whelm Posted December 15, 2018 Report Share Posted December 15, 2018 Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 10 hours ago, whelm said: Are those real photos of Herr Speer in a Sherman tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Here's the inside of a Canadian M4A2E8. What's the orange cylinder in the middle? Looks like it could be the turret basket foundation or something like that, except the E8 shouldn't have one. fff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogDodger Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Looks like the collector ring box, but upside-down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 12/16/2018 at 12:26 AM, Walter_Sobchak said: Are those real photos of Herr Speer in a Sherman tank? Probably, this is a really famous 1st AD tank the Germans captured in Tunis, if you look close you can see markings were they put the armor thickness numbers on the hull in various spots. 25 minutes ago, DogDodger said: Looks like the collector ring box, but upside-down. Yeah. Interesting, I think that's the cutaway tank in one of the museums, are they restoring it or something, it seems like the older pics I've seen everything is in better shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 It's a cutaway tank that's missing the turret as well, I don't think they are going to be restoring it. Canadian M4A2E8s are a dime a dozen, even this museum has another working one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogDodger Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Stole this picture of an interesting jigsaw puzzle from a Sherman Facebook group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Well, that's all messed up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 12/15/2018 at 2:31 PM, EnsignExpendable said: @Jeeps_Guns_Tanks you've probably seen this photo a million times, but I'm adding it as a reference anyway. The stationary gun mantlet is marked as 85 mm thick. Is that the thickness throughout, or is it thinner around the sides? Similar question about the turret, where does the armour change over between 3 inches and 2 inches in thickness? Just two bits worth of opinion, but it's a casting, it will thin at the edges to accomodate the fasteners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egorogr Posted January 17, 2019 Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Hello. What was the part number of the M34 mount 75mm gun cradle? Is there any good reference of foundry symbol and part number on cradle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Quote M26 Pershing, M4 Sherman and M-3 Stuart crossing the river Helme near the city of Nordhausen; Germany; april 1945 Spoiler Scolopax and Laviduce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2019 Nice! That M26 is all beat up, look at the driver's side fender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warford Posted January 20, 2019 Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Two of my pics of Fury from Tankfest last summer... EnsignExpendable, Jeeps_Guns_Tanks and LostCosmonaut 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 6:24 PM, EnsignExpendable said: Here's the inside of a Canadian M4A2E8. What's the orange cylinder in the middle? Looks like it could be the turret basket foundation or something like that, except the E8 shouldn't have one. fff Slip-ring box. For electrical stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted January 22, 2019 Report Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 9:02 AM, egorogr said: Hello. What was the part number of the M34 mount 75mm gun cradle? Is there any good reference of foundry symbol and part number on cradle? You mean the DWG or the casting number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Made a photo of Sherman in our museum of artillery and engineering forces during summer, don't remember if i posted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 27, 2019 Report Share Posted January 27, 2019 Not enough BMP tracks and ridiculous fenders, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 ??? That Sherman does appear to have two different styles of track. EDIT - Gotcha now, didn't spot it at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 1/13/2019 at 4:07 PM, DogDodger said: Stole this picture of an interesting jigsaw puzzle from a Sherman Facebook group. They tried to make an Easy Eight out of an M4A4? They even added onto the front hull armor to make it look like a large hatch hull and put a bigger bustle on the rear of the turret. Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 That's one hell of a muzzle brake, too. I wonder if it used to be a Firefly at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 9 hours ago, EnsignExpendable said: That's one hell of a muzzle brake, too. I wonder if it used to be a Firefly at one point. I don't know. I will say that the .50 cal looks kinda fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnsignExpendable Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 IIRC the Firefly was never supposed to carry a .50 cal, the mount on the commander's cupola is for a rangefinder. Here's a fun photo. I see the additional mudguards on this tank, but the suspension is VVSS. Is this an M4A1E9? This is the biggest resolution I have, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 There are tons wrong with that image, I mean, HVSS was put on the M4A4 hull fairly regularly by the IDF. But who puts the wrong mantlet on, and who either stretches a big hull hatch or rebuilds the whole front of the tank? I mean, you could probably but the front of an M4A3 large hatch hull and weld it on an M4A4 hull, but why? Where is this thing anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, EnsignExpendable said: IIRC the Firefly was never supposed to carry a .50 cal, the mount on the commander's cupola is for a rangefinder. Here's a fun photo. I see the additional mudguards on this tank, but the suspension is VVSS. Is this an M4A1E9? This is the biggest resolution I have, sorry. looks like an E9, without the duckbills, but since they were fragile, they are probably in one of the boxes on the back deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted February 1, 2019 Report Share Posted February 1, 2019 On 7/30/2018 at 1:50 PM, Wiedzmin said: one more about bronze Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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