Adrian Barrell
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There's no f in present either.... but have a good one anyway! Adrian
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It is fantastic and a real credit to you. I see you've even replicated the modern radio and transponder! A real replica in miniature.
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The red square with the number is the unit code sign. This by itself means nothing other than the third regiment in an armoured brigade. It should be read in conjunction with the formation sign, missing in this case. The halftrack picture, which is an M5 not an M3 has the 7th Armoured division formation sign and a unit code sign of 65 in a red square. This doesn't really fit as I don't think there was such a unit code. Halftracks were generally in the infantry brigades which used codes of 60 for HQ and 61, 62, and 63 for the regiments.
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I've had a quick look on the net and can find legislation regarding speed limits and they are affected by whether or not the vehicle has suspension and resiliant material between the rims of the rollers and the road surface which steel tracked tanks do have but I can't find anything about weights or indeed types of track. Anyone?
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Can you post a link to the legislation that refers to a weight limit, I've heard it said but never seen it in print. I plan to eventually put the Sherman on to steel and of course when the Cromwell is done it might be relevant. Don't want to get caught out!
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Why not? I know several carriers road registered.
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Ah, you mean pitch! Actually, the picture you posted is misleading as the Churchill has a pitch of around 8", depending on style of track, one of the largest at the time. For example, Sherman is 6" and Crusader only 4 1/8". Churchill looks smaller because the sprockets engage with every other tooth, or at least two teeth per link, there being an odd number to even out the wear. Hellcat uses the same principle, at least on the original steel track.
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The Churchill had very wide plates for the time but the teeth engage the links inboard from the edges, hence narrow sprockets. The British Army also had Lees early on as that was all that was available. The Grant was simply the preferred model.
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How do you get onto a tank.
Adrian Barrell replied to antarmike's question in I may be stupid, but......
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How do you get onto a tank.
Adrian Barrell replied to antarmike's question in I may be stupid, but......
It's ok for you Hanno, you can get on top of a Sherman in one step! :-D -
How do you get onto a tank.
Adrian Barrell replied to antarmike's question in I may be stupid, but......
Back in the late 80s and early 90s, I was fairly often driving/ playing with Comet tanks and had the climb into the drivers seat down to a fine art, it looked like one fluid movement. The last time I tried, I resembled a geriatric escapologist! -
It's a Churchill, the rubber rings adjacent to the sprocket rings confirms it. The Lee Grant thing is just because apart from the turret, they were identical. The British Army did have some Lees. The Grant was built to British orders, not lend lease and featured a larger, flatter turret with the wireless set mounted inside. The Lee, which was also named by the British Army, had the wireless in the hull. To the US Army, the Lees were just Medium, M3.
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Churchill I would say. The side plates and the gearbox mounted compressor make me think that anyway.
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McCleans (sp) of Cromer had quite a few back in the 70's. A friend of mine bought the last unmolested one, an M14 and restored it. ISTR they were painted blue.
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Must look harder at the picture next time......!
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I think Matilda 1. John Pearson would know for sure.
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How do you get onto a tank.
Adrian Barrell replied to antarmike's question in I may be stupid, but......
There is of course quite a difference in military use and civilian. In service a driver wouldn't move off without a ''driver, advance'' command from the man who can see best. In civilian use, it's usually the driver who makes that decision. I always insist that passengers climp up the front for the reason Chris states, so that I can see them! How does Bodge climb up? Towing eye, final drive housing, roof plate, turret top (all good so far) drivers head, drivers shoulder, turret top, into cupola....... Bless him!:-D -
Well it is a Priest but an M7B2 which is a post-war mod with an elevated mount to allow higher angles of elevation so I would imagine it's more likely to be a driver training vehicle.
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That is a monster!
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Walking draglines don't have tracks. They do have very big feet though!
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Imported by SECO from Portugal along with M5A1 Stuarts amongst other things. They are from the same source as all the Grizzlies, Sextons, Stuarts, M5 HSTs and Humber A/Cs that Ian McGregor imported into the UK in the mid 80s.
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This thread needs to get back on track like the udder ones.
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What MV, Aero or Marine engine is most impressive?
Adrian Barrell replied to gritineye's topic in MV Chatter
The Antar had a Meteorite, an 8 cylinder adaptation of a Meteor. -
Two years ago, SECO were only asking $5000 US for each of those Sextons. Admittedly, the better ones had gone but I was still surprised they weren't all heading north of the border.
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Probably left them there because they are a bugger to mooove!
