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Sherman, Lee, and variants, Gun Data Page. The_Chieftain. Paul Hannah must love tanks, he has traveled all over the United States taking pictures of them. There is also some very interesting information on how the loaders job would have to be done. The gunners periscope is missing the linkage going down to the gun. For our purposes he has most of the Sherman models broken down into sub types and has a picture and short description of each tank. #39 The LST or Landing Ship Tank, a Ship That Could Land Tanks. The motors: Four motors made it into production? RamTank.CA:  This website is to the RAM Tank, what the Sherman Tank Website is to the Sherman! The U.S. / American Automobile Industry in World War Two: This website. This is the rescheduled date from March 15, 2020. Fully operational turret with deactivated 120mm main armament. The use of multiple engines, suspensions, and transmissions on one type of tank was a unique feature of American tank building. If you’re a Hot-rodder, you will want to check it out. Even after reading and re-reading the books on King Tiger’s development (Notably the Jentz/Doyle one), I’m still a little confused, though perhaps a little less than some. Bằng các ngôn ngữ khác: Trong một thời gian dài, những bộ phim hay về tanker đã vắng bóng trên màn ảnh lớn của điện ảnh phương Tây. #22 British Shermans: Is It A Tank Or A Teapot? #40 The Small Arms Of The US Army Tanker: What They Were Issued And What They Actually Carried. M4 Series Commander’s Position: Where the Commander did his work. I remember interview: Of Dmitriy Loza, a Russian Tanker who used most lend Lease armor but the Sherman the most, he used both 75mm and 76mm version of the M4A2. Armor: Yeah, the Sherman had it, and it was better than the German armor of comparable weight. So, the initial post was “Introducing the Chieftain’s Hatch,” just letting the community know I was out here. I had no idea how many Sherman tanks there were in the east and mid west in parks and in front of VFW halls. Those of you who have seen the miniseries The Pacific might remember an episode set in Melbourne. The Brits sent the two tanks over without much prep, and they were pretty new designs. This Chieftain tank is in very good condition and as complete an example as you will find. The  ‘wonderful’ dual torsion bar suspension and interleaved road wheels would cause any maintenance nazi to find the nearest US Line and surrender instead of working on it! #1 Sherman Tank Epic Info Site: Introduction. There were supposed to be 45 of these new tanks, but only 8 made the 45 km march. But maybe if you stumble on this site, and happen to have Sherman stuff for sale, please contact them at this web page. This sherman started life as a canadian Grizzly, basically totally the same as an M4A1 with an extra small hatch in the hull floor. They also show the generator mounted on the rear of the transmission in one of the shots, briefly. But it raises the question: why did they mandate use of the 75mm tank? The Town Hall. The Sherman Register, By Hanno Spoelstra: This site is an oldy but goody, and I can’t believe I forgot about it until Mr Spoelstra contacted me! The Sherman gets mentioned but is not the focus. Tank and AFV news: A news website that covers Shermans when they hit the news. The M4A2E4, the torsion bar Sherman: This hatch covers the M4A2E4 we covered in the Shermans of the Future section. #45 Gallery IV: You Guessed It, More High Res Photos! There was no major automotive component including the oil, that had to be changed every 150 kilometers on any model of Sherman. US Army Ordnance had a crack at putting the somewhat smaller and lighter 76mm into the same turret, and Armored Force found it unsatisfactorily cramped and rejected it. KNOCKED OUT TANKS: KING TIGER II Published Date: 31/January/2021 Leave a Comment on KNOCKED OUT TANKS: KING TIGER II. The already have some fascinating information on how the tank was changed when converted to a Firefly, and how the interior was laid out. I wish I could be of some kind of help, but I don’t know what I could do. Owning a working tank cannon is easier than you would think, and far easier than getting the paperwork approved to own machine guns in California, and Jacques Littlefield did both. The US Army Tests Firefly: The hatch is about the US Army testing the British Firefly gun post war. Suspensions and Tracks: What makes for a smooth and comfortable ride, #14 Main Guns: Things That Go Boom, Some Bigger than Others, but None Bad, # 15 Turrets: They Are The Combat Power Of The Tank. You can also see the full turret basket’s mesh screening that separated the turret crew from the hull crew. The Historical AFV Registry Home Page: This has registers of armored vehicles in several nations. #67 The RAM: The Shermans awkward Canadian Cousin. 4. Well not really since it was a Firefly turret installed on an M4A3 VVSS hull. The Final Drives: The Panthers Achilles Heel, the Shermans Gibraltar. New York City, NY. Nato Survey 1943: No, not that Nato, North African Theatre of operations. Rollo’s writings do not focus on Australia per se — they are his view of the war as a whole and of the development of the Marine Corps tank force, but the amount of words he wrote about his time in Australia is indicative of just how important the country was to the prosecution of the war for the US, both in practical terms for combat training, as well as the morale effect of cameraderie with allies. The Sherman Tank Variant Page: Pages for each type of Sherman tank. Tiger II. You had to take the whole drivers and co drivers compartment apart and the top of the hull off to change a transmission! One of the tanks that was captured at Ogledow intact was the one that served as a test subject in the Tiger II penetration report. This is one of my read everyday sites. A generally interesting site if you are into tanks, and who isn’t! VK 45.03. There is more to building a tank than a single factory in many cases, and even a factory like CDA, that could do everything in house, farmed much of the subassemblies out to its normal sub contracts. News for all things related to Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles. Over at the WoT forum, Nicholas “The Chieftain” Moran has posted a new article about the development of the Tiger II tank. Check his great site out. Sherman Tank Turrets and Turret components. The United States first developed a tank (Heavy Tank, M6) in this weight class in 1942; however, it failed to meet service requirements and was not produced. Horizontal Volute Suspension System: 23 Inches of Ground Pressure Reducing Goodness. Box office: 212-997-6661. The subject of the video is  Black Magic, a small hatch, late production M4A1 if the turret came on it, though the turret or gun mount could be from other tanks. Over at the Chieftain’s Hatch section of the WoT forum, member “Bonesaw” has posted links to a couple documents concerning the Sentinel that readers may find of interest. Tarawa: The USMCs first use of M4 Medium tanks. Unfortunately the location of the MVTF, Portola California, on a large chunk of very private property, with very limited parking really presented some problem. The Sherman Differential: Normally just Lumped in with the Final Drives, BUT NOT HERE! If you need close up shots of a tank, this is the place to go, if you want high res versions, he has CDs you can buy! #61 Storage Ammo and Everything Else: The Army packed a lot of Gear and Tools into the Sherman, along with the Ammo, Guns and Men. The Chieftains Hatch on the battle of El Alamein: The Chiefs take on this famous battle. Wargaming’s The Chieftain, has what some might call a dream job,  but when you hear how hard Wargaming works the poor guy, if you’re sane, you might feel different. Tanks were knocked out far more often by mines and AT guns. Post # 68 The Chieftain’s Hatch does the M4A1, we review it: A great Hatch! 17 Pounder Mk IV and VII Gun Information page, M4 Series Fire Control: How the Sherman aimed it’s gun, M4 Sherman Tank Small Arms Page: The Machineguns and their mounts, used on the M4 series, Reading the Pen Charts from OOTCOR-Terminal Ballistic Data V.III. Part 1. While this may seem counter-intuitive since the T23 turret was larger than the 75mm gun turret, the answer lies in the shape of the turret and the placement of the trunnions. #63 Security On the March: How a WWII Sherman Tank unit prepared for an attack on march. This Association has really done the 8th AD a service with this website, very informative. as its title suggests covers a lot of stuff along with the Shermans that were built by auto makers. Just browse that site to see the airplanes they’ve gotten flying. The Commanders vane site is an early version bolted to a late war vane site pad. 1 1. 186K subscribers. I have to say, this is one of the best Chieftain’s hatches they have done. These ended up being developed for series production as the T2, with an order of 200 being placed for Romania before Germany put a hold on that sale. Definitely worth checking out! Surely the 76mm turret, bigger as it was, would have been a better match, and reduce the limitations the Firefly was under. The Sherman Makers: Ten in the US, one in Canada. Sherman Tank Site Post 73: Articles from Army Motors Episode one, Give Your Tank a Brake. The Links Page: An easier to find place for Links. I‘m no expert, but I think the Chieftain confused a .30 cal ammo bin for the 75mm ammo bin right next to his shoulder for the location of an SCR-506, I just can’t see a WWII radio fitting in the tiny box! Granted, I’m a tad biased, since it was on the Sherman, well a Grizzly made into a later model small hatch Sherman anyway, and the Chieftain really has gotten pretty good with the Sherman and its sub variants, and even has a book on US WWII TDs on the way. Australian Cruiser tank mark -1 instruction book (Provisional). M4 Series Gunner’s position: Where the gunner did his job. They were covered up with body filler by the factory, but on most restored and old Shermans the filler is gone, and they don’t fill the holes. US Army Tanks in Cities PT 1: This is another guest hatch by Harry Yeide, this series covering Shermans or or US Army tanks in Cities and Towns. #37 Dozers: The M1 and M1A1 Dozer Blade Kit. On having to crank the engine before starting, I have it on good authority, that the crew could just start the tank and run it for a few minutes every 45 minutes to an hour to avoid having to hand crank the motor. Sherman Tank Site Post 72: Army Motors, the Magazine of the Army Mechanic! Given that the flagship product is World of Tanks, it was a natural progression to using my real-world tank experience to bring my experience as a tanker to players through my "Inside the Chieftain's Hatch… Over the course of the test, the four tanks ran the following distances. #36 The Transmission, Differential, and Final Drives: Called the ‘Powertrain’ and It Was Great On The Sherman! #30 Sherman Model Specifications: Data, and Lots of It. Don’t get me started on the weak turret drive system that Rube Goldberg would have loved. This is partly why the 75mm Sherman remained on the production lines even after the US Army decided to switch to the 76mm. Another thing to note, you can see the holes drilled vertically in the suspension bogies, these are the tops of the holes the bolts that hold the suspension caps on go into. Note the Armored doors on all the ammo boxes and ready rack. Anzac Day is a day of solemn commemoration in Australia and New Zealand. 11/05/20. Nicholas Moran of World of Tanks gives a look at the inside of the M3 Medium. As a boy, Alvin's comments about "Old Blood and Guts" got me curious about the American use of armor during WW2. It’s always open, and I can almost always find something new to read or something I forgot about on this site. Sherman minutia site:  You can spend days on this site learning interesting things about the Sherman. Now I’ll be signing up to the mailing list! I do not think there was a single part on the Sherman that had a 500 kilometer life span, and that’s double the Panthers final drives. After a bit of hunting, the Hungarians ended up talking with Škoda. Continue Reading KNOCKED OUT TANKS: KING TIGER II. Some surprises during the resto were, the tranny and final drives were in such good shape they required only cosmetic restoration. Another lesser-known issue for Firefly is that in order to be converted, the tank had to be the 75mm one with the smaller turret. The Sherman Firefly Vc restoration page: This web page just went up and is about the restoration of the M4A4, which is the oldest known surviving A4 model. The Continental R975 Page: The Main Engine in the Beginning. This site gives info on many of them, and there is so much here, you could spend hours reading. This report is cherry picked for PR purposes of the time, but I bet they didn’t have to look around much for Brit tankers to praise the Sherman. Part of the quick fix was to cut this all out. Australian War Ministry Official Histories – The Role of Science and Industry: Chapter 14 Armored Fighting Vehicles by D.P Mellor. That Panther was his crowning achievement, and he was a real mover and shaker in the international military vehicle restoration scene, seeing that tank run was one of the last things he achieved, because cancer claimed him shortly after. #46 Gallery V, More Sherman Photos, Some Maybe Not As High Res. #38 The Shermans Flaws:  What Was Wrong With The Tank, and Stayed Wrong. more news. The Internet Archive: This site is awesome, I’ve found so much interesting stuff there, everything from Technical Manuals to Unit Histories. If you want to know how to detect the differences between models, right down to specific factories unique fittings, this is the website to do it on,  click the link and go, they are the best around for that! They reportedly decided to keep 40 of the most significant vehicles and auction the rest off. The spot light, and ‘gun crutch’, or travel lock as normal people use were not on most small hatch shermans. They didn’t have to lift it onto a ship. The Surviving Panzers site: This interesting site has PDFs for many of the major nations of WWIIs surviving tanks. This should give something of a holistic view of the general environment. Once the hatch was open, it was a simple case of lifting oneself up and out the hole. The Ford GAA engine Web Page:  This Web site has some really fascinating information about the Ford GAA engine. The Sherman Tank Store Page: Item Previews and News. Post #70: Report on the New Weapons Board. The Sherman M4A1 76W: This first 76 Sherman into Combat in US Hands. These new M46 tanks showed up in the very beginning of 1950, Fort Knox immediately ceased the T40 testing program, parked the four vehicles, and set about the four M46s they received. #24 Silly Myths and Fun Facts About the Sherman and Lee: The Same Old Falsehoods can be Combated by Facts, #25 The Conclusions: Was The Sherman Good Enough? Some of the hardest ones to find, I found here. The post below answers some of the concerns of the angry posters. #11 The Radios: The Sherman Tank Had Some Of The Most Advanced Radios In The World At The Time. The Chieftain's Hatch: Fury's Tiger Standoff Started by Content_WG, Sep 27 2014. Posted in Diorama For Sale “THE OASIS” – DAK AT WAR This is a very interesting read, and shows how well the Russians liked the Shermans. $47.74. Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale: I just discovered this site, and it is a very nice site if you want to know about building Sherman tanks in the 1/72 scale. The Sherman M4A2 76w: The most common Soviet Sherman, The Sherman M4A3 76W: The tank that would grow into the ultimate Sherman. Nato Survey 1943 Pt2:  The rest of the above links story. #49 The Tank Divisions: US Armored Divisions, #50 Computer Games That Have Sherman Tanks in Them: The Sherman Has Been In A Lot Of Games, #51 Rocket powered, or Recoilless AT Weapons: The Nazi Man Portable AT Threat, #52 Soviet Shermans: The Soviet Union Used and Liked the Sherman, #53 Bibliography and sources: Yeah I Know Sources on Each Post Would be Nice, I’m Working on it. For more details on the man, check out the WOT forums. Then the testing started. Interview with ‘The Chieftain,’ Nicholas Moran, Military Specialist for ‘World of Tanks’ By Matt Richardson. This caused some distress for the Brits, as did the Chieftains post on the forums. Sherman Books: The place I got most of my Sherman info. The Idea that the Sherman was no more reliable than any other tank, well, I don’t buy it. T he subject of the video is Black Magic, a small hatch, late production M4A1 if the turret came on it, though the turret or gun mount could be from other tanks. 120mm frontal on chieftain has a large questionmark over it. In the second part of the legendary German Panther tour, Nicholas Moran talks about the features of the commander’s cupola and gunner’s position. YouTube. AFV Photos: L&P Hannah’s great photo collection of Armor in the US. If your going to donate to an internet site like Wikipedia, don’t and donate to this guys instead! Note: the odd groove in the center of the rear Hull casting, this wasn’t done on all M4A1 tanks, and may have been unique to General Steel castings. The same thing happened with the prospective replacement of the Medium Tank M4.Development of three types of transmission and several types of suspension theoretically allowed the military to choose the most reliable variant that would then enter production. #65 Sherman Tanks of the US Army Official History books: This one Covered the MTO. Doubtless the winds of fortune changed as the company leadership leaned upon their patrons in the political hierarchy which had no small role in the development of vehicles by the middle of the war. Hell, you can look at the drivers hatch open on the video and know for a fact that it’s not 12cm thick. He covers the small floor hatch on the Grizzly tanks, and you get a nice shot of the early escape hatch. The first thing they did was break them in gently, running about 200 road miles, and not exceeding 2,200 rpm. The Chieftain's Hatch. Development. Some. This site is a staple of WWII history, and provides tons of good content. Get the latest local Detroit and Michigan breaking news and analysis , sports and scores, photos, video and more from The Detroit News. Sherman Tank Fuel Systems: Fuel tanks, Lines, and Valves, plus Carbs and Injectors. They cover all US Army Radios, and also have an archive of PS Magazines, its a very cool site. A note on the tank, it belonged to a the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation, a fancy name for the collection of a man named Jacques Littlefield. The radio looks like a 528. #3 The Sherman Variants: The Design Matures. Exercise Dracula: This was an extensive 2000 plus mile long test the British did testing the automotive reliability of the Cromwell, Centaur, and an M4A4 and M4A2 Sherman. #10 Tank Infantry Communication: They Couldn’t At First, Shocking But True! The Lone Sentry:  This website’s tag line is Photographs, documents, research on World War II, and that’s just what they do. He restored many to full functionality, including working main guns and machine guns on some tanks. The money from the auction was going to be used to build a facility in Stowe Massachusetts, but due to zoning issues, the permits were not provided, leaving the vehicles they did keep in limbo. Sherman Suspension and Tracks, the Page: An Easy to Find Place for Sherman Suspension Info. The End of the M4(75): This Hatch is about the role the Sherman filled and how it was always designed to take out tanks. The Sherman M4A2 Medium Tank: Major Sherman Model rarely used by the US Army. Classic Pullover Hoodie.

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