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AFV Club/Panda Husky Mk III Question
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 09:48 AM UTC
I had a quick question regarding these two kits

Where is the Ground Penetrating Radar at?

All the Huskies I saw in Afghanistan had the front mounted GPR

Just curious
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 09:57 AM UTC
That's an excellent question that I have been asking myself too.

Hopefully an aftermarket GPR will be created that can be adapted to both kits.

Here's a Canadian Husky with GPR mounted...

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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 11:17 AM UTC
They fold down from the sides of the vehicle, the image you have shown is a different offering.
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 11:37 AM UTC
I was thinking about the pre order , I've been waiting for at least 4 months for the new patriot missile system. How long will it take this to be released to use.

Happy modeling
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 04:07 PM UTC

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They fold down from the sides of the vehicle, the image you have shown is a different offering.



The side mounted sensors are still there. The front mounted GPR unit is an addition that is commonly seen on deployed vehicles in addition to the side mounted sensors.
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 04:51 PM UTC
As a matter of technicality.... the side mounted sensors are NOT radar. They are metal detectors. I suppose a purist would say its the same thing, but on a much simpler scale. The array under the vehicle has front and rear, left and right sensors and can tell the operator when they are sommewhat centered over the item of interest. There are also paint sprayers on each array that allow the operator to mark the targe and move away from it so the Buffalo, or whatever other interrogation device, can exploit the finding. Mk-IIs that I trained on in Iraq in 09 didnt have the GPR installed as I suspect it wasnt fully developed yet, but they DID have a smaller version of the interrogating arm like a Buffalo. It was far less sturdy and only had two pronged spork. HTH
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Posted: Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 10:09 PM UTC

Quoted Text

That's an excellent question that I have been asking myself too.

Hopefully an aftermarket GPR will be created that can be adapted to both kits.

Here's a Canadian Husky with GPR mounted...




Actually there is one big resin company that is intreasted to release this NIITEK for the Husky but they dont have enough good reference photos of the ground penetrating radar so if someone have good reference photos of that or know where they have that, please let me know then and i will send them the photos or the link and ofcourse tell them who giving the pictures to to them... So please if we want to see this accessories to the Husky in the future send me a message and i will send them the pictures directly...
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