On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:52:40 +0200 (CEST), HL.Spoelstra@... wrote:
>> Have a look at http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/serial.htm
>> under "French rebuilds". ABS stands for "Etablissement d'Etudes et
>> Fabrications d'Armement de Bourges". They rebuilt many Sherman tanks,
>> M10s and M7s.
Great info, thank you! Instead of asking lots of questions I probably
should first read all the websites you guys have made for newbies like me
:)
Hello Eero Juhola, Years ago, before digital cameras (BDC), a friend showed me some snapshots of a welded hull 75mm Sherman (M4?). IIRC, he said it was at a...
Joe, if Eero doesn't, which is unlikely, I do! It is an M4 at Parola and it came from Germany in the late 1980's. Adrian [Non-text portions of this message...
... Yes, as Adrian answered it is indeed an M4A3 with 75mm gun. It was part of a series of exchanges of materiel with German museums. They got I believe a ...
Eero, it's not an M4A3 but an M4. I was part of the team that restored the Comet to running condition back in 1989, how are things at the Panssarimuseo? ...
... Really? I haven't actually checked but have been told it has a V8 GAA engine in it. Hmm... maybe I just haven't been paying attention. The Sherman is now...
Unfortunately my pictures of the Comet predate digital SLR cameras and are thus not easily accessible :( I have no idea where they are but will keep an eye out...
Eero Nice pictures, may I use them at the Afvregister (currently offline, but will be back soon I hope). Credits to you will be added with the pictures. Michel...
Thanks Eero The AfvRegister is something I'm working on. Its a online register for all the armor still around. You can find it at www.afvregister.org. BTW...
Hi Eero, Thanks much for posting the photos! A few years back, I mentioned on this group that I couldn't find evidence that Baldwin Locomotive ever built a...
... Thank you for this information, it's much appreciated. ... I visit the Museum something like nine, ten times a year. I have a meeting there in August and...
On Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:41:43 -0400, Joe DeMarco wrote: Hi all, I visited the Museum today and found that they had now finished repainting the M4. I have...
... From: Eero Juhola ... I found what I figured could be the serial number on the rear left towing lug: 15446. I've included a picture on the page above. KL>...
... KL> That is the foundry trademark for Scullin Steel Company of St Louis, ... Fantastic, thanks! What about the G in an octagon on the transmission cover: ...
Thanks for sharing your pix, Eero! ... Appreciate that you included a photo of that. I reckon I don't have much more than a 60% success rate with recording...
... Excellent, fantastic (jumps up & down in excitement...) ! ... Just to be clear about this... You're referring to the vision ports for the driver and...
... Yes, the armor in front of drivers' hatches was a modification that applied to many of the small hatch Shermans. The protruding hoods were considered a...
... Eero, Joe, Have a look at http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/serial.htm under "French rebuilds". ABS stands for "Etablissement d'Etudes et ...
... Actually, I found some more information on http://www.ecm.culture.gouv.fr/ and http://encyclopedie.bourges.net/lahitolle1.htm Started in the 1860īs as the...
... Great info, thank you! Instead of asking lots of questions I probably should first read all the websites you guys have made for newbies like me ... Central...
... Ok, thanks for clearing that up for me. ... I'm pretty sure there is no such number on the glacis: http://www.eeronsivut.net/vaunut/sherman/IMG_4526b.jpg ...
... ABS did overhaul tanks and artillery for other country's. Our M7B2 has the ABS tag, so have some M7B2's in Holland, Germany and France witch all are ex...
Michel, have you seen any more US built AFVs with those "serial number inside a box" stampings such as is on your M7B2? The former French MDAP M4A1(76)HVSS...
Sorry Joe for the late response, but I'm currently on vacation and don't have always access to the internet. ERGMEB Gien stands for Etablissement de Reserve...
... From: Michel van Loon Joe I've got another question for you, a few years ago you provided us the registration number for our Priest SN 4550 (USA 40172553),...
Hi Michel ... The M7 at the Virginia Museum of Mil Vehs has ABS stamped into the front armor, & into the diff as well. ... If you ever see any of those...
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