Yes, I was referring to the M16/14 mount. It looks like it would hard to
enter and exit the vehicle with out removing the weapon. I have the rifle
mount and was trying to decide on weather or not to mount the thing.
Bobby Joe Pendleton II
MVPA#17657
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jumpmaster" <the_real_jumpmaster@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, 18 August, 2001 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] rifle mount in M151
>
> --- Bobby Joe Pendleton II <bobbyjoe@chartertn.net>
> wrote:
> > Does anyone here have a rifle mount in their mutt?
> > Is it as awkward as it looks?
>
> I'm making the (perhaps incorrect) presumption that
> you're referring to the M16 rifle mount and not the M4
> pedistal mount. I've never seen an M16 mount actually
> installed and in use in a MUTT...I have the original
> -10 manual for it (gotta love the bright orange
> highlights in there) where it shows the rifle mounts.
> That can be a little misleading because the way the
> retainer bracket is positioned in the manual is
> presumably the way they're supposed to be during
> non-use.
>
> Finally getting my rifle in the mounts in my CUCV, I
> think it might not be as bad as it looks. If the
> rifle fits as securely in the MUTT as it does in my
> CUCV, it will take a little more effort than you might
> imagine to deploy the weapon and you might fear for
> your fingers' safety :-)...it's really not bad though
> and it rides very securely, at least in the CUCV.
>
> I'm going to take pictures of my rifle mounted in the
> CUCV and put them on a webpage so folks can see what
> it looks like. It can be a little misleading at
> first, how much effort is required to get the thing
> into and out of the rack.
>
> T. Bloxom
> 1985 M1009 CUCV
>
> p.s. God, I love Texas. :-)
>
>
>
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