ZloyKrolik Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 Here is a video of the Sherman Hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 The turret marking seems like something the Brits would do, its an M4A3 105 tank or maybe an M4 105. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 They have some nice looking Shermans. I wish they had the money to do more than static displays though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 If I recall right, they also weren't wanting to completely restore the majority of their vehicles because a live engine would be a potential liability for a fire, and they don't want to lose historical vehicles that in some cases are the only surviving examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 11:52 PM, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks said: The turret marking seems like something the Brits would do, its an M4A3 105 tank or maybe an M4 105. I don't think the British had any M4A3(105)s, only M4s. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogDodger Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Agree on M4(105), at least; it looks to have the grouser compartment air scoop between the lifting hook and taillight on the rear deck. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Yeah good points on the Brits using only M4s, and the grousers compartment, I didn't spot that. On 6/25/2019 at 6:09 AM, Scolopax said: If I recall right, they also weren't wanting to completely restore the majority of their vehicles because a live engine would be a potential liability for a fire, and they don't want to lose historical vehicles that in some cases are the only surviving examples. I bet it has far more to do with money, and money to operate them once restored than any actual fire hazard, but I suppose that could be a worry, since armored vehicle museums burn down so often... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 I don't think the concern was with the whole museum potentially going up, just the slim chance of a single vehicle experiencing issues when driving at some event, having a fire, and then being ruined. Pretty sure I heard it in a video seminar by the National Armor and Cavalry Hertige Foundation on the status of the collection, but I haven't been able to find it as of now. But yes, money definitely has to be the main reason most of the stuff is not receiving more than a cleanup and paintjob for static display. Edit: This was the video I had in mind, with talk on the subject here starting at 6:18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Cool, but the, why not restore some of the common ones to working condition, they have an HVSS M4A1 76 tank and they have very little historic value... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Another identification question: is this an M4A2 or an M4? There seems to be some kind of extra guard on the back that's obscuring all the identifying features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogDodger Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 Neat cargo-holder fabrication or whatever they've done on the deck. If I had to guess, though, I'd go with M4A2 since the rear armor looks to dip down further that an M4's and it looks like it has the water and oil filler caps associated with an M4A2. Jeeps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted June 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2019 35 minutes ago, DogDodger said: Neat cargo-holder fabrication or whatever they've done on the deck. If I had to guess, though, I'd go with M4A2 since the rear armor looks to dip down further that an M4's and it looks like it has the water and oil filler caps associated with an M4A2. Jeeps? I concur! I wish we had some more shots of those boxes, tanks, cool looking stuff, on the back of the tank though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 From The Tank Museum Twitter Quote A column of American M4A3 Shermans, of the 10th US Armoured Division, pass through the picturesque Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Germany towards the end of the Second World War, April 1945. EnsignExpendable, Zyklon and Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karamazov Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Does anyone have information about the number of Sherman tanks produced by modifications? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 Haynes says: However, that is not entirely correct. The "M4A5" column refers to Canadian built "Grizzly" tanks, which never received their own special index, and were called M4A1s when a numerical index was used. M4A5 refers only to the Ram tank, with over 2000 built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 EnsignExpendable and Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Lord_James and EnsignExpendable 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 Meplat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, EnsignExpendable said: I wonder if that's the guy who contacted me about making a mini Sherman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted July 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 If that's a colorised image it's amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 There have been some very good neural networks for colourizing developed recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted July 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 It's really amazing, I've seen that shot in black and white all over, but never in color like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Egyptian SPG from (probably) 60s based on M4 chassis. Priory_of_Sion and Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted July 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 Minor page update today with some new pics of the Battlefield Vegas Sherman. http://www.theshermantank.com/do-you-know-this-tank-help-battlefield-vegas-learn-more-about-their-combat-vet-m4a3-sherman/ Lord_James 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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