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    Posted 9 years ago

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    fortapache
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    The PBR or Patrol Boat River was part of the brown river navy. Based a commercial pleasure boat. This is the Mk 2 which had a 32' hull made of fiberglass. It had water jet engines such that there were no propellers to get fouled.
    This one depicts one with dual .50 caliber machine guns up front and a single .50 aft. It had a crew of four, a coxswain, gunners mate, engineer (also one of the gunners) and a commander. The commander was usually an ensign. The commander here is the one loading an M79 grenade launcher between two metal shields.
    Many extras to see on this model although in reality it would have more ammo cans. As many as possible without sinking. Sadly it lost its radar in a firefight.

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    Comments

    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 9 years ago
      Very cool!!!
    2. GeodeJem GeodeJem, 9 years ago
      Same one as in the Film with Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen. Ohhh whats the name, pausing to ask my mate Google....Apocalypse Now !
    3. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you very much Scott.
    4. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you very much GeodeJem. That is the one.
    5. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      jscott0363
      mikelv85
      Nicefice
      Manikan
      elanski
      ho2cutcha
      nutsabotas6
      Caperkid
      racer4four
    6. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      EJW-54
      RonM
      bobby725
      petey
      battlegear
    7. trunkman trunkman, 9 years ago
      Great boat -- immediately reminded me of the Rob White novel "Torpedo Run" that featured a PT boat similar to this...
    8. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you very much trunkman. A PT boat in this scale would be quite cool.
    9. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      Trey
      ttomtucker
    10. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      designer
      Manikan
    11. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      Harborguy
      SEAN68
    12. Vintagefran Vintagefran, 9 years ago
      This is so COOL.
    13. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you very much Vintagefran.
    14. fortapache fortapache, 9 years ago
      Thank you
      Lisa
      Vintagefran.
    15. dlpetersen, 7 years ago
      I love it . I have a friend who was on night guard on one of these. He said it was pitch black out when he heard something at the front of the boat, so he opened up and ripped the front up with the 50 cal machine gun. They didn't find anything and he was in big trouble.
    16. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you very much dlpetersen. Seems like finding something and not firing would have been worse.
    17. Lata Lata, 7 years ago
      "Never get out of the boat. Absolutely goddamn right. Unless you were goin' all the way. Kurtz got off the boat. He split from the whole f***in' program." Line from Apocalypse Now, great model!!
    18. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you very much Lata. This is indeed the type of boat from Apocalypse Now and was good advice.
    19. fortapache fortapache, 7 years ago
      Thank you
      pw-collector
      BlackWatch

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