[D-Day] M32 ARV
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:21 pm
Perhaps not on the beach on the sixth, but soon after.
I wasn't even aware of this unit before Sassgrunt pointed it out in my M4A1 build thread. Yes there is a kit available but I like scratch building. I chose this because it has a functional crane (and I enjoyed building the DUKW crane).
Skip the rest of this if you don't care for some info behind the ARV.
These 1600ish M32 series were almost all rebuilds, so almost all of these were narrow hatch units (the exception being a few M32B2s built for the USMC - new production units).
The bulk of them were based on the cast hull M4A1, but I don't want to waste a hard to find cast hull on this one. All had a 60,000 lb winch that the cable could be sent out the front of the hull, top front of turret and the rear of the turret. The pilots were designated T5 series and a relative high number of the pilots were built. These are the approximate number of the four series:
T-------M-----Based on---Produced
T5-----M32-------M4-------163
T5E1--M32B1----M4A1----1085
T5E2--M32B2----M4A2----26
T5E3--M32B3----M4A3----344
I wasn't even aware of this unit before Sassgrunt pointed it out in my M4A1 build thread. Yes there is a kit available but I like scratch building. I chose this because it has a functional crane (and I enjoyed building the DUKW crane).
Skip the rest of this if you don't care for some info behind the ARV.
These 1600ish M32 series were almost all rebuilds, so almost all of these were narrow hatch units (the exception being a few M32B2s built for the USMC - new production units).
The bulk of them were based on the cast hull M4A1, but I don't want to waste a hard to find cast hull on this one. All had a 60,000 lb winch that the cable could be sent out the front of the hull, top front of turret and the rear of the turret. The pilots were designated T5 series and a relative high number of the pilots were built. These are the approximate number of the four series:
T-------M-----Based on---Produced
T5-----M32-------M4-------163
T5E1--M32B1----M4A1----1085
T5E2--M32B2----M4A2----26
T5E3--M32B3----M4A3----344