Chaps, I have a question for you. On British Shermans, there is often a pair of lugs, each with two holes, welded to the cupola ring opposite the pintle mount....
... lugs, why does a rangefinder not appear in any stowage lists or most photos? The intention was obviously there to have the facility on most tanks. Has...
The Vc, and I think the Ic, stowage diagram shows the range finder stowed next to the commander's seat. The V did not have it if I recall correctly. Perhaps...
hi mike im curently working on a sherman vc for the brussels tankmuseum and i was wondering if u could send me a scan of the stowage diagram witch shows the...
A friend asked me the other night about this, and I had to admit I hadn't much idea on it. Did the M4A1 cast hulls get the T23 turret with its 76mm gun during...
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WhiteWolf; Let me take a stab at this. Yes, the M4A1 did receive the T23 turret. The M4A1 with HVSS, while developed during WWII wasnt fielded until post...
... O-kay... any solid evidence that no HVSS M4A1's never got a T23 dropped on 'em in the field? Its a possibility, right, even if a slim one? ... Nope....
... The first 76mm tank fielded in WW2 was the M4A1 76mm. It was VVSS. The only M4A1s built with HVSS were 76mm tanks using the D7054366 turret, which is the...
... Actually the T23 turret (i.e., the turret used on the T23 medium tank) was the dual circular hatch type with the hoist anchors, casting P/N D82081. This...
... True, I would be willing to bet the farm that the only turrets actually used for T23 production were D82081 with the extra lifting eye and forward antenna...
... My guess is that it was just deleted from the drawing altogether as the T23 cancellation decision had already been made by the time they started being used...
... smoke ... Do you think the markings :S278, S784, and C192 are the casting serial numbers? ... Continental-Hubbard S203 LO-385 - hoist anchor, antenna port...
... From: Mike Canaday ... Yes. LO and BU have something to do with either the heat treatment or the metal composition. You'll find one or both of these...
... war ... plug ... removing ... Welds and plug looks about like other plugs I have seen. Pretty sure it's plugged. ... Oval, just like the '366 turret...
Robert: I was looking at your site - great work! Maybe you know this already but. . . You have a F-86D, K, or L next to the Sherman, which is a M4A3 (75) VVSS,...
... It would be nice if those Bastogne turrets were still on their original tanks! The foundry & turret serial number info is not the sort of thing that would ...
... Talk about data overload! Did I open up a can of worms, or excite a new path of Sherman research? Mike, Kurt, let me get this straight (if I can) The T23...
... From: Joseph DeMarco ... Yes. They would also be foundry specific, so C-H would have a 200, ASF-G would have a 200, USF would have a 200. . . I don't...
... From: WhiteWolf ... The hoist anchor seems to have limped along for awhile as the earlier Pershing turrets had them too. Never considered for Shermans as...
... hole, ... be ... Sadly the D82081 drawings are not in hand. Drawing 7054366 shows a few features that are peculiar to part number 7054366 or part number...
... or ... Is there a sole surviving T23 somewhere? I still think it is a shame that the design didn't get used in combat. ... It does look like the only...
... Right, but mustn't get the tank [T23] and the turret design confused. The turret design was adapted to the Sherman and it became an M4 series turret at...
... The turret that was mounted on "3rd Blitz" (Hunnicutt page 218) didn't have the ventilator bulge, but had a vent on the roof. This is probably about as...
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... From: Joseph DeMarco ... Interestingly, looking at H's Pershing book, I don't see a turret with the loader's hatch set an an angle like that. Looks to be...
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