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M-ATV w/ RWS
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Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 02:02 PM UTC
Hey I am planning to get the Panda hobby M-ATV when it comes out but I want to put a weapons station on it......Would the AFV Club m151 stryker station or do I have to get the CROWS from blastmodels.........and If I use the AFV Club RWS can I leave the GPK on or should I leave it off........if possible any service members I would greatly value your input
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Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 06:17 PM UTC
Hi Frank

I guess you can go with Blast's CROWS II :



You can download a large picture of a CROWS II-fitted M-ATV in Afghanistan on Defenseimagery.mil :
here

I've read that at least 1,400 M-ATVs will receive it.

HTH

Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:51 PM UTC
Here's a "Full Options" one in Afghanistan (from Flickr) :


Full size

Frenchy
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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 12:19 AM UTC
Hello,

are there some pictures that shows the mounting of the RWS on the roof and from the roof without a turret?

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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 02:06 AM UTC
Here's another one from Flickr :



Sorry no close-up of the mount (yet ?) Andreas (but the full size picture in my previous post may help ) ...

Frenchy
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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 10:21 AM UTC
Thanks everybody
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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 05:48 PM UTC
Holy cow...Full Options..your not kidding. SPARK, CROWS, DVE, RPG Net, Counter IED, Boomerang, looks like a satcom blade antennae toward the back...heck, there's probably a BFT antennae mounted back there somewhere.



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Here's a "Full Options" one in Afghanistan (from Flickr) :


Full size

Frenchy

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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 06:04 PM UTC
Hi Brent

I'm not sure about the mine roller being the SPARK one. Or maybe it's an improved version, but there are many detail differences. Impressive add-on list anyway !

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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 11:44 PM UTC

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I'm not sure about the mine roller being the SPARK one.


Agreed, I think this might be the SPARK II roller.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 11:56 PM UTC

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Agreed, I think this might be the SPARK II roller.



Bingo !

SPARK II mine roller :


(from http://www.popularmilitary.com/magazine/jan2011e.htm )

Frenchy
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