RE: [SG2] [WW2] Quad .50 half-track

Remember that effective range on a .50 is 1800m :0   I think that there
might 
be a chance to reload as these things would work as platoons, or at
least 
pairs.

Michael Brown

-----Original Message-----
From:	B Lin
Sent:	Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:54 AM
To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject:	RE: [SG2] [WW2] Quad .50 half-track

FYI: The half track model is the M16 which is armed with a Maxson mount
in the 
rear.  IIRC the problem with the Maxson mount was that it ran out of
ammo 
quickly.  Each gun was fed from a 110 round magazine.  At 500 rpm you
got about 
10 seconds of fire.  If you could kill all the infantry within 10
seconds, you 
were ok, but I would guess it takes quite some time to reload all four
guns, 
even with two loaders, in which case a couple of rifle-grenades or a 
panzerfaust could ruin your day.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kaladorn@magma.ca [mailto:kaladorn@magma.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:40 AM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [SG2] [WW2] Quad .50 half-track
>
>
> Scott mentions the US halftrack as having a .50 and a .30. This is
> the standard APC halftrack. The Quad mount .50 I was referencing in
> my piece was the ADA version of the M3 halftrack (the exact vehicle
> code or name I don't have handy) whose rear fighting area was largely
> occupied by a large .50 quad mount on some sort of rotating mount. It
> was designed for ADA, but was very dangerous on the occassions it was
> employed against infantry as it had a ludicrious volume of fire.