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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 15, 2023 17:22:36 GMT -7
I want to see how good some of you guys are at identifying something from history...  Anyone who knows World War II history will now that this beast is from the M4 Sherman medium tanks used by the Allies, but do you know what model it is? |
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Post by bazbaziah on Nov 16, 2023 12:05:30 GMT -7
Is it supposed to be an M4A3E2 with the extra armour?
Jim
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 16, 2023 12:53:59 GMT -7
That it is, It is the M4A3E2 "Jumbo" assault tank, that was a field expedient that was created after the T14 assault tank project was cancelled...VERY GOOD JOB!!!
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 16, 2023 19:06:30 GMT -7
Here is a picture of a preserved M4A3E2 tank Fond on page 180 of:
Green, Michael. American Tanks & AFVs of World War II. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2014.
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 18, 2023 9:45:53 GMT -7
Another one in our quiz...   |
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Post by bazbaziah on Nov 25, 2023 14:29:24 GMT -7
Looks like a T30 project from the muzzle break, the one in the background may be the T29?
T29 had 105mm gun
T30 had 175mm gun
Jim
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 25, 2023 15:21:53 GMT -7
It is the a T29 with the 105mm gun, The T30 actually carried a 155mm gun, the T34 from the series carried 120mm gun
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Post by bazbaziah on Nov 26, 2023 6:01:45 GMT -7
Still say its the T30, the barrel is thicker than a 105 would be.
But its not worth arguing about as its a graphical representation not an actual photograph and artistic licence has to be allowed.
As an aside what game do these images come from?
Jim
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 26, 2023 9:27:33 GMT -7
Men of War: Assault Squad II...
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 26, 2023 9:31:10 GMT -7
I have to stand corrected: The lead tank in the column is a T34 armed with a 120mm, Second is the T30 armed with the 155mm, and there is also a T29E3 with a range finder and 105mm bringing up the rear of this platoon... The smaller tank on the other road is a M26 Pershing armed with a 90mm gun..
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Post by cowboy40 on Nov 26, 2023 10:21:50 GMT -7
Heavy Tank T34 with 120mm gun fitted with a bore extractor, picture taken from page 98 of R.P. Hunnicutt's book Firepower
Hunnicutt, R. P. (1988). Firepower: A History of the American Heavy Tank. Novato, Ca.: Presidio Press. |
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