Empress Cadillac Gage V100 Commando

The Cadillac Gage Commando V100/XM706 was a armoured car/wheeled armoured personnel carrier that was used  in Vietnam by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the US Military Police and the US Airforce. Armed with a twin machine gun turret, it provided security and convoy escort throughout South Vietnam.

Empress released their 1/50 scale model as part of their Vietnam range.

 I modelled an example with an 0.50 heavy machine gun and a 0.30" medium machine gun.

I used two sets of Rubicon DCUA007 Willys MB decals (for the Military Police labels) and theoretically one Rubicon DCUS002 M4 Tank decal sheet (I ended up needing two as I messed up one of the US Army decals and its associated serial number).

 The US recognition stars in front of the side doors use the Rubicon 8mm decals, the ones on the rear half of the upper hull are the 5mm ones - all from the DCUS002 sheet. I added a jerry can from the Empress stowage set. A shovel from the same set together with a piece of plastic rod make up the pioneer tools on the rear of the vehicle.

A US Marine advances supported by an XM706 belonging to the US Army Military Police.

The  Marine takes cover while the XM706 engages targets.