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  • Buste rack mounted on turret rear to carry shovels, water canisters, MREs (Meal Ready to Eat), jack, vise turntable, etc. Duffle bags and wooden crates secured on turret roof, covered with netting. Book 2MREs came from TAMIYA US tank equipment set, duffle bags from TAMIYA Mobelwagen FLAK and Horsh Command Car kits. Individual stowage bins clamped onto buste rack for DVR, LDR, GNR, TC (aka Driver, Loader, Gunner, Tank Commander). Meal, Ready-to-Eat - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meal%2C_Ready-to-Eat

  • Rollover : Underneath the netting, there are two large duffle bags, two tarpin wraps, three wooden crates, two canisters. Silicon glue used secure the items since it did not damage the paint job (plastic or liquid cement would have caused such damage).

  • Rod protruding behind the LDR and GNR stowage bins is the wind and temperature indicator. Environmental data gathered from this device is fed to onboard fire-control computer. When firing over long distances of several thousand yards, these factors can influence shell trajectory and accuracy.

  • Peace By Force - Elite Forces of the IFOR ( ISBN: 962-361-729-1 )
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