Hello:
I’m planning to build an M38A3 used un Viet-Nam. I have a doubt the machin gun on top of turret.
I have seen that in scale models, some place a MG in the top coupula whitout taking off the one instaled, but in real pics I doesn’t see the coupula with two MG (the instaled one and the top placed)
It’s possble that some M48s were the two guns?
Hope someone can aswet.
Best regards.
Possible, sure. Are you going to find many photos of it? Probably not. Safest is to either leave the gun in the cupola, or put it on top, but not both.
You may also want to take a look at M48A3 questions - Missing-Lynx.
At least you can use a .30 Cal. Browning for that…
B Company, 3rd Tank Battalion USMC near Hoa Long
H.P.
Are you sure it’s Bravo Company? The sponson has H&S and F. I don’t think they had a Fox Company maybe a M67 flame tank.
That’s a flame tank, if you enlarge the picture you can see the access plate on the barrel. Wayne
I guess I was focused on the MG’s and didn’t pay enough attention to the main weapon…
Looks like the caption was wrong.
H.P.
From what I learned the .50 ON the cupola was USUALLY the one from IN the cupola. Inside, the mount was cramped and a pain in the ass to use. (it looked good on paper!) Here is an excellent source for you. Patton Tanks in Vietnam – Mike's Research I like the one with twin.50s.
Most cases the .50 was the one from in the cupola relocated. But lots of options. Including twin .50s and .30 mount for loader. Patton Tanks in Vietnam – Mike's Research
I tend to steer clear of using models/ restored vehicles for reference. You are at the mercy of poor/no research or “but it looks neat!”- itis. Best bet is “real” photos. Same thing for the wading trunk. Itt looks cool, but rarely ,really used. (Photos seem to show it was only used in Vietnam by USMC at their “beach landing” at DaNang in 65.) ( M48A3, 1st Tank Batt. USMC. {with wading trunk} Camp Pendelton ,Ca, Landing Excercize.1973.)
I think its a M73 machine gun.
On the M67? No, it’s an M1919A4 with a flash hider on the muzzle. The long receiver and the pistol grip at the rear are good indicators.
@sluff that is an amazing link that you posted, full of so much useful information, thanks for posting it.
They guys site has all sorts of great stuff. I’ve used it for my M41, M48, and Panzerjager Elephant builds.
I have this single photo
out of 500+ photos of M48 in Vietnam this the only one and it is a Marine vehicle.
Also I am pretty sure that the tank in the water is a M48A2
Yes on the M67, look at the link I provided and you’ll see it. The M73 was the coax for that tank.
It was, but the gun in the photo is not an M73. The receiver is too long and slab-sided, and the pistol grip is attached to the underside of the tube coming out of the back of the gun. All of this says M1919.
Yes, it is. You can clearly not see the air cleaner on the right mudguard — if it was there, it would be visible sticking up above the stowage bin. It also has the generator exhaust pipe to the left instead of to the right of the driver’s hatch.
