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manufactures a Cadillac-Gage 1 metre turret for armored vehicles. The turret mounts on a 1-meter turret ring. They were originally armed with a 7.62 mm machine gun, and a 12.7 mm machine gun. By 1984 a version of the turret was introduced where one of the machine guns was replaced by a Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher. The gunner is surrounded by 8 large vision blocks, and has a periscope with a telescopic sight. One variant of the Canadian

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mounts this turret. When Canada made these older vehicle available to

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peacekeeping forces in

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they had to seek permission from the

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in order to ship them with their turrets.

References

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Canadian Military History The military history of Canada spans centuries of conflicts within the country, as well as international engagements involving the Canadian Armed Forces, Canadian military. The Indigenous nations of Canada engaged in conflicts with one another for ...

, year = 2011 , title = The Success of the Light Armoured Vehicle , author = Ed Storey , quote = This small turret had originally been designed for the Cadillac-Gage V-150 Armoured Car. {{cite web , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IIXAUslJhpwC&q=Cadillac-Gage+OR+%22cadillac+gage%22+%221+metre%22+OR+1+meter%22+OR+%22one+metre%22+OR+%22one+meter%22+turret&pg=RA7-PA19 , title = Armor, Volume 87 , page = 19 , publisher = U.S. Armor Association , year = 1978 {{cite news , url = https://books.google.com/books?id=CmZNAQAAIAAJ&q=Cadillac-Gage+OR+%22cadillac+gage%22+%221+metre%22+OR+1+meter%22+OR+%22one+metre%22+OR+%22one+meter%22+turret&pg=RA2-PA25 , title = Cadillac Gage 40mm/.50cal Turret: Simple, Accurate, Reliable , work =

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, page = 25 , year = 1984 , access-date = 2020-03-01 Weapons platforms