![]() ![]() ![]() However, I have not seen any WWII-era pictures showing it attached too the pintle shown above. (Admittedly difficult given the small size of this feature in most pics!)įirst off, I never implied that the D90078 tray was a postwar item. Bottom line, try to find photos of the tank you want to model and see what they used. I have not seen enough documentation on this subject to determine which of the tray assemblies was the mroe common on M4A3 tanks, but keep in mind that these features were GFE accessories that were added to the tank at the tank depot or by Ordnance crews, not at the factory so some variation was certainly possible. Also, it is interesting to note that the APG report on the D80030 recommended substituting the D90078 for the tray assembly originally designed for it. The D90078 was not "post-war" as Charby said, as I have photos of it at APG in 1943. What Gary was talking about was the D90078 tray assembly that was used on a vareity of cradle and pintle assemblies. The assembly that Charby shows is the D80030 cradle, pintle and ammo box holder assembly which was appropriate for the M4A3. I think that both Gary and Charby are right. ![]() 50 cal MG set is actually the only plastic M2 HB that correctly portrays the way the ammo tray attaches to the gun cradle. The picture below should make it clearer (from the Tasca website):īy the way, Tasca's new. The half-lid was lowered onto the open ammo box, and the belt was fed through the open end straight into the receiver. The ammo cradle had its own, integral half-lid with a sprung pusher plate underneath it that exerted pressure on the ammo belt contained in the ammo box to avoid jamming. Could someone tell me how the ammunition belt runs from the ammo box to the machine-gun? Is the ammo box lid open or closed (and belt running through some opening on the side of the ammo box)? Did they use the spring mechanism pressing down the ammo belt down into the ammo box during WW II or is it a later improvement? Not to contradict Gary, but the cradle/tray mount used on fully enclosed US tanks in the later half of WWII was designed to accomodate the standard 105-round ammo can with its lid removed. 50 cal M2 machine-gun on turret roof is giving me gray hair. ![]()
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