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Originally Posted by Trip_Wire
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TW:
Boy -- wouldn't want to be the gunner, driver, or Jeep. I had M-151's with M-60's on pintle mounts while a Scout PL many years ago and found out a couple of things.
1. The gunner isn't about to hit a damn thing while the Jeep is moving.
2. The gunner best have an acute sense of muzzle awareness when shooting the MG.
3. Even that little 7.62 rocked the M-151 if fired at 90 degrees from the vehicle.
Given the statements I made based on my experiences with this combination, I would not want to be the Jeep that has a M-2 barrel over the front of its hood when it fires many shots in succession. Overpressure is immense and this probably causes severe wear on the Jeep's hood, radiator, and other innards.
I was in the Infantry during the era of the 106 RR on the M-151 Jeep. I recall that doctrine for the 106 had it in the best firing positon when shooting at about a 25 degree angle from the center of the hood. I have a vivid picture in my head of six 106 jeeps that were firing, and the pools of antifreeze from the ruptured radiators combined with broken headlights and various pieces of things from the engines on the ground after the wreckers towed said Jeeps away.
He, he, he. Great times using antique weapons and vehicles. Thank Jimmy Carter for that picture.
Gene