Description

1/35TH SCALE PROGRAM 5M49 MONITOR RIVER BOAT | RESIN ASSEMBLY MODEL

Program V MK49 Monitor 1/35th scale, this is a resin assembly kit. Each kit is cast to order please allow 15 days processing.
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Program 5 Monitor Specifications

Type:                         Converted World War II, LCM(6) Landing Craft

Manufacturer:      Various Naval Ship Yards

Design:                     Length: 60′ • Width: 17′ 6″ Height above Water Line: 12’6″

Speed:                       8 Knots Maximum

Draft:                         Empty: 4’4″ • Full Load: 4’6″

Crew:                        Eleven

Propulsion:

2 x 64HN9 Detroit Diesel engines

2 x Marine twin disc gear clutch model

22:1 reduction gears

2 x 22″ 4-Blade clockwise screws

Electronics:

2 x AN/VRC-46 low band VHF

2 x AN/PRC-25 portable radio

1 x Raytheon Pathfinder 1900 Surface Search Radar

Fuel Capacity:

Diesel 788-galllons in 2 x tanks

Auxiliary Fuel Capacity:

450-galllons in 3 x tanks

Armament:

1 x 105-mm howitzer mounted inside a M49 turret

1 x 7.62-mm machine gun mounted coaxially, left side of howitzer

2 x 20-mm Mark 16 (Mod 4) cannons in Mark 48 Turrets

1 x 40-mm MK 19 grenade launcher

6 x M-16 automatic rifles

1 x 40-mm M-79 grenade launcher (shoulder-fired)

1 x 12-gauge riot shotgun

1 x .38-caliber pistol (Boat Captain)

1 x flair pistol

Background:

Program 5 Monitors were used in Vietnam to provide U.S. riverine forces with accurate direct and indirect fire support. The 105-mm howitzer which was mounted inside the M49 turret was ideal because of its compact size and weight. The M49 was already in use on the LVTH-6 AMTRACK by the U.S. Marines and was considered a reliable weapon system. The howitzer has a special M546 antipersonnel (APERS) “beehive” shell that fires several thousand tiny flechettes (nails). Firing the “beehive” in the direct fire mode was quite deadly for any enemy troops hiding on the riverbanks.

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