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Aftermarket mineplows
sauceman
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 01:23 PM UTC
As the title says is there an AM producer that makes modern day mine plows or rollers as seen in Afghanistan or Iraq mounted on MBT's? I would rather not have to buy a whole kit for just the plow or roller.

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AikinutNY
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 02:41 PM UTC
I have the Dragon or Trumpeter Panther II (I'll check) and it comes with both rollers and plow. I will also have to check my stach in the garage, I might have a M-60A3 kit with rollers. Contact me I might be able to send you or swap parts if there is no AM kits.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 03:22 PM UTC
If you are refering to the rollers and mine ploughs used on the Leopards in Afghanistan....nope no aftermarket produced kits.

The mine ploughs on the Leopards use a different shaped frame, different motors, and one less tyne on both sides of the plough banks which makes it narrower than the ones used on teh Abrams.

The rollers are based on the Israeli versions....a completely different roller bra mount is used on the Leopards. You could start with the rollers and arms and mounting brackets from and Academy Merkava 2 or M60 Magach kit......you would have to scratchbuild the bra mount for the glacis plate.

The rollers used on the Abrams in Iraq are not the same as on the Leopards....different set up and roller configuration....there is no aftermarket set for the rollers.

Dragon marketed a mine plough set for the Abrams.....a lot of changes would be required to modify it for the Leopard.
Phil_H
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Posted: Monday, February 04, 2008 - 04:11 PM UTC

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I have the Dragon or Trumpeter Panther II (I'll check) and it comes with both rollers and plow. I will also have to check my stach in the garage, I might have a M-60A3 kit with rollers. Contact me I might be able to send you or swap parts if there is no AM kits.



The Dragon kit only has the rollers. Trumpeter's has both the plow and the rollers.
AikinutNY
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Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 09:01 PM UTC
Mouse Armor fro OZ has one, look on the first page.
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