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

Regarding the M577 need post

Type classified in March 1963 as a mobile need post, the M577 has additionally been used as a mobile industry assistance station, artillery fire direction center, and communications automobile. Fundamentally a vertically expanded M113 armored workers provider, the interior of the M577 was reconfigured to permit for extra communications gear, map and tactical information panels, industry desks or artillery plotting tables, and additional crewmembers. Each 577 is equipped with an externally installed electric generator capable of powering the extra gear to minimize loading regarding the vehicle's inherit electric system. Additionally, each M577 has an integrated expandable shelter that is frequently implemented in the event that car is fixed. In a tactical situation, multiple M577 shelters are connected together to produce a specific working room. For instance the M113, the M577 is amphibious, which is built with a diagram for load equalization, essential to counteract the M577s high center of gravity. The M577 comes with a regular M113 driver's hatch and someone vehicle commander's hatch centered in the roof of this vehicle. The commander's position has a pintle machine gun mount which may accommodate either an M2 HB caliber .50 machine tool, an M60 7.62mm machine weapon, or a Mk19 40mm grenade launcher. The car is equipped with a motor driven Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, purification system which provides the team with purified environment via a protective mask hose coupling, but does not over pressurize the team compartment. Since it's introduction, over 4,000 M577, M577A1, and M577A2 need automobiles had been produced the usa Army.