Rick W Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Right, Ive found a source of obscure images on the net, some I can identify some I cant, give it your best shot, see Jack for prizes... 1 2 3 4 :readbook: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The wheeled beast has a Marmony Herringtonish look. Is it Belgian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Not Belgian Tony but not far off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 #1 (extrapolating from me conclusions for 2 and 4): is it perchance a very early forerunning of the Spaehpanzer Luchs based on the M8 Greyhound chassis? #2 looks like an M24 Chaffee chassis (try saying that when yer drunk). My guess for #3 is a Boarhound armoured car chassis. #4 is obviously an M4A2 chassis. My guess is they are all immediate-postwar prototypes, and 2 and 4 were both replaced in service by (is it?) the M42 Duster on a Walker Bulldog chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 OK whilist the cats away the rest play twenty questions. 1 Not Belgian 2 Don't think the Dutch built armoured cars of their own, So French? Yes can see the Greyhound connection. but depending on date were the Germans allowed to manufacture AFVs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Off the top of my head.... no2 is an M24 based AA tank using six .50 cals that seem to point in diverging directions.... No 4 is Skink, a Canadian modification of Grizzly 1 cruiser tank, itself a Canadian assembled M4A1 Sherman. Skink had four Polstens and never entered series production. Would have to look up the others though I have seen the pics before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Off the top of my head.... no2 is an M24 based AA tank using six .50 cals that seem to point in diverging directions.... No 4 is Skink, a Canadian modification of Grizzly 1 cruiser tank, itself a Canadian assembled M4A1 Sherman. Skink had four Polstens and never entered series production. Would have to look up the others though I have seen the pics before. The cast hull would imply an M4A2 Sherman. Does this apply to a Grizzly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 What's the artilley piece? Is it an assualt gun or part of an 'Atomic' cannon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I'd definitely suggest the former. If I designed an atomic cannon, I'd make sure it elevated to 45 degrees to make sure it had enough range, so it it would not need to be low-slung like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Number 1 is Dutch Tony , not French, not the right name for the vehicle though Alien. Numbers 2 and 4 fairly straightforward on the chassis, I thought Adrian might get them. Number 3, not sure it is a boarhound though open to suggestions. Hands up who said an atomic gun......Go and see the headmaster Mr Banner.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The cast hull would imply an M4A2 Sherman. Does this apply to a Grizzly? Cast hull is M4A1. M4A2 was always a welded hull. Late M4 had a cast front and welded rear often leading to misidentification as an M4A1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 A helping hand with number 1. When I first saw the pic I thought it was driving from right to left, but no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Number 3 is a T55E1 motor carriage. The T55E1 Motor Carriage was a prototype vehicle developed by the Allied Machinery Manufacturing Company in 1943 for the US Army. On eight heavy duty tires, the T55E1 was armed with one three-inch gun and a supporting .50 caliber machine gun and powered by two water-cooled Cadillac 8-cylinder engines. Production began in 1943, however by this time preference had shifted to anti-tank vehicles, and the T55E1 was canceled. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T55E1_Motor_Carriage I must say I cheated though... :sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 Yes I do believe you did Joris, and only because I forgot to change the name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Ouch, you got me...:red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 sorry Rick, :red: Just like loud bangs. :n00b: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Cast hull is M4A1. M4A2 was always a welded hull. Late M4 had a cast front and welded rear often leading to misidentification as an M4A1. Hangs head in shame. Wrong as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Don't worry about it! Shermans and their many derivatives are a bit of a minefield. 49,000 vehicles and no two the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 A helping hand with number 1. When I first saw the pic I thought it was driving from right to left, but no... DAF M 39 Armoured car (Dutch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted July 25, 2008 Author Share Posted July 25, 2008 Indeed it is a DAF. If only we had a Dutchman on here, he would have got it straightaway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I thought that looked like an Engesa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Indeed it is a DAF. If only we had a Dutchman on here, he would have got it straightaway! :??? Huh? And what are Joris and me then? Chopped liver? :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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