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Here are a few more pictures.
Pic 1- A bullet hole in the engine bay frame from when the V was used as a hard target . Thought it was a significant part of its history, so it stays. It will be behind the engine bay panel anyway.
Pic 2 &3 - Self explanatory. You can see the inner hole in the mantlet for the .50 is bigger. The holes are just big enough for the guns so you don't get an incoming bullet or spall down one of 'em. There is an armoured diameter-reduction plug that goes in the .50 hole to adapt to smaller weapons when they are fitted to that position. The turret is traversed to the rear, the little rail on the deck behind the turret is a simple mechanical way to raise the guns and keep you from shooting yourself in the rear (that would be most embarassing!). Later V's had a larger rail type affair. There are also little ramps in the turret ring that raise the guns at certain points via a pin that sticks up and just pushes on the gun tube. Simple but effective. The little raised squares of plate in front of the guns are non-original and apparently serve to limit gun depression. Those are coming off.
I don't know what the small square bracket on the back of the turret is for. It is also non-original, but I'll leave it.
Pic 4- Gun mounts and handle. The electric firing switch goes in the left end of the handle at the bottom right of the picture, which, attached to your arm, is the elevation control!
Pic 5- looking down into the radio-mans hatch. The round thing on the back corner is the antenna guard.
By the way, I notice that in the pics showing the interior it looks a different colour in each one. I assure you, it is all the same! Just shows you can't really trust the colour in pictures. Pic 1 is the closest.
Cheers
Pic 1- A bullet hole in the engine bay frame from when the V was used as a hard target . Thought it was a significant part of its history, so it stays. It will be behind the engine bay panel anyway.
Pic 2 &3 - Self explanatory. You can see the inner hole in the mantlet for the .50 is bigger. The holes are just big enough for the guns so you don't get an incoming bullet or spall down one of 'em. There is an armoured diameter-reduction plug that goes in the .50 hole to adapt to smaller weapons when they are fitted to that position. The turret is traversed to the rear, the little rail on the deck behind the turret is a simple mechanical way to raise the guns and keep you from shooting yourself in the rear (that would be most embarassing!). Later V's had a larger rail type affair. There are also little ramps in the turret ring that raise the guns at certain points via a pin that sticks up and just pushes on the gun tube. Simple but effective. The little raised squares of plate in front of the guns are non-original and apparently serve to limit gun depression. Those are coming off.
I don't know what the small square bracket on the back of the turret is for. It is also non-original, but I'll leave it.
Pic 4- Gun mounts and handle. The electric firing switch goes in the left end of the handle at the bottom right of the picture, which, attached to your arm, is the elevation control!
Pic 5- looking down into the radio-mans hatch. The round thing on the back corner is the antenna guard.
By the way, I notice that in the pics showing the interior it looks a different colour in each one. I assure you, it is all the same! Just shows you can't really trust the colour in pictures. Pic 1 is the closest.
Cheers
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