Gunbuggy ARNs & Photos

[Tommy]

[Tommy]

Gunbuggies mounting the M60 MG. ARNs unknown.

[Tommy]

[Tommy]

Dash mounted .30cal MG.

[Tommy]

Gunbuggies without weapons. ARNs unknown.

[Tommy]

Miscellaneous.

[digger]

Gunbuggies mounting the 106mm Recoilless Rifle. ARNs unknown.

SA4 belongs to Richard (69gs elsewhere) so the arn for that is available..

Thanks for the pics

[Richard o]

Tommy and Co, Great Images. I share your love of GB's guys.

Great motivation for a day of LR play.

R

[Tommy]

Hey Richard, which of your Gunbuggies is SA4....112-336 or 112-337?

Thanks for the heads-up Digger 

[Tommy]

A couple more...

[Ellard]

Thanks for the great pictures.

Wayne

[Tommy]

Close-up of the pedestal mounted M60 on the Gunbuggy.



Same pedestal mounted M60 on the patrol GS. The pedestal has an inner sleeve so that it can rotate and extend. The round bar bracket that hold the ammo can appears to be made at unit level as it shows signs of basic engineering. The ammo can remains in a fixed position but the M60 can be elevated approx 45 degrees. Not sure how the belt feed is affected when in the fully elevated position. The white 'parade' rifle sling would hold the M60 in position whilst not in use. The Gunbuggy M60 has a more rudimentary cord type tie down.

[Vixen]

Can't believe how many pics of these you have tracked down 

[Tommy]

"Tommy"

On my 112-723 it appears that the firewall has been replaced in-service with a later model firewall, the type with the cable wipers and the OEM windscreen brackets have not been removed.  My belief is that it was an in-service replacement because the firewall and ID plate have been overpainted OD and then subsequently in AusCam.

There are also bolt hole evidence of the MG mount on top of the firewall directly in front of the passenger, of the same type as seen on XXXXX.

In your photo investigation of unknown buggies, these two factors may be clues to the identity.

Diana

G'day Diana

Can you either email me or post up some photos of the bulkhead. It appears that the dash mounted MG was a very late modification/experiment and used prodominantly on AUSCAM Buggies such as 112-245, 112-725, 112-730 and 113-253. These Buggies tend to have the S3 jerry can holders mounted to the front bumper.

Stuart

[Tommy]

Can't believe how many pics of these you have tracked down 

Thats easy to answer....too much spare time on my hands