M163 VADS

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I am thinking of making the M163 VADS and I would like some help if anyone can find a good blueprint as I have searched the net but didn't find any good ones.  I also have a question regarding the radar dish does it moves with the Gatling gun or is it is stable.

 

[Svetlin 531]

Hi, I am not an expert, but just checked a couple of Youtube videos, showing the system in action, and the radar dish moved both horizontally and vertically together with the gun and they always pointed in the same direction.

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Thank you. 

[+russouk2004 6,958]

All I have..

Edited November 10, 2020 by russouk2004

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Thank you m8

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2 hours ago, Svetlin said:

Hi, I am not an expert, but just checked a couple of Youtube videos, showing the system in action, and the radar dish moved both horizontally and vertically together with the gun and they always pointed in the same direction.

If its okay with you can you please share the video link.

[KJakker 888]

I did an updated data file for the existing M163, with the correct training, elevation and ammo data.

WIP Update M163-M167 VADS 11-7-2019.7z 

[Svetlin 531]

Hi, here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjfdbOmtHKY 

Round 00:19-00:20 for a brief moment you could see the gun being elevated and the radar dish with it.

Here too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UONN6APrcU

The above link though is for a version of the system which is not loaded on an armored vehicle, but it seems to me to be the same thing otherwise.

To make things confusing, here is a third video clearly showing at around 00:43 the radar dish remaining in a fixed position with just the gun and the optical guiding system moving together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsFe1Abk2A

The system seems the same as in the second video, but this time on an armored vehicle.

Again I am no expert and I hope I am not causing confusion, but it appears to me as if the gun would move together with the system being used for guidance at the given moment, whether optical or radar, or both if possible.

Hope that makes sense.

Edited November 11, 2020 by Svetlin