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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

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, 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

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. 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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peace-keeping 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.

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Canadian Military History The military history of Canada comprises hundreds of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, and interventions by the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For thousands of years, the area that woul ...

, 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 Weapon fixtures