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Judging from the radar array on the alleged cruiser and the armament on the alleged Aegis cruiser, the labels should be switched.
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Jul 2000 time: 07:14
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Lemme guess, something in the "news" that I missed again because of the light version?
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quote: Originally posted by CivPatriot
The next to last unit is the Bradley, on that I agree.
The last unit, the one below the Abrams, titled "again, a tank. You tank historians..." It is a French tank, of WWI manufacture called the Renault FT-17, which actually saw service during both World Wars. |
When I first saw this picture, I too thought it was an FT-17, however now that I'm looking at a picture/drawing of this tank, I now belive it is a M-4 Sherman.
Ref: TANK A history of the Armoured Fighting Vehicle, Pub. by Scribners. There is a side drawing (page 38) of the Renault M-17 and it has a very large front sprocket and a smaller rear drive sprocket making the track look like a triangle.
Ref: Military Hardware of World War II, Military Book Club (they have a web site.) Page 188 a front photo of a Renault FT. No way is the game unit and this picture the same.
Ref: M-4 Sherman pub by Blandford Press, London-New York-Sydney. Almost any page in the book. If you look at the game unit, you can see the vertical volute suspension system that made the Sherman famous. Also the white band around the turret. I now remember that I have see picture of the Sherman painted this way.
A side note to the person that was inquiring about the Mr. Christle's tank design of the T-4. If you could see the picture on page 17, you would understand how this tank may have become the Russian T-34.
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quote: Originally posted by CivPatriot
joseph1944 , after looking over the pictures I have of the Ft-17, I agree that it is not it. however, the turret is a different shape than that of the Sherman, it is more rounded a dn spherical, like those on french tanks. I think it is a french tank, I don't think it is a Sherman.
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What is the site of hardware guide you mentioned(the one by the military book cub? |
In my book about the Sherman tank I'm looking at page 44 Showing a picture of the M-4A1 and it has a round turret. the early Sherman with a 75 MM gun had a round turret so to speak. When the Army installed the 76 MM gun in later tanks they had to build a bulge at the rear of the turret. The 76 MM gun was longer than the 75 MM gun.
http://militarybookclub.com is the site. One of the book I was using is called Military Hardware of World War II, pub by military book club. If you go to their site, they may still have it for orders. It has one picture of a Renault FT on page 188.
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I just watch the 3 min. video, and it shows the tank in question with a large picture. It is the Sherman for sure. The video shows the 3 part transmission cover that was on the early Sherman. The Sherman later had a solid cast cover, however the early Sherman had the 3 covers.
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