martylee Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ok, I'll admit it right away, I found this link at the Dodge forum, but it's too cool to keep it within the family. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cef6xrrhOm4 This is what I want to drag behind my Dodge. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Good demo, nice compact unit. Would look well cool set up with a Dodge at shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ok, I'll admit it right away, I found this link at the Dodge forum, but it's too cool to keep it within the family. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cef6xrrhOm4 This is what I want to drag behind my Dodge. Marty Superb! Wouldnt that go down a storm on November the 5th! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Are any of these units on the surplus market ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 This short film must be doing the rounds,its also on G503 ! Even still its very impresive. Rob...........................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 It's very unlikely that any exists outside a few ordnance museums stateside as it was very late arriving in service, only one batalion 282 FA Ist Army received the weapon before Germany surrendered and unlike the M8 type fin stabillized rockets it doesn't seem to be used in the Far East or Korea. The T27 (M8) launcher also shown in the clip was easier to man handle especially in terrain like the Philipines. The British and Canadian Armies used a similar weapon to the T66 in Europe called the land mattress. No8 Mk1 had 30 tubes and an earlier type used by the Canadians during the early stages of the Scheldt operation had 12 tubes -so in a way similar to the US T27 launcher- being lighter. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 How simular was this system to those launchers mounted atop some Sherman tanks ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The Sherman mounted R.L. sometimes called Calliope and numbered T34 and T34E1 fired the fin stabilised M8 rockets. there were two late war delelopments of the M16 rocket as fired by T66 towed mount, the Sherman M16 developments were T72 and T99 -neither were used beyond testing. A similar device to T99 was fitted to M26E3 Pershing again as a test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 there are two T66 launchers at Fort Slill, ref. www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=133854 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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