Tamiya 35071 - 1/35 U.S. M577 Armored Comm. Post Vehicle  [35071]

Towards M577 demand post

Type classified in March 1963 as a mobile command post, the M577 has also been utilized as a mobile industry aid place, artillery fire way center, and communications vehicle. Basically a vertically expanded M113 armored personnel provider, the inside associated with the M577 happens to be reconfigured to allow for extra communications equipment, map and tactical information panels, industry desks or artillery plotting tables, and additional crewmembers. Each 577 is equipped with an externally installed electric generator effective at powering the extra equipment to cut back loading regarding vehicle's inherit electrical system. Additionally, each M577 comes with an important expandable shelter which may be deployed once the car is fixed. In a tactical situation, numerous M577 shelters are connected together to create an enclosed working area. Such as the M113, the M577 is amphibious, and it is equipped with a diagram for load equalization, necessary to counteract the M577s high center of gravity. The M577 is equipped with a standard M113 driver's hatch and a single automobile commander's hatch centered into the roof of vehicle. The commander's position has a pintle device gun mount which might accommodate either an M2 HB caliber .50 device weapon, an M60 7.62mm machine weapon, or a Mk19 40mm grenade launcher. The automobile has a motor driven Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, purification system which provides the crew with purified air via a protective mask hose coupling, but doesn't over pressurize the team compartment. As it's introduction, over 4,000 M577, M577A1, and M577A2 command cars were produced for the United States Army.