Mobile Control Towers seem to have been a popular conversion for these vehicles, Hanno. At least three different ones in this thread: two with scavenged nose cones, one without.
I wonder if they were common crew transport vehicles on a lot of Air Force Bases and their ready availability led to this alternate use? Fixed control towers would be an obvious target in an air attack on a base in an effort to disrupt base ops. Going mobile would be an effective countermeasure.
David
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