Hello,
I would like to know what the armament is on the front mounts of the U-models Lcm conversion

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/230753-u-models-um-248-lcm-blinde-french-indochina-conversion

Looking at te rear of the guns it looks like .50 Mg but if i look at the barrel ,could it be a water cooled barrel?

I tried contacting U-models but i get no reply

Thanks,
Maarten.

Hey Maarten,

I am certain no expert on these animals but I was able to dig up something about the LCM 3 and 6 (being they were classified basically as the same more or less)

Looks like the LCM 3 early on was equipped with two 7.62mm machine guns but was upgraded to a 20mm Oerlikon, two 12.7mm machine guns, two rifle grenade launchers. In the picture of the conversion, it looks like they have two 20mm mounts. Honestly, I don't think that would be out of the question knowing how field modifications go.

http://indochine54.free.fr/cefeo/boats.html#LCM3

Hope some of this helps.

Hi Todd ,
thanks for your input and link ,

I found out The two rear ones are Brenguns

So the 12.7mm could be watercooled .50's

But not 100% sure about the front ones, 20mm are way to big for that position (i think)

Thanks
Maarten,

Those things look pretty big, so I wouldn't rule out the possibility of flame throwers. Some US river gunboats had them later in Vietnam. Always a possible in field modification.
My first thought was however watercooled 30's or 50's. Not easy to tell detail when your looking at a photo of cream resin parts.

On magnifying the pic i see the two grips the .50 has,
the barrel is thick enough
so i see why you might think Flamethrowers

Thanks .

Here you can see my scratchbuilt French LCM3
1/35 scale ,i used the Italeri kit and the canvas covers are made from Milliput,and the bridge an gun shield 0.,5mm plastic sheet and painted wit Vallejo ,still much work to be done .

http://gallery.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/29795