In the 1960's I was a gunner/ crew member on 106 recoilless rifle on the M38 jeep during my active Army years + national guard years. It could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of the antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. . This is a great historical press photo though! Was commander of C-company. Labelled the T15, its final demonstration firing took place at Aberdeen Proving Grounds on 27 September 1944. Real nice kit #13003. Gathering parts for the restoration from all over the world on eBay. We were better armed in WW2 than we are today: 37mm AT gun and a .50 caliber HMG on a truck The M274 MULE missed by the Airborne could also transport a M40A2 106mm Recoilless Rifle which has been legendary at destroying hard targets like bunkers and buildings in combat. Mainly due to the cheap-ass rear swing axle (like a VW or a Corvair) that makes it likely to roll over if somebody tries to take a corner too fast, a fault that was never rectified in any variant. C $17.60. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); One of his dining out stories was how a Marine ONTOS came up to support him when pinned down by North Vietnamese in a 7 storey concrete building, fired all six barrels simultaneously. Some of these jeeps are for sale and others have been sold. The Venezuelan Army is adapting its aging 106mm M40A1 recoilless guns with new sights used in Russian-made SVD-63 Dragunov precision rifles (Picture source: Venezuelan army). Every one is an accident waiting to happen. Intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon, it could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of an antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. Types of ammunition included HEAT, High Explosive Plastic-Tracer (HEP-T), canister, High Explosive Anti Personnel, and the M368 dummy round which could not be fired and was used for crew drill. I update this website nearly every day with jeep deals, jeep history, interesting reader projects, jeep related info, and more. Top Rated Plus. This would be mounted towards the rear of the receiver section. Bore-sighting the 105-mm recoilless rifle mounted on a jeep.#jeep #okrajoe #recoilless . Enjoy what you read on Forgotten Weapons? Answer (1 of 6): Doubtless the Wombat would be useful in some circumstances, but so would the 68 pounder carronade from HMS Victory! The total weight is 4356 pounds. Starting to take shapeframe and engine are done. Angelo completed the restoration by himself with the exclusion of the paint work, where he employed his own body shop Salvadore Auto Body, but he carefully supervised the work. 1954 Press Photo US soldiers fire rifle on a jeep at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. projectile hits Turks In order to make accurate first-round hits, the M8C was built with a unique 12.7x77mm cartridge which matches . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-11_recoilless_rifle A deactivated M40 on display at the Philippine Army Museum. ADD TO CART. @nxdefiant001, Landy with the WOMBAT 120mm RCL makes more sense in the context, Unless your first shot took out the commander, expect get machine gun to death. (3) AFV Club # afv35s19. (Previous title I mistakenly had the Hotchkiss M201 for France as stated from in the comments) I saw a model of one today and it looked like it would be fun to play if added. It was designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose was furnished with each weapon.\"More military \u0026 aviation videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/okrajoePlease visit our channel to subscribe.. All rights reserved. Intended primarily as an anti-tank weapon, it could also be employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of an antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. But to your point, the date of the photo being 2 years post-M38 production and 2 into the A1s, one might ask why bother on the M38? Entdecke Skybow M40A1 US 106 mm rckstofreies Gewehr mit M79 Stativ 1/35 Mastab in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! There are thousands. The American stock of Ontos was largely expended towards the end of the conflict and the Ontos was removed from service in 1969. Then, whenever a gunner saw a . To paraphrase Aphex Twin (Ians 10 y. older twin) Windowlicker video: If we get a slow Drip, of Pro Remington vids, real Ians in a cellar; meh drink the Kool aid Word to the mutha fecker etc. feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns, What's my/this Jeep worth? Kit included a helper spring kit also. 106 Mule. See dead Turks, amongst your peasants. These small, but lethal, weapons gave the necessary edge the foot soldier needed to hold his ground. It was designed for direct firing only, and sighting equipment for this purpose was furnished with each weapon, including an affixed spotting rifle. po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js'; Although a recoilless rifle of this caliber had been a concept since the Second World War, the weapon was hurriedly produced with the onset of the Korean War. Sangaris opration militaire Rpublique Centreafrique. The Rifle was the M40, no matter where it was mounted. Trunk explodes, projectile hits Turks. eWillys is hosted by the McDonagh Brothers, Video and Photo of M-38 with 106MM Recoilless Rifle on eBay. He planned to completely restore the Jeep to full 1952 functionality. It was replaced by the BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile system in the US Armed Forces. The M40 has a long rifled barrel, features side swiveling breech block, is attached to a tripod with a single castor wheel and is fitted with a 12.7mm spotting rifle. The .50 caliber spotter rounds were adjusted on the sniper's windows. Destructive Device (DD), Class 3 just like an SBR or SBS (and not prohibited from future manufacture like MGs). But remember, there were 65K M38s newly minted as cold weather battle Jeeps for Europe . You could try to use the cupola from the old Monogram M48A2 kit. The vehicle has a serial number of MD20407. Sometimes there are really unique items here. The reality of restoring a jeep can be quite different, expensive and overwhelming without the right tools and resources. Being totally superb in all it did in South Viet Nam. I am sure you know it. The information was provided by the commander of the Strategic Operational Command of the National Armed Forces (Ceofanb), General-in-Chief (Army) Domingo Antonio Hernndez Lrez, through Twitter: Today we adapted Anti-Tank gun number 180! hopefully i can find a 106 somewhere here. A special vehicle called the Ontos carried six M40s. No armour is best armour lol, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.militarytrader.com/.amp/military-vehicles/from-field-to-finish-m38a1c-a-1-year-project, Type 93 but with a 106mm recoilless rifle sounds like a good idea. About the MUTT M151A2 - M825 with M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle: Introduced in 1959, the MUTT (Multi Utility Tactical Truck) was the replacement for the Korean War vintage M38 Jeep. The US Army wanting it for its Airborne Divisions dropped it because it did not look like a tank and adopted the M56 Scorpion with a short 90mm gun that looked like a tank. The rebuild consisted of using new 20-over pistons, rings and bearings to make the 4-cylinder Hercules engine run like new. This gun can be either operated from the ground or mounted on various vehicles. The spotting rifle fires a round whose trajectory closely matches that of the 105mm round and gives off a puff of smoke on impact with the target. Its telling that the windshield frame is absent in this photo, probably because the retrofit kit hadnt been developed yet pending this testing. While in a conversation with Herman Morrill of Hubbardston, Mass., Angelo shared stories about his hobby of restoring older vehicles. eWillys is hosted by the McDonagh Brothers, 1954 Photo of a 106mm gun on M-38 on eBay. A round concrete stand with permanent mounts embedded, and a small road sign with a cross-hair pattern for use as a permanent aiming stake. U.S. M18 recoilless rifle which debuted during WWII was still in service with U.S. forces during Second Indochina War. I could actually follow the projectile with the naked eye. Please, share what you think about it! The air-cooled, breech-loaded, single-shot rifle fired fixed ammunition. Most of the highway through the Rockies lies in National Parks, so there they use a combination of helicopter drops and a detachment of Canadian Army 105mm artillery. Find parts for sale. transfer tax, months to acquire, then gone in an instant if you so choose. Is it a class 3 situation like an automatic weapon, or is it even more restrictive? var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; On top of the mount is a traverse wheel. 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Of course, some people still drive Ford Pintos, too. With new Dragunov scopes and HEAT ammunition that will increase combat power () . Differences between models include the battery box lid, type of front grill, front fender seams, radiator support rods, front bumper, wheelbase and a host of other model specific changes. Skybow did make an M38A1C Jeep with 106mm recoilless rifle (#TP3505) and this has been recently reissued by AFV Club as kit #AF35S19. There are a variety of large and small new and used parts sellers both online and offline. Welcome to eWillys.com, the best resource for Vintage Jeeps and Willys, A sampling of Virtual Hi-Fives from Readers. I remember that the M40 recoilless rifle was used to arm a few tank destroyers, but the big problem for those vehicles was the reloading cycle, which required a crewman to get out of the vehicle, eject the spent casing, and load a new shell (this took at least a minute). The casings and shells for the cannon were purchased from an Army & Navy store in Pennsylvania. . Wow, great video. This led to the . These conditions gave birth to the small hand-shoulder or tripod mounted weapon known as the recoilless rifle. It appears the only change was the threading at the muzzle end. The speed with which it was developed and fielded resulted in problems with reliability caused by trunnions that were mounted too far to the rear. Recoilless Rifle, High Explosive. Top Rated Seller Top Rated Seller. The spotter round was developed to replicate the trajectory of the 106mm ammunition, and features a tracer element and a point-detonating incendiary filler to create a puff of white smoke at the impact point. 3 http://www.warwheels.net/M825RRmutthaugh.html (no one ever called a M151 or M825 a MUTT, a term invented by Ford but never used by the Army. If you have info email Roger) D-1-48 (Worms) William Frost, (Spec-4) . It sounds like description of TYPE 60 self-propelled gun. The militarized version of the CJ-5 is the M606A2. . I assume Japanese wooden guns were better, at least able to withstand few shots. 1. I just read Walden; interesting bookAbout Americans, very much felt like speaking to someone alive now; when Henry David Thoreau the author died in 1861 Never saw the end of the Civil war; TB eh, we take life for granted perhaps today. Practice ammunition is [Federally] unrestricted. Over two days, everyone qualified many times over. A few nations had them too from quick rese. When the Canadian military retired these, some were sold (to Mexico i think? Your email address will not be published. Israeli troops examine destroyed Egyptian aircraft. The bore was commonly described as being 106 mm caliber but is in fact 105 mm; the 106 mm designation was intended to prevent . Only one thing missing. okay, TWO things. Feel free to donate. Thanks, but my improved version is likely to kill more peasants in whatever form; so I still say its an improvement, half the iron of a regular gun. In the Youtube video where they trash a Land Rover (Range Rover) with the back blast, the the vent piece in the worn-out M27 can be seen screwed in apparently all the way. In game, this vehicle have good weapon: Type 60. A perfect view of the special features of a 106mm Jeep. IIRC, the M48A1 cuppola is the same as the A3 but without the riser. " Old Reliable. Powered by Invision Community, New vehicle idea, Jeep M38A1 with M40 106mm Recoilless Rifle, Spreading the good word of the Conus Gun, the ELC EVEN and the holy Vextra, United States of America, Commonwealth of Virginia, General History, WWI-II Military Hardware. var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; The recoilless rifle creates a massive signature when fired, and so it is imperative that operators move immediately after firing. However, this restriction is believed to be the source of a long-standing misconception that the laws of war restrict the use of .50-caliber projectiles against enemy personnel more generally. If you have any concerns about buying a vintage jeep, or run across a scam, feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns . If you failed to incapacitate the enemy tank upon first sighting, you were dead. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones. The M40 is shaped like a long tube with an M8C .50 cal spotting rifle above. When the wheel is raised, the rifle can be traversed by hand. 106 MM M40A1 Recoilless Rifle (de-mil'd) with an M8C 50 Cal. Lienhart, G. Denis - (may not be spelled correctly.) Photo is dated 10-12-1971.. Perhaps it was a special round just for this purpose. To participate you must either login or register for an account. @Pdb : its important cherry log is traditionally used. Ontos, officially "Rifle, Multiple 106 mm, Self-propelled, M50", was a U.S. light armored tracked anti-tank vehicle developed in the 1950s. feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns, What's my/this Jeep worth? Even though in 1999 the MUTT jeep was still used by the US forces. It still pops up on eBay from time to time for little money. Specific exclusions are radio and small arms mounting variations. M38A1.COM - Model Differences between years and variants. recoilless rifle is mounted on a jeep and fired during a demonstration at the Armys Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Having been vastly improved with enhanced gun mounts/carriages, and the replacement of the ,50 cal with a laser rangefinder. Recoilless rifles are a specialized category of battlefield weaponry that see less service today than in the years following World War 2 and the arrival of guided missile systems in the 1960s and 1970s. Like the original footlocker , the Combat Jeep maintained its military look almost to the end of the 12" line, and was sold alongside more civilian models like the Desert Patrol Adventure and Sandstorm . () Importantly, the allure of buying a project jeep can be romantic. 106mm M40 Recoilless Rifle, History and Firing. Your email address will not be published. -80-2 recoil-less at --derived vehicle Only poseurs in the collector or modeling community use it today) 4. https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/19/18132/m40rcl2.jpg 5. He had one goal in mind: Drive it in the 2011 Memorial Day parade in his hometown of Barre. that dude some people hate and some people like. The Australian War Memorial has a 106 mm recoilless rifle in the National Collection carried on a short wheel base Landrover. 1975 Mattel Hot Wheels "Gun Slinger" US Army Jeep with Recoilless Rifle . C $81.23. He found a company Wee Bee Webbing out of Richmond, Ohio, that stitched the original seats for these 1952 Jeeps, and are still in business and making seats for modern military vehicles today. BOOM!!! Thankfully, the tub was relatively intact, though it did require a fair amount of straightening to iron out years of use. To mount the M40A1, the Humvee also removed the hardtop and windshield. This link will display all featured stories starting from the latest. Normally fired single rounds, but, when it fired all six incredibly impressive. Been wanting more scouts for many nations but now I'm not so sure after the last couple of years of additions. The windshield even had the rest notch like the A1. Soviet equivalent except smaller and lot lighter I was a Small Arms Repairman from 1966 through 1969 and worked on many of these. Click to enlarge. C. Production model from 1975. stock # UMV-170. The links to posts below show jeeps grouped by models, condition, and other ways. Both history and live fire. Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. As early as 1944, the US Army had expressed an interest in an 105mm recoilless rifle. Your email address will not be published. Same as in tank gunnery. The reality of restoring a jeep can be quite different, expensive and overwhelming without the right tools and resources. Military Vehicles. Again, requiring a retrofit program for newer vehicles. With it further reported that the Army wishes to make it a standard infantry weapon? Skybow did make an M38A1C Jeep with 106mm recoilless rifle (#TP3505) and this has been recently reissued by AFV Club as kit #AF35S19. The rear end of the cartridge case is perforated, to allow the propellant gas to escape through the vented breech, thus neutralizing recoil. [7] They were also used on US Navy minesweepers (MSO) during Operation Market Time in Vietnam. I thought the M40 was referring to the jeep (which I thought was strange), but it seems it was indeed referring to the rifle. Parts & Accessories: Towed 106 MM Rifle Trailer (Trailer has the same wheel base as Military Jeep.) Conversion to 106 SR shared a common feature with the SS 10 in that most of the back body panel of a brand new jeep had to be removed. The 106 complemented the 84mm Carl Gustav in infantry battalions. POST-WWII RESTORATION PRODUCTS: 106mm Recoilless Rifle, M346A1 Shell and Fiber Shipping Container stencil: Stencil 101. This ensures correct alignment of the projectile and the cartridge case. The term "fixed" means that the projectile and the cartridge case are crimped together. Believe me, this was a publicity shot since the majority of test firing would be done remotely from a hard mount long before they would ever fire it from a vehicle mount. Barrel #6535388 after modified becomes #7307557 (early), #7309726 (late). Some points 1. 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