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what are you talking about !!!!

very curious and impatient to know what it is.. P-O

I'd also be interested to know how the Jumbo is... thanks Pierre-Olivier

Hello, I'm looking for any period photo showing Grizzly tanks at the factory or in the hands of troops. thanks Pierre-Olivier

there are few Cromwells and Sherman tanks in Irak, so I guess that Lance does a bit of tank hunting there.. P-O

19/04/2014 "So far so good. The last week I was working alone on the Stuart, because the perssonel of my unit was on Leave cause of the Easter Hollydays. But at least I can sand blast a lot of parts of the turret. On monday we are going to see another Stuart because we are trying to find a engine in bether conditions that the one we have."

03/04/2014 : "The last week was really a nightmare for me and my team. A lot of different kind of obligations keeps us away from the Stuart, but on weekend we start to sandblast different parts and others start to work on the engine. So far so good but time is our worst enemy. Other problem was the sandblast machine, that gives to us a lot of problems, but I think next week we can see some advances on the work. It’s funny to see in some pictures the M3A1 Turret on a Russian URAL Truck"

hello guys, thanks for your useful answers and your help. kind regards Pierre-Olivier

Hello, I would like to get few identified and unarguable photos showing the use of CDP tracks on tanks or AFVs during WW2, please. kind regards Pierre-Olivier

yes please, I would be very interested in getting the pics of the Cadmans' centaurs and the two other hulls being restored. Thanks in advance !! Pierre-Olivier

Rick, do you know some Cromwell/Centaur hulls that are not listed there? http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Cruiser_Tanks.pdf http://www.massimocorner.com/afv/Surviving_Charioteers.pdf If so, is there any I could add to these lists? thanks P-O

here are some photos of "Massachusetts" : http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?34677-An-ex-M4A4-Duplex-Drive-saved-from-scrap-to-become-a-monument P-O

thanks Adrian. I've seen another one which was named "Mississippi" : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France/moulietsetvillemartin/sherman_16677/ Pierre-Olivier

hello, is there any possibility to find the history of a tank just by knowing its wartime nickname? One of the British M4A4 Duplex Drive shermans was nicknamed "Massachusetts". I don't know much about its service with the UK, but I know that it served with the French Army in April-May, 1945 (it was delivered as a replacement tank). Would love to know more about its service with the British army. Pierre-Olivier

what people think to be Panzer IV tracks are indeed Canadian CDP tracks, which look very similar. P-O

at this location, there are an M4A2, an M4A3(75)W hull, an M24 Chaffee hull and a Stuart hull. P-O

yes it would be nice that someone could save this turret.. unfortunately it is located on a French army base.. P-O

"It was a very tough week, but we made some progress on the M3A1 Works. I send you some pictures, tomorow (Monday) we start to sandblast the turret and a lot of small pieces, the other big job for tomorrow is to remove the engine from the hull. The main gun was send to the Ordnance Mantenance plant of the Army, so they can work on it with proper tools." some more photos : Pierre-Olivier

I will post the technical questions as they come. I can't help, I know nothing about engines and gearboxes lol !! I'm sure you guys can help this motivated team !! P-O

Hello, here is a message from Mayor Javier Busconi in Uruguay : "The M3A1 that we start to restore belongs to the 4th. Cavalry Mechanized Regiment in Montevideo Uruguay. In an old picture (2008) it looks pretty well painted in a Uruguayan Cav. traditional cammo, but it is only an external make up. Right know the Stuart looks abandoned whit a lot of dirt and rust. On Friday we start with the dismounting of the turret and other components, tomorrow I’m planning to remove the engine (Continental W670) and start to make a list of missing parts. I hope next week we can start to sand blast the full turret and work in all the components in the basket. I look for you help because I know that during all this presses I’m going to have a lot of dubs that requires the knowledge and expertise from professionals and enthusiasts on this kind of old tanks. The Uruguayan Army Number of the Stuart is E-3045, but may be some pictures are better. I know is a hard project but the Uruguayan Army used the M3A1 till 1996 so it means that is easy to find some parts around. What I really want is your help with some technical details, so we can give to our M3 the right historical grade that it deserve. "

Alastair and Radek, I understood you were discussing about the small support rollers, but I felt right to say that somebody may be interested in the Maultier wheels. Look at these restoration projects : http://www.collectionneur.me/categorie-10316764.html I think that it could be the right guy ! P-O

hello, it would be a shame to put Maultier wheels on a Bren or Loyd carrier. Radek, I'm sure that you could easily exchange your maultier wheels for Bren carrier wheels !! There are probably some Maultier restoration projects that need some wheels. P-O

I will visit the collection in late February and I will ask what the tank is made from, where the demining device comes from. Anyway, if you have a turretless Sherman and you are not able to find a turret, a solution is to transform it into an engineer vehicle.. I think that it's the reason why it looks like this now. If I had a turretless M4A4 hull, I would transform it into a towing vehicle or a turretless ARV. The British army used some. P-O

I suspect that it is was either fabricated from new, or it may come from a former French army vehicle, don't know which exactly. P-O

As you successfully managed to find all the bits that you own right now, you'll be able to find the missing one, I'm sure !!