What is this on the scales?

[M920]

Here.....found a pic of a M55 for comparison......with a much more pleasing paint job.....

 

[maddawg308]

AAAHHHH! MY EYES!

<Blllppp...ugh...BARF!>

AAAHHHH! MY CARPET!

 

[kcimb]

That's my daily driver. Didn't feel like driving 40 hours to cover 500 miles.

 

[rumplecat]

A crime!!!

 

[Elwenil]

Agreed, definitely a M53. It was sort of hard to judge the length of the barrel in the pics of it on the trailer since there was no dead on side shot but the latest pic certainly confirms the barrel protruding beyond the body by quite a bit.

 

[mdmorgan]

Not one of my creations but it does have me thinking of a re-paint on mine!

 

[jasonjc]

Well it looks like I got some shots of the M55 8" howitzers. There are 2 of them close too me.

 

[bkwudzhom]

Noticed the barrel pointing backwards---wonder if he had a problem with tailgators!!

 

[Warthog]

Is this the new camo for 2011.

Part of the more Friendly Army..................

 

[jasonjc]

The barrel is not pointing backwards. Thats the front.

 

[Elwenil]

I think he means on the trailer.

 

[chupa]

Self-propelled 155MM.

 

[1stTankerSki]

It is an M53, part of the G-259 family with the undercarriage being based on the M48 tank.

155mm gun carrier.

After 1956, all M-53's were rebuilt as M-55's and the undercarriage was based on the M-47 tank.

In Nam the M-55's were 203 mm. ( 8 inch Howitzer ) in 1967 they were replaced with the as pictured, M-110's also with the 8" Howitzers.

(M-55) 40.2 tons, length 25'-11", Width 11'-9", Height 11'-8";

704 hp. Continental V-12 engine, Speed 30 mph, Range 160 miles.

 

[davidkroberts]

my buddy rick had one very similar in Jackson TN he always joked about having a self propelled gunthat wouldnt self-propell

 

[mcmullag]

large waves

Thanks for posting the pics but I had to look away, that paint scheme really made me seasick.

 

[1stTankerSki]

I stand corrected, that paint job confused my brainhousing group, it is a M-53, with the 155 mm. (6.1" dia.) gun tube.

Semper Fi !

Ski

 

[two.fiveM35]

It's a tank to be used in a rap video

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

It's a tank to be used in a rap video

I send my condolences to the TANK.

 

[Tanker06]

A crime!!!

This!

 

[jamesfrom180]

LOL, Saw this sitting on a low boy going North on I-75 Between Gainesville and Alachua. I was laughing because I remembered this thread. Still has Anthony written on the side.