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I visited the "Mutt" factory last Week...

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American Growler facility in North Carolina -

Neat to see all the old & used spare parts in the facility & also see the new & improved 'sons of Mutt' that they are building for the V22 Osprey program -

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hee hee, I couldn't resist :razz:
 
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Is that a towable gun with a lunette that clamps to the barrel, so that the barrel can serve as the drawbar?

Interesting... but don't forget to take off the lunette before firing! :shock:
 
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Does anyone know what diesel motor they are using? Not that I would want to change the perfect M151, but if one where to change what motor would work?
 
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Does anyone know what diesel motor they are using? Not that I would want to change the perfect M151, but if one where to change what motor would work?
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In the civilian version they are using the Ford 2.3 industrial motor adapted to the 151 transmission.

The diesel, IIRC, is an MWM unit - http://www.motoresdiesel.com.au/Sprint Technical Data.pdf

It's a 4 cylinder turbocharged unit, possibly the Sprint series... http://www.motoresdiesel.com.au/Sprint brochure.pdf

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They have built a version with the Chevy Vortec 4.3 V6; a six-wheeler hot rod -

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Or keep one in the bed of a deuce for a spare.....Looks like you could just gun it and ramp it off the bed without a ramp like jumping a dune buggy.
 
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nf6x said:
Is that a towable gun with a lunette that clamps to the barrel, so that the barrel can serve as the drawbar?

Interesting... but don't forget to take off the lunette before firing! :shock:
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It's would be pretty hard to forget as that is a mortar not a gun (round is loaded at the muzzle/top).
 
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NEIOWA said:
nf6x said:
Is that a towable gun with a lunette that clamps to the barrel, so that the barrel can serve as the drawbar?

Interesting... but don't forget to take off the lunette before firing! :shock:
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It's would be pretty hard to forget as that is a mortar not a gun (round is loaded at the muzzle/top).
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Thank you. I will sleep better tonight knowing that. :)
 
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NEIOWA said:
Tanner said:
I'd love to supply photos, but something called a "Non-Disclosure Agreement" & security prevents me from taking and posting photos... :shock:

http://www.capitaldefense.com/AmericanGrowler.shtml

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Cute lil bugger but (from their web site) "OEM that builds new state of the art vehicles for the US military." That would be ANCIENT art.
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Actually, to dispel a lot of rumor mongering out there, I found out & saw firsthand that they are NOT MUTT's whatsoever... More like "MUTT 2.0" or "son of MUTT" -

The suspension is air-ride, with ability to increase/decrease ride height, coil-over spring/shock arrangements, modern high-perf disc brakes, modern unibody structure, etc.

They are building some variants with Chevy 4.3 Vortec V6 engines, autobox transmissions, etc... They have some 6x6 versions that are super-cool as well -

They do, however, have a facility a short distance away that builds modern MUTT's & restores originals with newly fabbed tubs -

And yes, they are street-legal -

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