rnixartillery Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 I let my boy have a play in one of the quad mounts today, hasn't been started for over a year but fired up instantly! :banana: Rob ................... rnixartillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 kinn ell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Much more fun than a Merry go round at the fair, Eh Rob?................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pearson Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Nice I want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Pretty awesome stuff....they must have been absolutely incredible to use..........especially in the ground fire role....murderous fire power...you could chop a forest down with one of them I reckon! showing my ignorance but.. ...what sort of range would a quad .50 have been 'zeroed in' at ?...(if zeroed at all that is !) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Will you adopt me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Pretty awesome stuff....they must have been absolutely incredible to use..........especially in the ground fire role....murderous fire power...you could chop a forest down with one of them I reckon! Watch in awe Bob, though I'm not sure which of these is worse: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=78269 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpu121265 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 A terrible quality piece of film, but we should have a 'quad' off some time. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Will you adopt me? Next time you are passing through son call in and you can have a go ! Dad....................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Dear Rob Listen to me carefully If i could fix our dna issues and i moved a little closer to you Could i play with that Quad mount as well ......Now i know what other bit of kit i want . Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Daymond Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 lovely film, thought it was remote controlled at first, but then I could just make out his head peeping over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Dear RobListen to me carefully If i could fix our dna issues and i moved a little closer to you Could i play with that Quad mount as well ......Now i know what other bit of kit i want . Pete Pete,don't worry about the DNA I've got green blood ! give me a shout if you are up this way and I will put the kettle on. I have been meaning to get the Quad Polsten out to take a film of that moving but its surrounded in a ton of other green crap so it will be on my list of jobs to do ! :undecided: Rob......................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happydayz123 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I can't wait to get the quad 50s up & running on my M16 halftrack,i believe there very difficult to restore back to running condition !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I can't wait to get the quad 50s up & running on my M16 halftrack,i believe there very difficult to restore back to running condition !! Stuart,these gun mounts are very basic and simple to work on so "Don't panic".I restored another quad mount for an M16 half track a few years ago,the motor that drives the four belts is bolted to a cast plate underneath the turret. This particular plate had been dropped and broke into eight pieces,it took a week on and off to weld it back together a couple of inches at a time. :nut: When it was all assembled it work very well ! Rob.........rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Here are a couple of M16s belonging to the 15th LAA Regt, the LAA unit of 7th Armd Div. Happydayz, your M16 would look ace in 7th Armoured Division markings rather than US markings ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happydayz123 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hi Ivor,nice wartime pic. My vehicle will represent Battery D, 633rd AAA D2.In honour of Don an American ww2 vet.These marking's will represent his own M16.All being well Rob Elvington 2012 will be it's first outing.I'm looking for a manual for the Quad turret in aid of it's restoration if anyone can help. Cheer's Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Stu,the manuals are available as reprints,below is the last halftrack that I restored which I sold to Marcus Glenn. When I painted it I finished it in free polish forces livery which carried British markings as they fought along side British units throughout the war. Rob......................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Just been searching on you-tube and found this rare footage ! Rob................rnixartillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Why is it so noisey, I used to help Mark Galley with his at shows and it just ran off batteries ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Why is it so noisey, I used to help Mark Galley with his at shows and it just ran off batteries ? It hadn't been run for over a year so I started the charging unit to top the batteries up ! Rob.................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) Is this still classed as the same or different model? what strikes me as in your video the reloaders are exposed whilst reloading Edited December 20, 2012 by fesm_ndt pp spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnixartillery Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Same Mount,............................. Great piece of film :thumbsup: Rob.......................rnixartillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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