RE: [MV] M2HB

From: paul carrier (paulc@teleport.com)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 00:14:38 PDT


>
> Question for the gurus... can you tell me the particulars of the
> following M2HB? Manufactured by COLT'S PATENT FIREARMS MANUFACTURING
> COMPANY, serial US No. 28758.
>

Any other markings ?
That is a very low number

> Questions: when was it manufactured? Should it have black plastic
> handgrips and cocking handle, or wood? Does anyone have a source for
> right-hand feed bits (we NEED right-hand feed, correct for our
> application)? Is there any standard mechanical remote firing mechanism,
> or are we on our own here?
>

I suspect wood is correct
For the remote, there was an electrical solinoid used on aircraft. I don't
now for your vehicle.

> It's BIG, it's HEAVY and it's BEAUTIFUL. It's also standard main
> armament in a 1943 Canadian GM Fox I Armoured Car, upcoming.
>

SSG Paul D. Carrier
Readiness NCO
Detachment 2 Company b 145 Support Battalion
Camp Withycombe, OR



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