I got an answer from the folks at BAE regarding a question asked by "gardengnomesareevil" on this blog post....
Any idea what the 5 rectangular pieces are on the rear hull?Turns out the answer is simplicity itself. They're Jerry Can brackets.
NOTE: This will be a slight change in standard practice for gear on APC's for the Marine Corps. Usually in amphibious ops you see packs strapped to the top and once on land they're moved to the sides of the vehicle for easy access by the carried infantry. Jerry Cans were mounted in brackets behind the crew stations on top of the vehicle.
And i thought that was where the oars came out when the engine failed.
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Did you ever notice the two big rectangular frames added onto Abram's frontal turret? Any ideals what are those for?
ReplyDeleteShoot, I looked around for attachment points thinking that they would be holding something. They had better be pretty strong though. I wonder how high it rides in the water when fully loaded. Thanks for that, It would have bugged me If I didn't know.
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