Grasshoppers and Elephants
Converting a couple of m113 for use by the arvn
Got hold of a couple of rubicon m113 kits, these are crazy detailed with crew and full interior included. The kit comes with options to make us or anzac vehicles.
I kind of wanted to use them as support for my Arvn platoon.
from what I can work out from osprey books and the internet the South Vietnamese had a slightly different load out on their vehicles, they still used the 50cal on the turret with a front sheild which eventually became the m113acav with turret surrounds, rather than having m60s covering each side they would have 30cal with or without gunsheilds. I had to scavenge the 30cals from my bolt action bitz box of doom.
The Arvn used the m113 slightly differently than other forces, rather than using them as transports they preferred to use them in a light tank role with a larger crew to man all the weapons, as they found earlier in the conflict that the vehicles could advance quickly putting the enemy on the back foot only for the assault to slow down when the infantry disembarked getting bogged down and loosing momentum. Saying that there are plenty of pictures online of infantry sitting on top having lifts so I am more than happy to use them as infantry support and transports in games.
I also will have to change the heads of the crew using some gringo40s arvn heads I have left over from a previous conversion.
Building the hull
Turret bits with modified weapons
Making some removable tank riders to show if passengers are on board 
These are some reference images I found on line showing some different load outs on the vehicles.
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