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 Author  Topic: Experimental PT Boat Single .50 Cal Mount
Andy Small

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Thanks Al! That's a great thought!

The aluminum ring on PT-5 is 54 outside diameter. I'll see if they're close. I would be willing to bet that they would have used an existing setup (speculation noted), and prior to PT's, I wouldn't think the Navy would spend much effort on something like this if someone already had something developed. Only difference might be the material (aluminum vs US Army steel?)


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Here are a couple images of the M36:




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Thanks Al, I know that even slight speculation can give you bad gut feelings.

I found 1 1973 TM that includes the M36 mount but sadly no dimensions that I could find. It does have nice drawings though. Besides the online viewer, it can be downloaded as a pdf:
TM 9-1005-245-14
http://docslide.us/documents/tm-9-1005-245-14.html

I'll keep my eyes open Andy.



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