We have a bunch if E8 A3 Sherman's on Base. May get a pic to see if they are Composite or not.The Sherman design is standard but it was made in half a dozen factories and each factory did things slightly differently. They all had the same engine for its model, same armour, same basic dimensions, but the way they were put together varies a lot. A true expert could tell you the factory and batch just by looking at the welding patterns, how certain parts were cast etc.
With a tank like that which seems to have been rebuilt its not so easyYou'll have two or three different factories mixed in overwriting each other. Suffice to say it is not only a veteran, it is potentially several veterans stuck together
Not just a Sherman thing, T-34s came in a lot of variety especially the turrets. Some welded, some cast, the best were the ones made up in an old warship yard. They had this massive steel press used for shaping warship armour, bending these several inch thich steel plates. Incredible power behind it, about 10,000 tons of force. Anyway they modified this press to stamp out entire T-34 turrets from one big piece of steel, things must have been incredibly strong.
No, they have Tigers painted on the front of themany got that funky tiger stripe camo?
Wait it is missing the nubbing on the front? Huh didn't noticeYeah, it's a frankenstein monster.
I did some more research, it can't be a Composite (it's lacking the characteristic nubbin on the front glacis of all M4 Composites) and therefore is not a Chrysler built M4. It also lacks the Ford sprocket.
Tentatively, it's an M4(75) small hatch variant with the E9 tracks and suspension, Baldwin pattern sprockets, I also believe that to be a Baldwin hull (ALCO hulls for base M4's were more rounded and had different patterns on the front glacis, it lacks the characteristic Chrysler nubbin, Pressed Steel is a possibility, but the applique armor just more closely resembles Baldwins).
I'd love to have some rear views of this tank, would help narrow things down so much more.
Or this monstrosity.A souped up T-55. Yes, still using those, a NATO country.
A souped up T-55. Yes, still using those, a NATO country.
See post 14 on page 1....I realized reading through the thread that although somebody mentioned the Bob Semple tank, nobody posted a picture of the legend. So here it is.
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I realized reading through the thread that although somebody mentioned the Bob Semple tank, nobody posted a picture of the legend. So here it is.
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The pilot was clearly so astonished by the destruction that the tank was doing that they crashedThat's ridiculous. How did the tank shoot down airplanes? Did the Tank Commander have an M1911 and just start plinking them out of the sky from his non-existent cupola?
...You know, in some batshit crazy Command and Conquer: Red Alert expansion mission, I could see a Soviet mission based around "destroying the prototype of a new Allied Medium Tank".Experimental variant of the Abrams called the M1 Thumper, equipped with a 140mm cannon.
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