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Isn't the darker green the 383 CARC used as a base coat? Could be a bit faded after all those years. If you check the link I posted it gives the breakdown of colors used in the 4 color MRDC (?) pattern which is what your M561 appears to be sporting. The info you need is towards the bottom of...

If you go to the MV section of ebay (yes, there is one) you can see all sorts of AFVs including MVs with weapons displayed. Of the ones I was paying attention to, the weapons displayed did not have the orange muzzle on them. As for the T34/85 out of Texas that was on...

Saw this video on another site (G503, I think). I have seen several other videos of his and he gets his hands on some pretty exotic firepower. He does come across as a bit of an A-hole, though. Matt

Very nice as I don't swim..... I forgot that the "BTR=50" was a full tracked APC. Here's a link to an image of what I thought was the BTR-50 was.. http://dayerses.com/data_images/posts/gaz-btr-60/gaz-btr-60-06.jpg Like I posted earlier, open top...

Another item I forgot to mention in case no one already has is that you will need to fill out a BATFE form 6 which is permission to import an AFV. Another importer of E. Block equipment is located in the UK. Think they go by the name www.russiantruck.co.uk...

Somethings to consider, If you are going for an 8X8 vehicle make sure if you're not going over there to actually look at it/ drive it in person (recommended), that you see (moving) video of the vehicle both running & driving. Pay attention to the steering as with any 8X8 it is complicated and...

This should be an interesting thread... I really liked the set up one of the S.S. members had at the '08 Va rally. It was an S-250(?) comm shelter mounted in the bed of an M105 trailer. With the tailgate in the horizontal position it formed a "front porch" of sorts...

Here's one over on Dave Uhrig's site (www.armyjeeps.net). It's already 'State side Russian T-55 Main Battle Tank Matt

:shock::?: :-) Matt

Just an observation about this thread in general. There has been some real good advice given to the OP without being condisending or just plain sarcastic. Matt

I as well also like it. Nice craftsmanship [thumbzup] . Matt

Here's a site dedicated to range targets through out Germany. The site is in German but, the photos speak for themselves. Plenty of M41s & M47s in there! Hartziel.de - Panzerwracks und Militärschrott...

I've always wondered about that. Looking at color photos taken from the period, they looked like they were black but was always told by the "experts" that "no your color blind, that truck is just really dark OD."...

One reason why you probably wouldn't have seen an M6 37mm AT gun in the back of a VN era guntruck was because they were phased out of service before the end of WWII. The 37mm was quickly made obsolete during that war. They had a longer service life in the Pacific with the absence of tanks to...

Have you tried John Bizal at Midwest Military for that? Matt

Wonder if the frame had been lengthened by Bubba? Or it could have been a winch model. Another identifier I'd forgotten earlier was the radiator brush guard. On the 3/4 ton WCs, it's flat (like the M37) but on the 1/2 tons, it's rounded (curved). Can't remember right off hand but I also think...

A lot of command cars met that fate. hacked into some sort of quasi pick-up truck. Did the hood have a pronounced slope to it? Was the windshield frame still intacted? I ask because one easy way to tell the open cab WCs apart (1/2 from 3/4 ton) is that the 1/2 tons had one peice windshield glass...

If it actually is a 1941 DoD, then that would make it a 1/2 ton. Matt

Different frame widths and different pedal mounting. I thought about doing the same thing 20 years ago. The G741 & WC trucks are completely different vehicles. Matt

Isn't Gary Wirth the same guy who won MVPA best in show for his restored (stock) M38 a few years back? John Bizal had some of his stuff on display on his site a while ago. If it's the same Gary I'm thinking of :oops...