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M61 Trailer
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Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 03:38 AM UTC
The odds of me finding an Azimut/ADV M51 trailer are slim to none, so my idea is to chop a WC63 and use the cargo body and convert it to a trailer. To my eye they appear very much the same.

Correction, should read M51 not M61
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Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 02:11 PM UTC
I have the FSM M8 Trailer plans, but are there any for the M51?
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Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 07:26 PM UTC
Actually I was able to answer my own question. The trailer is actually an M17 and its different from the cargo body of the WC63 truck - so the only route appears to be scratch build. I did find some great photos from a French museum and a copy of the original Technical Manual, so I might be able to gin up some drawings to work from.
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Posted: Monday, December 14, 2015 - 09:14 PM UTC
Related thread :

http://www.network54.com/Forum/47208/thread/1292106742/LF+info+on+the+M51+Quad+.50+cal+MG+trailer

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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 12:03 AM UTC



Thanks for the link. The one I found was at

http://www.asphm.com/vehicules/remorque_2ton_m17_trailer/m17_trailer.html

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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 01:25 AM UTC
Chris: I PM'd you.
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Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 03:03 AM UTC
NOTE: David Doyle says this is a post war mash-up of a search light trailer and the quad gun mount.
Therefore take these reference photos from the Victory Museum in Auburn, IN with a LARGE grain of salt!



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