The ones I have are ROCO, should be an interesting challenge to make one in 1/48th.

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  3. Paul FosterOctober 29, 2014 at 5:10 AM

    I just love the counter balance design issue.

    Being placed on a M-47 Chassis like that did it have one forward gear and two reverse ranges?

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  4. Don MOctober 29, 2014 at 7:10 AM

    As it's reversed I would say so Paul, for me the worse thing about this beast is the fact that
    the driver is 20 feet in the air!

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