Mike,
I should have made my previous post clearer: the 'Mountings, Cab, AALMG (Aust)' commonly known as the gallows mount, was an item fitted to many Aust Army vehicles fitted with a roof hatch, not just CMPs. The gallows mount is covered in one of the MGO Equipment Memorandums No.7, pages 27-28). It was included in early production, but stopped later on because it proved to be so useless. Firstly, it snagged just about every tree and bush the truck drove near, and second, as Mike observed, who in their right mind would stand up inside a nice big ground target and take on a Zero or a Val with a Bren gun anyway? Much better to stop, bail out and take the Bren with you.
Mike
Last edited by Mike Cecil; 19-10-18 at 18:57.
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