Identify these horns from Mad Max

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Identify these horns from Mad Max

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I saw the new Mad Max movie last night. A fine film overall...a bit light on plot, but there were plenty of cool cars and explosions, so overall a good time was had by all. One of the vehicles featured a fellow playing a flaming guitar with huge speakers and, to my surprise, several tubas for additional amplification/aesthetics.

Here are a couple of pictures that I've been able to find that show "The Doof Wagon" from the side:

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Pretty neat stuff, eh? Just for fun, does anyone want to take a crack at identifying those tubas?
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I'm pretty sure that one at the top center was owned by Arnold Jacobs.
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kmorgancraw wrote:I'm pretty sure that one at the top center was owned by Arnold Jacobs.
That one's either a Besson, Yamaha 201/321 or one of the many others that uses the same basic design.

The other two look like O-99, 15J or a similar American design.
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Cool, and a very strange idea.

...so what do you think about the carrier vehicle ?
When serving in the German army, I´d never have guessed I´d see one of these in a Hollywood production movie 25 years later.
Google for "MAN 10 t mil GL" and You´ll see what I mean. http://gs-limited.com/vehicle_images/99292/99292_2.jpg
A beast of its own and maybe another suitable action movie truck is the FAUN SLT 50 "Elefant".
This http://www.rc-tanky.com/klub/modely/trnka/trnka01.jpg is a pic of a scale model.
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