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| Subject: | Re: M4A176 questions... |  |
| Date: | May 10, 2001 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
"Andrew Herbert" wrote in message
> 1) There is a picture of an up-armored cast hull Sherman in Squadron's
> M4 Sherman in Action book. I want to build an M4A1 like that. I have
> made the armor, but I'm wondering about how it's attached to the hull.
> The shot in the book is clear, but from one angle. There is what appears
> to be a piece of metal welded to the hull supporting the flat piece of
> added on armor (hmm, I guess one could call it a bracket...). That can't
> be all that holds the armor on. Looking through my other references, the
> expedient armor solutions I've seen are all on welded hull Shermans,
> where I presume the armor is welded on also. So really I have two
> questions here: a) any guesses on how the flat armor is attached to the
> cast hull, and b) are there any other pictures of cast hull Shermans
> uparmored?
If it is "official" applique armor you are talking about, it was simply
welded to the hull along its edges. No gussets or brackets.
> 2) Same tank, another question! I don't want to have the .50 cal mounted
> on the turret roof, but stowed on the brackets on the turret bustle. I
> don't have any good views of what the stowed MG looks like, and
> furthermore, what do I do to the turret mount to put it in the "unused"
> state?
The stowed MG had the barrel removed (right in front of the receiver) but
the cradle stayed attached. The cradle pintle was placed in the socket on
the bustle with the receiver fitting into the bustle brackets - it might
have been placed a bit catty-cornered, I forget. The barrel was stored in
clips in the bustle brackets. The turret pintle socket was just left there.
It could be folded down if some bolts were loosened, but that seems to be a
lot of trouble to put it back and forth.
KL |
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 | M4A176 questions... - Andrew Herbert - May 10, 2001 |
| . . . Re: M4A176 questions... - Kurt Laughlin - May 10, 2001 |
| . . . Re: M4A176 questions... - Hervé CharbyCharbonneau - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: M4A176 questions... - Kurt Laughlin - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: M4A176 questions... - Kerry Moncrieff - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: M4A176 questions... - Kurt Laughlin - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: M4A176 questions... - Kerry Moncrieff - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . Thanks, and more... - Andrew Herbert - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Turret MG mounts on Shermans, part 2 - Kurt Laughlin - May 12, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Turret MG mounts on Shermans, part 1A - Kurt Laughlin - May 12, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Turret MG mounts on Shermans, part 1B - Kurt Laughlin - May 12, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Many thanks Kurt! - Andrew Herbert - May 11, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Turret MG mounts on Shermans, part 1B - Kerry Moncrieff - May 12, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Turret MG mounts on Shermans, part 1B - Kurt Laughlin - May 12, 2001 |
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