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.