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The M4 Sherman Tank Epic Information Thread.. (work in progress)


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I think what I would do, using anything with layers, is make a 8 by 8 grid of highlight boxes, 

 

Like this

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Then use that to paint white over the empty cells. If you want to be super slick you could darken in the black grid so it was perfect, then use the whole thing like a stamp to fix the empty sections. For the bits with the important lines, you just have to zoom in and do it by hand with like a 3 pixel brush. 

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On 9/4/2017 at 3:53 AM, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said:

Some new cleaned up shots from the Ord 9 Catalog. 

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Accessory-drive-parts-exploded-view-IMPR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Much of this, as a "machinist" (in a former trade), is pure filth.  A Tijuana donkey show of bevel cut gears, engineering and finish.

 

Saving to my "porn" file. 

 

Want to know why the boxheads lost? because we were stuffing a absurdly reliable, dual carbed DOHC V8 in our tanks, and making more in a DAY than they made in a year.   Our WORST tank engine was better than their best. (Hell,than just about anybody's best). 

 

Now expand that to other fields. Same shit applies.

Our stuff was better,and we made more of it.

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1 hour ago, DogDodger said:

The -A suffix was used by the British to designate 76 mm gun tanks. While we're on the subject, HVSS was denoted by a Y. So an M4A3(76)W HVSS would be a Sherman IVAY.

 

What do they say about the Sherman VB? :)

 

They sent two to the Canadians. The Canadians didn't like it and used them as tractors, since they weren't ordering any more 105 mm ammunition.

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19 hours ago, EnsignExpendable said:

 

They sent two to the Canadians. The Canadians didn't like it and used them as tractors, since they weren't ordering any more 105 mm ammunition.

These would have to be the M4A4E1 prototypes, I would presume? Canada really is so polite. After WW2 started the USA was all, "Hey Canada, little buddy, we have some World War I-era rhomboid tanks and FT knockoffs, some of which have been in storage for almost a decade. Here you go!" And then later with the Sherman VBs, "Hey Canada, little buddy, we have a couple prototype tanks demonstrating a valid concept but unacceptable execution. Here you go!"

 

And Canada's just, "Thanks US, eh?"

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3 hours ago, DogDodger said:

These would have to be the M4A4E1 prototypes, I would presume? Canada really is so polite. After WW2 started the USA was all, "Hey Canada, little buddy, we have some World War I-era rhomboid tanks and FT knockoffs, some of which have been in storage for almost a decade. Here you go!" And then later with the Sherman VBs, "Hey Canada, little buddy, we have a couple prototype tanks demonstrating a valid concept but unacceptable execution. Here you go!"

 

And Canada's just, "Thanks US, eh?"

meanwhile, Canada is supplying England with Mossies, Lancs,  BREN's (MkII)  No4 Lee Enfields,  allkinds of web gear,and allsorts of other ancilliary material. 

 

Really, the thought of a "what if" RAM variant using a GAA/GAF and mounting a 17 pounder is something I may one day attempt to accurately model, just as an amusement.

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3 hours ago, Meplat said:

meanwhile, Canada is supplying England with Mossies, Lancs,  BREN's (MkII)  No4 Lee Enfields,  allkinds of web gear,and allsorts of other ancilliary material. 

 

Really, the thought of a "what if" RAM variant using a GAA/GAF and mounting a 17 pounder is something I may one day attempt to accurately model, just as an amusement.

I'm picturing a Sexton with a 17 pounder in place of the 25 pounder.  

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So here are the latest, though a two are improved. I noticed that you find the same images in technical manuals, and the ORD 9 Catalog, but the labeling is super basic in the Ord 9 catalog. I'm trying to make improved captions, using the entries from the technical manual,  on the closest images from the Ord 9, since it's much better quality.  I've only done two so far. 

 

Carbureter-exploxed-view-d66321-improved

 

 

Ford-GAA-fuel-pump-AC1538286-added-capti

 

 

The new normal ones. 

Engine-fuel-filter-c99252-exploded-view-

engine-oil-pan-current-type-7058683-IMPR

 

engine-oil-baffle-and-screens-current-ty

 

 

Engine-automatic-oil-filter-exploded-vie

GAA-Oil-Pump-improved-FLAT-.png

 

f22-OL-PASSAGES-IN-CYLINDER-BLOCK-FROM-T

I have been dabbling in more and more an cleaning up obvious bad spots in the images now too.  

 

I'm kind of torn on how much time they take. There is really nothing out there right now even close in quality for GAA drawings,  online at least,  but they are pretty time consuming if the original isn't great. 

 

 

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On 9/8/2017 at 7:33 AM, Walter_Sobchak said:

I did not realize that former Sherman tank Commander Albin F. Irzyk is still alive.  Apparently, he is 100 years old and has a new book out.

 

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Wow, so I looked up Irzyk on Amazon, he has one book, called 'He rode up front for Patton', that is out of print and goes for big bucks, 300 to 700!

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