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Canadian M113 with Grizzly Turret?
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Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 - 02:59 PM UTC
Found this, and thought what turret is that on the M113?



Could make for an interesting model subject.
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Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 - 03:06 PM UTC
That's a TLAV, been done, Azimut make a conversion kit.

Jim
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Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 - 03:22 PM UTC
Jim

Thanks for the info.

Kevin
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Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 - 03:54 PM UTC
It is an upgraded Grizzly One Metre turret...new grenade dischargers and add-on armour.

That image was taken in early 2007 shortly after the TLAVs started arriving in Afghanistan. They were later upgraded with bar armour.
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Posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 - 06:31 PM UTC

Quoted Text

That's a TLAV, been done, Azimut make a conversion kit.

Jim


It's the Azimut sub-brand Best Value Models that used to do that model, and it was a full kit with a Revell/Italeri M113 included.

Review here on Armorama :

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/3014

Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 12:26 PM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text

That's a TLAV, been done, Azimut make a conversion kit.

Jim


It's the Azimut sub-brand Best Value Models that used to do that model, and it was a full kit with a Revell/Italeri M113 included.

Review here on Armorama :

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/3014

Cheers,

Christophe


That is an excellent review!
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