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Author Topic: M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?  (Read 508 times)

Offline eddieazrael

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M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?
« on: January 23, 2025, 05:48:43 PM »
So, the new Vietnam rules "Nam 68" includes an M67 Recoilless Rifle in the US lists - but I cant find one anywhere in 28mm.  Does anyone know of an obscure range anywhere that includes one, or can advise (with details!) on how to convert one from something else?

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Re: M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2025, 06:43:41 PM »
I made two of my own not that long ago. The US Berlin Brigade was issued M67 RRs back in the 1970s and '80s as there were potential issues using the M47 Dragon in an urban setting,so I needed a couple for my platoon.

I used the Rubicon plastic figure, one standing one kneeling and with a bit of arm surgery they make good conversion start points. The weapon itself was a thin plastic tube. I carved down a venturi, added a piece of plastic rod underneath as the monopod and another piece of tubing as the optical sight on the left of the barrel.

It's really easy conversion. The only slightly tricky bit is that the pistol grip and firing mechanism is set at any angle on the right hand sight of the barrel. That means aligning the figures right arm at a slight angle. Just a matter of finding a suitable donor arm and slicing it back at the shoulder to a suitable angle.
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Offline carlos marighela

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Re: M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2025, 06:49:53 PM »
By the by, it was fairly rare for the M67 to be carried into the field in Vietnam, it was heavy and unless facing bunkers it was of limited utility. The crews were most frequently turned into additional ammo carriers for the M60 machine guns and the RRs used for base defence if required. The BBDA on those things is fairly fierce so not an easy thing to employ in close country.

Offline eddieazrael

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Re: M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2025, 07:18:12 PM »
That's brilliant!  Don't suppose you know the dimensions you used (and maybe that of the rod?) - never done scratchbuilding, so I'd need to get materials in.

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Re: M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2025, 07:37:05 PM »
It was just some Evergreen plastic tubing and rod I had lying about. My conversion/building box is overflowing with bits of card, sheet, tube rod and strips.

Just find a bit of tubing that looks good to the eye. Neither of those was built as an exact model so the dimensions aren't going to be wholly accurate anyway.  The tubes are abour 3cm long for what it's worth and it looks like I used the smallest or second smallest Evergreen tube diameter. Plastic rod comes in much smaller diameters than tubing. For me, if it looks near enough at a couple of feet away, then I'm good. :)

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Re: M67 Recoilless Rifle in 28mm - Sell or convert?
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2025, 09:00:01 PM »
By the by, it was fairly rare for the M67 to be carried into the field in Vietnam, it was heavy and unless facing bunkers it was of limited utility. The crews were most frequently turned into additional ammo carriers for the M60 machine guns and the RRs used for base defence if required. The BBDA on those things is fairly fierce so not an easy thing to employ in close country.

Yep.  That's why i gave my M60 teams in my Nam '68 tour of duty a 2nd ammo humper each.

When I was a combat engineer in the early 80s we still had those on our TO&E.  Fun to shoot.  A pain in the ass to lug around...
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