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M1128 MGS help please
ossie262
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 08:15 AM UTC
Hi All

Looking for some help I would like to build a M1128 MGS with some of the upgrades but not slat armour, if possible not loaded with stowage, any pictures of one in USA or Germany ?
Thanks Ossie
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:08 AM UTC
Hi Ossie
Here's one belonging to the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area (Germany) in December 2009 :



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HTH

Frenchy
shopkin4
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 10:27 AM UTC
PM me with your email address. I have a boat load of images I'm using for my build. Make sure your inbox has space
Tankrider
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 02:38 PM UTC
Ossie,
More incoming... Check your inbox.
kuman
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Posted: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 05:50 PM UTC

you got PM also...

thanks in advance
ossie262
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Posted: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 07:53 AM UTC
hi all
wow these are great and thank you all for the help ossie.
Nitevision75
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Posted: Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 09:03 PM UTC
Dear Michael,

I spent several weeks with the 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment recently and took many photos of the new M1128 Stryker MGS. In a few weeks a company will publish the book with interior, exterior and action photos. So I can just suggest you to wait some days with completing your model.

Kind regards from Munich
Ralph
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Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 - 03:05 AM UTC
Ralph,

I'm getting ready to start my Stryker MGS in a few days!

Let me know where I can get this book!

I was attached to the 2nd ACR (before it became the 2nd SCR) during the first Gulf War.

Thanks!

Richard S.
TankSGT
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Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 - 05:00 AM UTC
Question for you MGS crewman, How do you get the M26A1 MBD into the tube and where do you stand during boresighting? I have the kit to build myself as a former Cav tanker I would love to make my MGS 2nd SCR.

Tom
Nitevision75
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Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 - 10:34 AM UTC
Tom,

my book M1128 Stryker MGS will answer this detail with a photo :-) the Regimental Master Gunner used a foldable ladder for boresighting.

Richard,

withing a few days the publisher will put a news link on this website but currently I can not release the name

Ralph
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TankSGT
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Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 - 11:56 AM UTC
The crews don't boresite their own guns? Well we were always short Master Gunners, We used to boresight our own guns. When I started tanking before the M26 we used the string and binos as our standard method. I can't wait for the book. The MGS kit can sit on the shelf till its out.

Tom
ossie262
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Posted: Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 09:27 PM UTC
hi all
thank you all for your great help . i am building it for a show so i am limited on time.
i will use the basic sets of Pe from eduard for the mgs.
and also super detail as i go . talk soon and thanks Ossie
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