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Title: How's this for a gun show "prop"
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on March 10, 2007, 09:50:34 PM

They have a project called "Keep em Rolling", in which the people find and restore military vehicles to their original look and function.

The latest addition to the stable is a M45 quad .50 anti-aircraft gun.  As part of the demonstration, the owner actually powered it up and put it through its paces (sans ammo of course).  It spins around VERY fast and can point straight up and includes the powered sight.  

I want one.  lol

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/Sixguns58/quad503.jpg)

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/Sixguns58/quad502.jpg)

(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/Sixguns58/quad50.jpg)

Title: How's this for a gun show "prop"
Post by: Maverick on March 10, 2007, 09:52:07 PM

Put it on the back of your car / truck with a sign saying "tailgate this!"  :t

Title: How's this for a gun show "prop"
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on March 11, 2007, 07:09:19 PM

It was hooked to the back of a restored troop transport to get it to the show.  I tried to get them to let me sit in it on the way back to the shop but they took all the fun out of things and removed the guns and ammo drums before moving it.

Darn the luck.  :)

Title: How's this for a gun show "prop"
Post by: Bodhi on March 11, 2007, 08:41:10 PM

They are cool.

A few years back I got to fire the quad mount on an M16 Halftrack at Knob Creek... I was absolutely speechless (plus mostly deaf despite hearing protection) at it's raw destructive power on a simple Mazda.  Scary what it could do to an aircraft.