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On the A57 from the start it used a dry sump system, with a big main suction pump and a secondary scavenger pump, and a big ass tank of oil mounted on the inside of the fighting compartment on the rear wall. Gas is sucked through one big mechanical pump for all motors. The cooling system was only only one that used pumps mounted on each engine bank, but the belt loads cause poor service life, so they switched to one MASSIVE water pump. -
Some. I have parts break downs for all the oil and fuel lines, and flow charts for fuel and I think water. It also depends on the engine. They are surprisingly inconsistent with what's in the various manuals.
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I have a bunch of images in the works, but finished this one. Last year I got my hands on a copy of Ord 7 SNL G-104 Tank, Medium, M4A3, 105-mm Howitzer. This is just a suppliment to the G-10X for the M4A3 tanks, for the items specific to the 105 tanks. The pictures in this are better than the WWII parts catalogs. The 105-mm M4 Howitzer image in this catalog is was very nice and needed very little improvement once scanned. This is the older one I had, from TM9-7018, Medium Tank M4A3. The image quality in this manual is not so good. This was as nice as I could get this one. This image has just been reproduced to many times on bad scanners.
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New A57 image and fixed the older one. Here, you can see the belt driven water pumps and generator. The Generator was moved to the fighting compartment, run from a the drive shaft.
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Look at that magnificent son of a bitch!! This is the almost final version, the final major change was to move all the carbs up in a row at the top of the motor. They solved the different length tubes going to each engine by putting baffles in them to get even flow across all five carburetors. Finding images of this is hard most display motors have the earlier setup. Here's one.
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It's funny, a useless windbag like you would accuse another poster of not reading the thread, you admit to not reading. More reasons to make fun of you and not take your poorly thought out posts seriously. Bad troll is bad. You bring shame to your boo ancestors.
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His posts are better than yours. It's pretty clear you have no idea on just about anything you've talked about in this thread. Like, do you know anything? How do you not know ALL U.S. Tank Guns, from the 75mm M2 in the Lee to the current ones automatically ejected their shells. Like have you read anything but that Jentz book you posted with the suspicious stains? You think a conventional pushrod V12 that couldn't make its design horsepower, is some miracle of technology, while shit talking the Ford GAA. The GAA being an overhead cam V8 with 4 valves per cylinder and being all aluminum made it right on the cutting edge of automotive technology. You having no idea about engines is clear when you spew shit about German motors being something special. This was such a clown shoes response. I guess you believe that propaganda. You still buy this bullshit after most of the big encounters where the Hero Nazi's you worship killed a horde of T-34s or Shermans, have been debunked, many by the guy who started this thread, and that just makes you an asshole. It boils down to you're a troll, trolling about liking Nazi shit, or moron who actually believes the bullshit you're spewing, in either case, you don't look real good. I hope you're a stupid kid, many of us really liked German tanks when when we were young and stupid, but we all read enough actual history to grow out of it. You could actually learn something from the people who tried to be nice to you in this thread, but at this point, you presence on this forum is so poisoned, no one is going to take you seriously. This Panther is like Deletes arguments in this thread. Full of holes.
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Damn, I was hoping you had heard something about it, now I'm going to have to search for it! I have no idea what book or if it might even be wrong, I mean, you really know your stuff! What can we take so for from Delete's responses? He didn't know the US all around vision cupola has a HUGE rotating periscope in it, and it pans up and down too. He also thinks the design of said cupola is bad, based on his vast knowledge of tanks. We can also take from his posts, his vast research into the Pershing, led him to believe the co-driver was the radio operator. It most be super secret or something that US Tanks put the radios in their turrets, at least since the Lee. I mean otherwise how could someone as well read and smart as Delete not know it? Oh and another wonderful tidbit, he thinks the very conventional HL230 was more advanced than the all aluminum, 4 valve per cylinder, overhead cam motor, that was the Ford GAA. Meaning he also doesn't anything about engines. It's kind of sad really, Delete is being destroyed by Toxn, Beer, and Dog, and he just shits all over them. They are better men than me and because of that, I have room to try and go for the comedy relief. There is nothing like watching a hardcore boo, and this guy is about bad as they get ("Nazi tank designers are the best" ROFL OMFG LOL), without going down the path HitlerJr88t took. You would think he would thank them for straitening him out, instead he's a snarky little dick. I bet the he still hasn't read the whole thread, or anything on the Pershing(LOL the co-driver is the co-driver you idiot), or anything by Zaloga, since Boos HATE him. Spot on and very funny, but Delete is going to think your American bias is showing. I just can't get over he's arguing about the Pershing, and MISSED THE Periscope in the photo of the Pershing in this very thread!! This is why I really think he might be running the "I'm dumb, but also arrogant and ignorant", troll on us. I mean, he thought the CO-Driver was the radio operator, and was confused why the CO-DRIVER had controls for the tank, but didn't know he didn't have the radio? Has he even looked at a single book on the Pershing? Is there anyone truly this ignorant, arrogant, and stupid left on the internet? I have to rub it in more! Look at the HUGE, Fucking gigantic periscope sticking out of the commanders hatch!!~!
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Don't be sorry, bashing you is fun, the thread will be fine.
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Pulling stupid shit out of your ass, then putting one quote from a book you don't seem to have read, does not make your arguments better. You claiming the cupola was bad when it was was universally liked on the Sherman and Pershing, just shows how wrong you are and your just making up. I'd say you were a Troll, using the "Dumb Troll" technique, but that may be giving you to much credit.
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Yeah, but then the Pershing's newer stronger brothers the M46/47 and M48, all oddly named Patton come into the picture.
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Wasn't there also a flat car limitation? If I recall right, we did not have much rolling stock that could handle a M26 let alone anything heavier during WWII? I agree. It seems like the Cent had more room to grow, but that may just been shear numbers sold, the Countries with them opting to upgrade instead of getting newer tanks. The Pershing didn't get used by many countries, and the ones that did, could get better tanks from the US or built their own, so there was not much demand to keep the Pershing around and upgrade it.
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I think I've seen charts talking about the same things, they may even be somewhere in these 89s pages! Surely it does not do enough to warrant the nightmare the Panthers Suspension was to deal with in every other way. We could also really get into the weeds, and talk about Track and road wheel durability. Jentz mentions issues with the Panther tracks bending guide horns, are these problems aggravated off road, negating any advantage the suspension is going to give you. I don't recall the Pershing having similar suspension issues. The advantage the Panthers Road Wheel system offered must be minor enough no copied it on tanks. Surely you can get damn close with an extra normal size road wheel and shocks? This is why I added the month to the original question. Operate a Battalion of Perishing's and Panthers under similar conditions, and even with similar supply systems, the Pershing Battalion will have more running, combat ready tanks at the end of the month. Working on the Pershing would be so much easier, it would give it the edge. Check out this guys Flickr He has many car, plane and tank pics, and seems to be connected to a very cool tank restoration shop. (That funny feeling in the pit of your stomach, Wehraboos, is the feeling you get when you look upon good tanks)
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Run along apologist, you won't be missed.
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I've gotten really good at fixing messed up scans, and cleaning up old images. I have a system to the simple ones can be done in like 10 to 15 minutes. The complicated ones depend on how many extra things I want to label, and how bad the original was. Bad scan FIxed A few more GAA things. I'm going to redo all these one more time. I put a little tutorial on my website about scanning printed media. Descreen is your friend people!!
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I now have at least one of those for each engine. The A57 is going to have four more. I have the shop manuals, parts catalogs and TMs for all the different engines now, and enough other material, I really think I'm going to put a little book together based on my Data booklet I did for the GAA.
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I've been searching around, and this place is doing a pre order on it. http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/dra75055-m4a3-105mm-howitzer-m4a3-75-w-tank-2-in-1-pre-order-price/ That thing is the size of a coffee table!
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Wasn't there a aerobics Youtuber who streamed it live?
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Sweet! I know I spent hours looking through those engine photos.
