Springfield Armory XM19 Armament Pod

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I finally found some pictures, on ebay of all places. They are official Springfield Armory photos and show the XM19 fitted to a JOV-1A and a UH-1B.
Wikipedia info:
XM19 A pod developed by the US Army, likely primarily for helicopters, fitted with two M60C 7.62x51mm machine guns. Does not appear to have been standardized, likely in favor of the M18 series.
Of note, however, was the fact that this system was also tested with the S-2E Tracker by the US Naval Air Test Center, US Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. There is no information as to the outcome of these tests, carried out in 1966, which apparently also involved the SUU-11A/A pod mentioned earlier.
 

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