Slurr Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Hi All, I don't know how many of you that are into Stuart tanks, but this is a commonly known modification that New Zealand did to most of the stuart turrets. The ones in this picture are a bit battered and bruised as they were on ranges, but you can still see the hatch holes at the top where they cut the hatch holes bigger to fit the big Maori boys in. With this modification, they welded an extra bit of steel to the hatch doors to seal the turret, but they also changed the location of the hinges to the outside of the turret unlike from factory where the hinges are in between the two hatch doors. Cheers, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Greenberg Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Hello, That is an interesting modification. I have never seen that one before. Is that an antenna bracket welded on the turret next to the pistol port door? Thanks, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurr Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Hi Steve, It is not an antenna bracket as it is facing forward. There is one on each side of that turret which are smoke discharger mountings. There appears to be two mounting points for the turret rotator winding mechanism also, one on each side on the inside. The mount on the right had the remains of the manual winding mechanism attached, and the one on the left had nothing on it but the bolts were still there. We do not know whether it had both the manual and the hydraulic turret winders, one on each side? Cheers, David. Hello, That is an interesting modification. I have never seen that one before. Is that an antenna bracket welded on the turret next to the pistol port door? Thanks, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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