The Sherman Tank Restoration page: A page that documents the restoration of a M4A3 76W HVSS tank that was surplused in the late 50s and purchased by Abdo S. Alan Co. a demolition company out of Oakland California. #64 Sherman Fire Control: How the Gun Was Aimed, not Putting Out Fires! Archive Awareness: A history site dedicated to translating Russian archive documents to english. As the community was quite small then, it wasn’t exactly a major ripple in the pond of the internet, and interactions were always civil. Nato Survey 1943: No, not that Nato, North African Theatre of operations. The Desert Sherman: This very interesting Hatch deals with the infrared night driving system and the odograph. M46 #12 as it arrived. Once the hatch was open, it was a simple case of lifting oneself up and out the hole. 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. At that time, the “basic” M4 Sherman equipped the Allies almost exclusively, from the US to the British, Canadian, ANZACS, Free … Don’t get me started on the weak turret drive system that Rube Goldberg would have loved. The Sherman Tank Site: The Place For All Things Sherman Tank. #6 WWII Variants Other than Tanks: Things Built Using the M4 Chassis, Like the M10 and M36, # 7 More Things Built On The Sherman Chassis: ARVs. This Chieftain tank is in very good condition and as complete an example as you will find. Now I’ll be signing up to the mailing list! My problem is that I'm only getting two of the choices out of a possible four, that being a choice between Armag and Gwart. At the end of the quest The Twice-Born Warlord I've seen you can assign a Chieftain for the Tiger Lords. #11 The Radios: The Sherman Tank Had Some Of The Most Advanced Radios In The World At The Time. At some point the tank broke down, after being gutted for a new motor, and sat until the Littlefield collection purchased it, then traded it to someone who the current owner purchased it from. Part 2 of the Chieftain’s look at the British Centurion tank. The Ford GAA Data Page: More info and technical Drawings and Manual photos than anyplace on the Internet. The Sherman Register, By Hanno Spoelstra: Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale. M4 Series Gunner’s position: Where the gunner did his job. #36 The Transmission, Differential, and Final Drives: Called the ‘Powertrain’ and It Was Great On The Sherman! The Chieftain’s Hatch: Turan III Prototype April 20, 2016 by tankandafvnews Leave a Comment Over at the World of Tanks forum , researcher Nicholas “The Chieftain” Moran has posted a new article on the history of the Hungarian Turan III prototype. Also the all around vision cupola would not be found on these tanks during WWII. The GAA motor was capable of a lot more than 500 horsepower, and was amazingly overbuilt, this page talks about why. I don’t think he really knows much about the Sherman if he thinks tanks like Panther and Tiger just needed more spare parts to be as reliable as the Sherman, it is a ridiculous idea. Continue Reading KNOCKED OUT TANKS: KING TIGER II. 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. The Town Hall. 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… Australian Cruiser tank mark -1 instruction book (Provisional). # 29 Shermans On The Silver Screen: That’s Movies just in case you didn’t know! T he video comes in two parts. It was designed to provide greater anti-tank. In 1938, Škoda took a crack at what was effectively a “heavy light tank,” the S-II-c. This tank is a functioning work of art now. If you look up the guy who did some echo sounding on a chieftain he didn’t find even nearly 120mm armour on the front. Australian War Ministry Official Histories – The Role of Science and Industry: Chapter 14 Armored Fighting Vehicles by D.P Mellor.