Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted July 23, 2015 Report Share Posted July 23, 2015 Here's a pic from a M4A2 I read about on Tank and AFV News Edit, after finding better pics, this is an M4A3. This pic got me curious, it's a very early direct vision Sherman. This made me doubt it would be an M4A2, since most went to the Brits and Russians. It would be interesting to see the history on the tank. Pics from behind confirm it's a A2, you can never trust placards or news stories. You can just see the top of the DV port behind the welded plates on the drivers hoods. You can also see it only got one side of the weld on mantlet extension and the Co-ax side is still bare. So this tank got some of the armor updates but not all, making it seem more likely it was a ZI training tank. Edit: On closer examination, it's not a DV tank, and has the hoods that had it cast out and a periscope mount put in. Still a early production tank unless a slightly later turret was swapped on at some point. Walt posted a better gallery of this tank, and its an M4A3, still later early productions, but the exhaust and rear engine deck are M4A3 for sure. http://www.vgbimages.com/AFV-Photos/Ohio-VFW-American-Legion/AMVETS-Post-89-Columbus-OH/i-rsNsTjX/A I cant beleive I missed it the first few times. The combo of exhaustion from 10 hour work days, and getting old is taking its toll on my already addled noggin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Actually funny Imgur album. Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted July 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Images of the President, Vice President, and others on 9/11. Just released by National Archives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Nothing says early 2000s like peanut M&Ms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 A few shots of a Matilda, Char B1 and a Renault FT I took at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris last monday. Just got back today. They also had PZII ausf F and SOMUA S35 turrets as well as a number of other weapon systems from all the warring faction in the WWII section of the museum but the sign was "no photos", so i left my wife sitting outside with my camera (even though everyone was taking pictures anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 I seem to recall hearing somewhere that the gaudy Matilda camo that's now famous was actually the product of incorrect interpretation of black-and-white photos by restorers sometime post-war, and that the actual color was (sensibly) more muted.Anyone wanna shed any light on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 There is this. I think the blue on the Matilda in my photo should be more silver-grey. http://media.wix.com/ugd/279ff1_2d04a6e05f874848ab4dfc66ffe9e8a5.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Abraham Lincoln meets with officers of the Army of the Potomac Sturgeon, LoooSeR and Tied 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 I love colorized photos. It really helps break up that mental wall you get of "old times" being the black and white photograph era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 I love colorized photos. It really helps break up that mental wall you get of "old times" being the black and white photograph era. Well, now i will get you back to B-W photos: U.S. Army Topographic Command Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive "Project Apollo Archive" Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Holy shit that is one fucked up service module. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Well, now i will get you back to B-W photos: U.S. Army Topographic Command Google Earth, circa 1945. Tied 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I love colorized photos. It really helps break up that mental wall you get of "old times" being the black and white photograph era. Agreed, some more: Tied, Sturgeon and LoooSeR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 "Moonmobile" testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 A small selection of photographs taken at car repair factory in Kabul. The photos were taken by photographer James Burke during his visit to Afghanistan in February of 1963. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 After 50 years General Daniel Sickles returns to the battlefield where he lost his leg: The remains of the leg in question: Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Winfield Scott, perhaps the best (and tallest) general the US every produced: The Little Pale Star from Georgia: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 http://477768.livejournal.com/3254062.html A small selection of photographs taken by soldiers of the 140th Tank Battalion of the US Army (armed with M46 "Patton" tanks), which was part of in the 40th Infantry Division during Korean War. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 A new photograph of the outlaw Billy the Kid has supposedly been found and verified. The tintype shows what is believed to be Billy the Kid and his gang, The Regulators, playing croquet in New Mexico in 1878. The picture was discovered in a "junk store" and was purchased for $2. They say that this photo could be worth millions. As always, I'm skeptical and will wait until this is fisked more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 London police on "training swims" in the case of rescue of drowning people; 1933 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Mk.V, Mk.VIII and M1917 tanks in one of the US military bases; ~ 1923 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 'Nam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Night in Paris, 1935, Roger Shalem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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