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Does anyone know the height at the top of the chicken shield when it is mounted on the turret?
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Chicken shield height?
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The fording exhaust on my M1151A1 measures 6' 11.5" vertically. Just looking at proportions from your pic, it looks to be about 8' 6" +/- . Wish I had a higher garage entrance for those accessories.
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That's the exact reason I am trying to find out the height. I need to know if we will have to remove the shield in order to park it inside the shop.
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I was test fitting a mount for my mockup M2 inside the garage yesterday. Decided to hang a red shop towel (remove before driving reminder) on the steering wheel before I pulled out of the garage and ripped it off.
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I thought - Gee, this will be easy. It ain't! There are multiple variations on these chicken boxes... I snagged a few pictures that will give you a SWAG on height. If we could find a particular NSN, we could get better answers.
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Can anyone explain why its shaped like a chicken?
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Ummm... Somebody else might speak up and say otherwise, but the "chicken" part of the description is a bit of a misnomer. I am here to state clearly that anybody on the receiving end of incoming fire is not a chicken. That metal box is protection most recently used in the sandbox wars. Yeah, there were "shields" on WWII anti-aircraft guns on battleships and other war wagons. And yeah, somebody had to give it some sort of description and the chicken stuck.
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Wait, so you're telling me its NOT because its shaped like a chicken? Lol
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Well, I was pretty sure you already knew that - but stranger things have happened here.
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In all seriousness, why is it shaped the way it is, and not just a rectangle? What is the notch in the bottom corner for?
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Here is the number for the particular shield we will be using Gunner shield-12484846
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Not seeing a bird here....
Pareidolia (/ˌpærɪˈdoʊliə, ˌpɛər-/;[1] also US: /ˌpɛəraɪ-/)[2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.
Off to feed the chickens, CAMO
Pareidolia (/ˌpærɪˈdoʊliə, ˌpɛər-/;[1] also US: /ˌpɛəraɪ-/)[2] is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.
Off to feed the chickens, CAMO
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Going to report your post for being too intellectual.
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@Soupermike ,
The NSN's are listed starting in the Operators Manual on PDF Page 360 in TM9 2320-387-10 wChg6 (Attached).
Still trying to poke around for some possible dimensions...
The lower shape and “notching” make it so the shield doesn’t knock into anything else on the vehicle while traversing.
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Like what specifically though? Its different on one side than the other, there has to be a specific reason right?
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Smoke grenade dischargers most likely.