Re: ARMORED CARS

From: <DAWGFACE47@webtv.net>

> and we saw the ARVNs V-100s  with .50-cal HMG and an M-73 mounted in
> their turrets but could not  ge them.

Most Australian M-113s have a V-100's turret on them BTW, one with
2 MGs or an HMG and an MG.
 
> those of us who had been to europe wished we had some of those big UK
> armored cars with the 90mm main gun and MGs, or even some French ones!

76mm, but that's a nitpick.
The Australians put a Saladin (76mm) turret on M113s too in Vietnam.
Called em "Fire Support Vehicles" (FSVs).
See http://www.defence.gov.au/army/2cav/oldgear.html for pix.

Though there's a better one at
http://www.panzerbaer.de/types/pix/aus_M113A1_FSV-01.jpg

The replacement had a Scorpion's 76mm turret. See
http://pmms.webace.com.au/reviews/vehicles/afv35023.htm
which is also an excellent source for current Australian Cammo.

The best source of pics of Australia's M113 variants though is