From: Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@w...>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 20:35:36 +1100
Subject: Re: Armoured Cars
From: "Christopher Downes-Ward" <Christopher_Downes-Ward@acuma.co.uk> > > 76mm, but that's a nitpick. Thereby making a Scimitar IIRC. Yes, that 76mm gun is a good weapon, too bad that the combustion fumes are so toxic. All 76mm ROF guns have been retired from Australian service for that reason. > There was a Scorpion variant with a 90mm gun (Belgian design IIRC) that was > used by
From: Christopher Downes-Ward <Christopher_Downes-Ward@a...>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:35:48 -0000
Subject: RE: Armoured Cars
> Thereby making a Scimitar IIRC. Not quite - the Scimitar turret is slightly different to the Fox turret even though both use the same main weapon - thought you have to be a bit of a gear head to spot the difference. > Yes, that 76mm gun is a good weapon, too bad that the combustion fumes ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. Should you require further information please contact us using the details below. website: http://www.acuma.co.uk
From: Christopher Downes-Ward <Christopher_Downes-Ward@a...>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 11:43:09 -0000
Subject: RE: Armoured Cars
> > Thereby making a Scimitar IIRC. And it's called Sabre.
From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:20:25 -0500
Subject: RE: Armoured Cars
> At 9:35 AM +0000 3/18/02, Christopher Downes-Ward wrote: According to one of the blokes that imports Foxes, the CVR(T) turrets that have been swapped over to the Foxes aren't as nice as the turrets that were fitted to the CVR(W)/Foxes. He also said something about them not rotating. I don't know if the turret I was sitting in up at his place when I was looking at my Ferret was a former CVR(T) turret or an original Fox/CVR(W) turret.