... engines build by Continental. ... complete including the ... broken. The starter was also ... missing and rain water got ... plate is a bit rusted and ... ...
... said ... test ... heard of ... gasoline ... tanks ... My guess is that the "electric tank" in the recent message was probably the T23 (from whence they got...
Kurt Laughlin
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Jan 2, 2004 9:41 pm
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Does anyone else have anything on this??? Hanno are you out there? Alan ... From: Kurt Laughlin To: G104@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 9:41 PM...
... From: "Alan Brown" <alan.leicmodeller@...> ... Richard Hunnicutt has a whole book ("Pershing") on the T20 series. KL...
Kurt Laughlin
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Jan 2, 2004 10:44 pm
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Something I received tonight sparked my interest and wondered if anyone has anything on this subject, look, design etc. Alan Got this from ShermanTankModeller...
The T-20 series is a good guess seeing that the T23 was made with both the VVSS and HVSS suspensions. As stated earlier it had the same turret as the 76mm...
... Alan, Yes, I'm out here. Like Kurt noted, Richard Hunnicutt wrote a book on the T20 series. There are some pages on these tanks in Hunnicutt's "Sherman"...
Hi Folks: Belated Christmas and New Year's wishes to everyone with a special hello to Bob Skat and any other veterans on the list....with an extra prayer for...
Ross Gibbons
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Jan 4, 2004 10:24 pm
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Looking at armor specs for Firefly tanks it appears that all of the welded hull models had the 56 degree glacis. Is there a reason why none of the 47 degree...
Mainly because those 75mm Shermans sent to the UK under Lend-Lease were mostly, if not all, small hatch 56 degree hull tanks Freeserve AnyTime - HALF PRICE for...
When you consider which models of Sherman had the 47 degree glacis that were fielded during WW2, it kinda makes sense. M4 (105) howitzer tanks -- mostly to US,...
M4A2 were diesel engines and units seldom liked to mix engine types, and especially if the fuel was different from the other vehicles in the unit. Almost all...
Spot on Roy but don't forget the availability of 17pdr guns which was not a lot. Also, don't forget the US Army wanted them to upgun their Sherman's but due to...
I agree with all of the above - in the ETO, the 47deg hull front was found on the M4A3 75 Wet Stowage as well as howitzer and 76mm gun tanks which would not...
In a message dated 1/5/2004 2:50:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... A British troop was three tanks? Somehow I got it in my head a troop has four vehicles. ...
... Nominally British troops had 4 tanks. In the normal armoured regiment it was usually 1 Firefly and 3 Shermans by August 1944. British armoured recce...
To clarify Paul and others comments. Throughout the Second World War British tank troops had an official establishment of three tanks, whatever the type*....
In a message dated 1/7/2004 6:48:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Thanks, that helps explain the 3 tank troop plus an attached Firefly in support. Makes sense...
... Which is a very nice way to say I was wrong. :-) Thanks. Learn something new every day. ... Two thoughts: If the Fireflys were not initially organic to the...
The Fireflies of the 1st Hussars of 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade were commanded by the troop leader in the organization under which the regiment landed on...
Hello Keith, Good to see you on another list. Did you get my message re: homemade mead? The Canadian War Diaries of the 3rd Armoured Recce Regt (Governor ...
Thanks Len! That's the joy of British and Commonwealth military affairs - just when you think you understand it something comes from the left field... I'll...
Hello everyone, Does anyone have any information on markings for Indian Army Shermans during the 1965 war with Pakistan? I'm currently building an M4A3E4 and...
Actually, after speaking with one of my club-mates you're probably right however, I can confirm that a British Tank Squadron comprised 19 tanks. Alan ... From:...
ARMOURED ACORN The Canadian Armour Website HAS MOVED! http://www.armouredacorn.com Well, what can I say, Barry's talent for making Orbats was going to crush my...
For some pretty cool info on Canadian orders of battle take a look at the Armoured Acorn site Dana mentioned. Those of us old enough to remember the AFV-G2...
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