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Post by Juha Tompuri » 16 Apr 2006, 08:59

Sorry but no.
Weapon related

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Post by Davide Pastore » 16 Apr 2006, 19:27

Juha Tompuri wrote:It's a mg mount and the upper part is from a vehicle...
I suppose it is a twin (ISTM) mount taken from an AFV.
However amongst the AFV listed here:
http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~aaron/finAFV.html
I can't find a candidate.

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Post by BIGpanzer » 16 Apr 2006, 21:18

It could be taken not from Finnish (Axis country of WWII) but from Soviet AFV probably.....
I still have no ideas from what AFV weapon this upper detail was..............

Interesting question, Juha! :wink:

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 16 Apr 2006, 22:00

Hi Davide,
Davide Pastore wrote:
Juha Tompuri wrote:It's a mg mount and the upper part is from a vehicle...
I suppose it is a twin (ISTM) mount taken from an AFV.
As the pic quality is as low as it is, I think your answer is close enough.
It's (as BP posted) a Soviet experimental mg mount, using AFAIK "home made" carriage and gun mantlet from a BT-2 tank
I'm very sorry that I can't give the exact pic source, as I have lost it.
However it should be somewhere here: http://www.klad.hobby.ru/milarch.htm


BT-2
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http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/BeforeWWII/BT/BT2/

Over to you, Davide

Regards, Juha

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Post by Bill Murray » 16 Apr 2006, 22:06

Hi guys:
I have not had a clue on most of the last two weeks challenges but I check it every day.
Fun to see a few of us sneak on even on the Easter Holiday which here started for us five minutes ago when all the guests arrived for dinner.
And....my wife is yelling at me this very second to get off the bloody computer.

Happy Easter to all
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Post by Davide Pastore » 16 Apr 2006, 22:21

Juha Tompuri wrote:It's (as BP posted) a Soviet experimental mg mount
Fool me. When you wrote "And the next question, from the Republic of Finland" I understood you were referring to the equipment, hence I searched only amongst that list of Finnish vehicles.

New plane.

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Post by Michael Emrys » 16 Apr 2006, 22:31

Lovely pic. Curtis XP-46.

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Post by Davide Pastore » 16 Apr 2006, 22:34

Lovely answer. Your turn

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Post by Michael Emrys » 16 Apr 2006, 22:49

How about this one then.

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Post by BIGpanzer » 16 Apr 2006, 22:56

Hmm...Interesting, Juha! But as there are no twin MGs on the photo just only mantelet - it was impossible to understand what exactly it is (at least for me :) )

Thanks, Bill! Happy Easter to you, your family and friends! Happy Easter to all forum members!

After Juha's question I have a storm in my brain :lol:, need to have a rest.

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Post by Virgil Hiltz » 16 Apr 2006, 23:08

Vultee XP 81

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Post by Davide Pastore » 16 Apr 2006, 23:18

"Vultee" probably more correct than "Convair" (at the time officially unregistered) in addition to being the first answer.

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Post by BIGpanzer » 16 Apr 2006, 23:43

I've found the link to Juha's photo - http://www.klad.hobby.ru/military_rus1_files/stanok.jpg
That was home-made in blockade Leningrad twin 7.62mm DT mantelet from BT-2 tank on steel carriage.

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 17 Apr 2006, 00:48

Thanks BP :)

Happy Easter to You too, to Bill and to the rest of the Forum

Regards, Juha

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