Has anyone (Frenchy?) seen any pics of an armed GPA? Maybe a .30 cal on the codriver's side or on a pedestal.
I know they didn't do the same jobs as jeeps, but maybe someone thought they needed a little firepower.

John

Probably not quite what you had in mind, but...



At least maybe an idea?

IIRC, the GPA could be fitted with a M31 MG pedestal mount...



H.P.

More pics :

http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/03/1943-london-news-seep-gpa.jpg

H.P.

Perfect, Frenchy! That's just what the doctor ordered. I thought I might put a GPA on da Base instead of the M8.
A .50 Cal blazing away over the wall, lots of empty brass and links...

John

Another one from Squadron's Armor in Vietnam

It looks cool, but is not a GPA (Government, Passenger, Amphibious), a.k.a. Amphibious Jeep or SEEP (SEa jeEP).

Pictured above is an M29 Wiesel tracked amphibious recon vehicle.

Hi Gino

AFAIK,

G = government

P = Ford's code for passenger cars with 80-inch wheelbases

A = amphibious

H.P.

When I first read this I thought it was about someone's school grades being given guns and forcing the recipient to raise them.

I thought something completely different when I read the headline for this thread: Best Cougar Reference Anywhere

John

When I built mine I made a mount using found pieces in the modeling box. As if I was a marine in the Pacific making a mount from what I had. I ended up with a tank roof mount for a.30 cal and a flat piece of card stock edges roughed up to mimic a torch cut. I used the academy US Machine gun set for the .30cal. Mine is mounted in the corner between dash board and passenger door if there was one. Like my wifes Grandfather who was a 19 year old landing on the islands with the marines. Said if we needed it or wanted it we would make it from what we had. So that was my philosophy.

Good idea, Adam.
I've got the mg mount left over from Tamiya's jeep. I'll drop that in, and turn the mg cradle 90 degrees, so it's pointing to the side, instead of straight ahead.

John