Walter_Sobchak Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Taiwanese Sherman. Odd that it has a 75mm gun in a 76mm gun turret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 The mount could take the M3 gun with no problems. I wonder if this is where wargaming got the M4 model they use in WOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 I wonder why the hull lifting loops are highlighted, but the turret ones are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 41 minutes ago, EnsignExpendable said: I wonder why the hull lifting loops are highlighted, but the turret ones are not. Just a guess, but possibly a byproduct of when it was set on that concrete pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Meanwhile, in Jeeps' garage Ramlaen and Meplat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 6 hours ago, EnsignExpendable said: Meanwhile, in Jeeps' garage Probably initial run, it's sounding a bit lean. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Stats on the M4A2 in the "Tank Industry Herald" magazine, 1944. The only interesting part is that the manufacturer is stated as Fisher Body. Were all Soviet Shermans Fishers, or just this one happened to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 All the 76mm M4A2s were Fisher, and maybe all the large hatch 75mm tanks too, but not all small hatch M4A2s like that one were from Fisher. Most small hatch M4A2s went to the UK if I recall right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogDodger Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Pedantically, Stansell and Laughlin assert that Pressed Steel manufactured "21 examples of the 76mm HVSS [M4A2] in the second quarter of 1945." But Fisher made upwards of 68% of M4A2s of all types, so Soviet tankers would have at least a very good chance of seeing vehicles from this factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 10 minutes ago, DogDodger said: Pedantically, Stansell and Laughlin assert that Pressed Steel manufactured "21 examples of the 76mm HVSS [M4A2] in the second quarter of 1945." But Fisher made upwards of 68% of M4A2s of all types, so Soviet tankers would have at least a very good chance of seeing vehicles from this factory. I, of course, defer to the masters on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Here is a picture of a M4A3 in Kawkawlin Michigan (about a two and half hour drive from me) with an interesting gun mantlet. I guess this was a conversion to add the direct telescopic sight to the gun mantlet. For some reason, someone has stuck a tube into the gun sight hole. According to Son of Sherman, most of these conversions stayed stateside and the early model sherman tanks in Europe just ended up getting an entirely new gun and mount to update them to the new standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Maybe they thought it was a machinegun hole and put a fake MG barrel in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted April 13, 2018 Report Share Posted April 13, 2018 Next week I am driving to Lansing Michigan to visit a friend. We plan to visit the Moist Towelette Museum at Michigan State. 1 minute ago, EnsignExpendable said: Maybe they thought it was a machinegun hole and put a fake MG barrel in there? That's my thought as well. It's pretty common on these display vehicles to see homemade attempts at recreating missing machine gun barrels, sometimes with comical results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 This has to be a Jumbo, right? Meplat and Karamazov 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Yeah. That's a pretty cool photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 LoooSeR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 IS-3 and Sherman are prepared for Victory Parade in Luga, video posted on Andrey's LJ. https://andrei-bt.livejournal.com/video/album/407/?mode=view&id=3908 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 https://yuripasholok.livejournal.com/10327126.html https://www.facebook.com/udalostibrno/posts/1358930817507222 Quote Very interesting project, dedicated to the fighting in Brno, which occurred in the spring of 1945. Among those who liberated this Czech city, were M4A2 (76) W from the 46th Guards Tank Brigade of the 9th Mechanized Corps. By the time of joining fighting in the city, the brigade had only a dozen tanks, which, incidentally, made a very serious contribution to the victory. Tanks and their crews entered the very places where they fought, but already in the streets of modern Brno. Spoiler Jeeps_Guns_Tanks, EnsignExpendable and Collimatrix 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Hehe, cock Priory_of_Sion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted April 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 I'm thinking M4A4 cause the boggie spacing seems wide, but as always, I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Wow, good eye! Sherman V, T-147976, "COCK O'THE NORTH", Turret No. 11, of "A" Sqn HQ. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 18 hours ago, EnsignExpendable said: Hehe, cock I hope there is another tank in the unit named "Balls of the South" EnsignExpendable and Priory_of_Sion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted May 4, 2018 Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted May 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 Hmm, I'd have to go to Sherman Minutia or Son of a Sherman to identify that one, I lean towards M4, and I bet the "quick fix" upgrades were installed in Europe, they look clunky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurth Posted May 5, 2018 Report Share Posted May 5, 2018 On 4/28/2018 at 9:57 PM, EnsignExpendable said: Hehe, cock Funny/interesting: I came across this thread (and forum) when looking for information on the M4A4 to build a model of exactly this tank a while ago, and by now have managed to read it to the end and find … the tank that started me reading here in the first place. It’s indeed a Sherman V, fitted with (the lower section of) the deep-wading trunks at the back of the hull. I could post more pics of this tank, if there’s interest, and of the other four (one Sherman V and three Crabs) that were close to it, and remained there for several years after the war. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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