Is the electrical wiring for smoke granade launcher on USMC M1A1 the same as Army ones? The following is a picture that I took on Tamiya/CON 2005 with a USMC M1A1 on display.



Dragon's M1 Pather II is using Army type smoke granade launchers with molded coil like wiring at back. Will coil like wiring corrected on Army M1 especially M1 Panther II or they share the same wiring configuration as the marine ones although they use different type of launchers? Thanks.

Steven Lu

Hi
the Army wizards will probably answer better than me but from what I've seen on the Internet there is only one wire in the Army SGD. The Marine type is in fact a combination of 2 SGD as seen on the LAV or the Bradley hence the two electric wires you see on the picture.

Here is a picture from Tanxheaven



HTH
Olivier

Steven,
Oliver basically answered your question... The Army M1A1s have a single cable that attaches to a plug on the back of the M250 SGL. The coiled thing is the accordian folded dust boot for the cable attachment or cannon plug from my M60A3 days... I am working on a Panther II right now and did not bother to replicate the accordian folds when I redid the SGL mounting plates.
HTH
John

The smaller of the two cables appears to be a ground cable, as it seems to be simply screwed under the bolt head.

You are correct sir. This is indeed White Trash 4.

Thank you all for the information.

Best Regards,
Steven