WTK: C6 Mounts for Iltis, Command and Reconnaisance & Other Mounts

[T. Alcorn]

I'm not going to bother the system with requests for morbid photos. Appreciate the thought, though.

I may ask someone to look up the registration number to find out who mine belonged to.....PPCLI, 22eRgt, etc.

I found a few more photos of Canadian Forces Iltis with GiMPiG Mounts:
This one appears to be a soft mount on the rollbar:


And this one is some sort of improvised mount:


Found two more Belgian Iltis with a GiMPiG soft mount by the co-driver:

[Young_Law]

After doing a quick Google search for "GPMG vehicle mount" or simply GPMG mount, (along with variations of C6 or M240 in lieu of GPMG) a few sites came up.

http://www.sageinternationalltd.com/si/mount/soft.html Although not the pictured type, it may be of interest to you.

http://www.manroy.com/html/gpmg_buffered_mount.html

The ones in use by the CF in the above pictures all have the common element of being buffered mounts (just like our sustained fire tripod).

The variations might indicate, and allow you a freedom in the choice of mount for your Iltis. Just wondering, do you have an M240 to mount with it?

I hope you'll post pictures of your finished project when it comes to fruition!

Hope this helped a bit.

[T. Alcorn]

Richard,
I will be mounting an airsoft M240B on the beast. Inokatsu makes a steel body kit in steel and aluminium. The steel version weighs about 24lbs, the aluminum 16lbs. I can't buy a demilled M240 for less than $4000. And by time I try to buy demilled parts, repair, fabricate, etc, I'll have into it the same an airsoft costs.

The C6 body kit has room inside if I ever want to run a propane/oxygen firing system. Same for the C9A1.
Ideally, I'd like to have the C9A1 for the co-driver and a C6 on the rollbar. But, with the almost $2000 for an airsoft, its cheaper to put an M2 .50 in an M23 mount.
I've got some ideas going for the simplified German-style M2 pintle mount, cast in 7071, heat treated to T6 then hardcoat anodized.

[T. Alcorn]

Originally Posted by Young_Law

After doing a quick Google search for "GPMG vehicle mount" or simply GPMG mount, (along with variations of C6 or M240 in lieu of GPMG) a few sites came up.

http://www.sageinternationalltd.com/si/mount/soft.html Although not the pictured type, it may be of interest to you.

I heard back from Sage International, the above soft mount:


$1464.00 each, plus shipping. Ouch!

IF this is the proper mount, at least the top part, I need to decide just how bad I want it. I would still have to fabricate the adjustable height pedistal:


I have a lead on the pintle mentioned earlier but I wont have a pic until next month when the lead visits the seller.