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| Subject: | Re: Hey Peter! |  |
| Date: | Dec 3, 2007 |
| From: | Peter Lau | |
Hi Jose,
the profile on the rear (removable) vertical plate is a standard feature for both the FL-12 and FL-15 turrets. I regret that this current edition of my volume on turrets does not have pictures showing this feature and I intend to beef up information pertaining to both the FL-12 and FL-15 turrets in the next edition.
With regards to your question on the return rollers, I would say that 4 is the correct number. I have a blur picture of a Peruvian vehicle without side skirt and through image enhancement, I could make out 4 return rollers. In addition, the shape of the top lay of its track looks right for the said number of return rollers. In my opinion, the Peruvian chassis are mostly likely Type D chassis. This is due to the presence of the dual light guards (on most vehicles I have seen) and the hood-type periscope cover at the top of the driver compartment. To be more conclusive, you might like to check for the presence of "MESSIER" shock absorber above the first and the last road wheels (p.s. this might be difficult if you don't have a low angle shot for the running gear as the skirts would have obscured the shock absorbers).
Peter |
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