[Darksheare]

Actually, yes.
Something like that.
Only with teh howitzer tube stuffed in there and under canvas for one of those 'nice' little pop-up deals where you just jump up and say 'hi!'
Of course, the AA cannon may be just as effective itself.

Coolbeans, side mounted 81mm... short cannons.
That would work quite interestingly.

[archy]

Actually, yes.
Something like that.
Only with teh howitzer tube stuffed in there and under canvas for one of those 'nice' little pop-up deals where you just jump up and say 'hi!'
Of course, the AA cannon may be just as effective itself.

Yep, except that it might be a bit dicey using direct-fire with HE-T rounds in the vicinity of fuel tanker trailers, the reason weapons with both a high-angle and direct fire capability- like howitzers- are particularly attractive in this case.

Coolbeans, side mounted 81mm... short cannons.

That would work quite interestingly.

I figure two seperated- bulkhead or sandbags- 8x10 foot gun pits, one to cover port side and the other starboard. Or the vehicle could take a flanking position on one side of the moving convoy and face both weapons to the desired side and keep the weasels away while the baby chicks run by with the other escort vehicles. Accordingly, the *Flatbed Fire Support package needs to be able to get itself out of trouble, and it needs rearward-firing *getaway guns* as well as the *main gun* tubes.