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| Subject: | Re: M4A3E2 "Jumbo" Markings. |  |
| Date: | Aug 29, 2003 |
| From: | Mike Canaday | |
You are correct, most of the markings, other than the lone French M4A3E2 and
"Cobra King", most were kind of bland, you have to go for the odd stowage
that some units used to keep from being OD'ed to death. The 743rd at least
painted turret numbers on their tanks. I suspect that their Jumbos had the
numbers as soon as they arrived as it seems to have been standard practice
for that unit to have turret numbers. I have put up some other wartime
photos of the M4A3E2 on this page:
http://mmcalc.tripod.com/Shermans/M4A3E2_Picture_Gallery_files/M4A3E2_Pictur
e_Gallery.htm
Some ordnance drawings of the M4A3E2 are linked here:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/4075/Tanks/Sherman/shermans.html
Mike Canaday
"Jon Chamberlain" wrote in message
news:3f4e595a$1@news.track-link.net...
> Very interesting. I had no idea they went to anyone other than US Army.
>
> Chamberlain
>
> "Saul Garcia" wrote in message
> news:3f4e4b3d@news.track-link.net...
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > "I also posted this over at ML (is that acceptable?) "
> >
> > You're kidding, right? ;-) No one here should have the US vs. THEM
> > attitude. After all, we're modelers.
> >
> > As for markings on a Jumbo, try to check with the Free French outfit
which
> > had them. If any markings are to be found, surely they would put them
on.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Saul Garcia
> >
> >
> >
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