Hello fellow Sherman fans: http://www.network54.com/Realm/modelpix2/M4A1E8inwwII.jpg This is a scan from Forty's Sherman book, page 75. There's a discussion ...
Roy For what i can see its an m4a1 cast hull. Big hatch. I could not find a reason that Mr Zaloga can came up with M4A3. I see womans curves there,not rolled...
Roy: Can you make a hi-res scan of just the tank? KL ... From: Roy Chow To: shermantankmodeler@yahoogroups.com ; G104@yahoogroups.com Cc: Jeffery W. Larkin ...
... What about a composite hull M4? I know it is a grainy photo but what little I can see of the rear deck MAY have the sharper edges of a welded hull. Not...
As far as I can tell its' an M4A3, not an M4A1 or a composite. The picture is pretty good in the copy of Forty's book that I have. The glacis corners are...
Speaking of Forty's book, there is a fairly good photo of my tank (turret no. 60) ib it. My Forty book is still somewhere in the garage, unpacked, but I do...
bobskat@...
Sep 3, 2004 8:06 pm
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Hi Bob, The photo of # 60 isn't in my copy of George Forty's "Sherman." It appears to have been published in various newspapers as an "AP Wirephoto." It's in a...
On a recent visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground, I noticed that the M7 Priest & M40 have been refurbed & are now on display on Maryland Blvd. a little way up the ...
Joe, I talked to Jack Atwater last year about that and he was very adamant that there are NO restrictions (other than climbing on the vehicles) in taking ...
AMPSOne@...
Sep 5, 2004 4:34 pm
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Hi Joe... I know that the photo is in my copy of Forty's book so, as you suggest, it must be a different edition. Incidentally, The first time I saw this photo...
bobskat@...
Sep 5, 2004 6:26 pm
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Thanks Bob, I think that confirms a piece of American history that has been questioned lately. The use of the word "Sherman" to describe the M4 medium tank...
Bob, All I want to say is, thank you for your service, for your sacrifice. Even if you didn't win any medals, you're all still heroes to me. Sincerely, Walter...
... The practice of using the British names by the U.S. came up recently on H-WAR, another group I belong to. Officially, they were never given the British...
... Wish I had known you were heading up there I would have tried to make it up. I haven't had time to make it up there since June. Had a Family function that...
... In addition to Cookie's statement, one thing you have to do upon entering the base is to register at the guard shack. There, if you tell them that you will...
... Widow ... I wouldn't recommend crawling under most of the vehicles there. besides the mud, hornet nests, broken glass, there are several groundhogs living...
... Widow ... I wouldn't recommend crawling under most of the vehicles there. besides the mud, hornet nests, broken glass, there are several groundhogs living...
Hi All, I believe the picture Bob is talking about is not in Forty's Sherman book, it's on page 155 of his " UNITED STATES TANKS OF WORLD WAR II" Bob, I can...
Hi Bob, ... Well, that's kinda cool. Did you save it? If not, I could probably snag a copy of the page for you off microfilm from the Sun or the Central...
Hi Ray ... And also in the original captions of Signal Corps photos. Having gone thru the collection at the Archives, I would have to say that you are just as...
For those keeping track of such things I was in London, ON, yesterday and took a look at the early M4A2 75 Dry VVSS, called Holy Roller, on display in Victoria...
Hi Joe, Signal Corps captions are hardly "official". The captions were often written either by the photographer (who would have been exposed to the tankers...
As to the "correctness" of photo captions and info that goes with them, let me just say that the shot of my tank, 60, on Leyte, was NOT taken while we were in...
bobskat@...
Sep 7, 2004 5:50 am
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Paul Did you take pictures? If yes,could i have some of this? Thanks KH ... _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names...
In my feeble memory, I thought that the questions about the WW2 usage of the term "Jumbo" for the M4A3E2s wasn't in question. I recall that there was...
... Anyone able to post this glorious M4 pic somewhere (not in Yahoo, as resolution is the pits) so that those of us without the book can see it? Be nice to...
Hello group, I've been looking through various pictures of M4A1E4's and M4A3E4's for several modeling projects and have noticed that the A1's all seem to have...
Hi Everyone, Found out from Mr. Killinger of the Museum staff that the "mystery" Sherman I saw last week in the restoration shop at APG, was sent up for refurb...
Re: "The USMC Museum has been closed for a while; I think they are either remodeling or moving to a new facility. That is a fine museum & I look forward to a...
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