cucv as a gun truck?

[Matt Kahle]

has any one ever seen or done a m1009 with a ring mount? I want to do this to my truck but, I'm afraid of crushing the fiberglass top. I want to know the right mount to use.

 

[Derrickl112]

cucv as a gun truck?

 

[Matt Kahle]

is it not possible?

 

[M813rc]

is it not possible?

It is possible to make a weapon carrier, there is a thread on here somewhere on the topic. It shows some the military used for training, and some the USAF used, but the USAF took the fiberglass top off and mounted a pintle post in the bed. All were very light weight mounts.

Now, using one of the gun rings from a deuce/5-ton/whatever? No, it would go through your roof about as fast as you could drop it on there. They are HEAVY. Maybe one of the lighter Humvee rings would work, but I don't know what they weigh.

Cheers

PS- (By the way, gun truck usually refers to something with added armour and used for escort type duties. Never seen a CUCV one of those, for practical reasons).

 

[monkster]

I saw several at Knox two years ago with a perfect 3' holes cut in the tops, out side of that I did not see any hardware or mounting's. I assumed they were used for practice before the real.

 

[Matt Kahle]

were would I get a humvee ring mount? and your right I probably shouldn't armor it.

 

[Matt Kahle]

what about a german gm3 ring mount?

 

[salt6]

just weld up some supports on the inside to mount the turret to.

 

[Cucvnut]

A Team it !!!!!!

 

[Warthog]

Not a whole lot new concerning these trucks in the ten+ years this website has been here. Search is always your friend.

Normally I would say to use the search function, but it isn't working perfectly since the site update.

Here are a couple of past threads with pictures.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?40816-M1009-gun-truck

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?51225-CUCV-gun-trucks

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

Can't see why it wouldn't work for a TOW missile, thought the trucks (1008, 1028 ) would have more room for ammo.

 

[Matt Kahle]

in those photos what type of ring mount it that? what dose every one think of a german mg3 ring mount dose it have a ball baring track? I found one for 290 dollars plus shipping.

 

[Nico]

 

[Nico]

 

[Danger Ranger]

Someone on here has one used for trainging with a turret on it. He has a thread. But I gotta go so you need to search it...

 

[Matt Kahle]

the german ring mount only weights about 60 lb plus gun and shooter. I think i'll go with the german one. I saw a youtube of a guy that mounted it on his suv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YJSiZblsAk here it is. I just found a new hard top for my truck for about 75 dollars I'm going to get it. that will get me started.

 

[kentuckycucv]

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