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The construction forum is for the discussion of small scale AFV modelling. Usually this refers to 1-76th and 1-72nd scale AFVs. |
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| Subject: | Re: Sherman interior |  |
| Date: | Nov 10, 2003 |
| From: | Paul Roberts | |
stephen brezinski wrote:
> I wonder if there were major differences in early M4A1(75) and late M4A1(76), wet and dry stowage, etc.?
Well, the arrangement of the ammo itself would make for very different
interiors. The ammo for the 76mm was longer, with a larger case than the
75mm and the "Dry" stowage was just racks while the "wet" was in bins
with a waterjacket around them. The tranny and the like were all pretty
much the same, but a lot of the smaller details shifted about. I think
that the later Shermans went to a smaller turret basket, didn't they?
More of a suspended local platform than an entire suspended disk for all
three turret members. It allowed more access to the ammo bins under the
basket floor.
So, there were a number of interior changes over the life of the
vehicle, many of them major and readily visible. |
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