Re: [MV] What Kind of Tank Is This? M5A1

From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 09:03:32 PDT


At 11:42 AM -0400 6/12/03, Steve Grammont wrote:
> > Square vs Pizza shaped Turret Crew hatches
>
>For me I generally do not think of turret and hull features which are not
>visible from eye height as a way of telling the difference between this
>or that model. The reason is that we RARELY see pictures of these areas,
>either historic or like the ones that started this thread, since the
>camera is usually not shooting down ontop of the vehicle. If we can't
>see 'me, we can't use 'em for identification :-)

The turret with the square hatches is larger for one (not a short
cylinder) and it has the bustle extension off the back of the turret
that over hangs the turret ring.

http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/m5stuart.html#M5A1

>Anyhoo... my main point was that the extra AAMG armor on the side of the
>turret only rules out a M5 model, but its absence doesn't mean anything
>either way since many (majority?) of M5A1s did not have this added feature.

Granted.

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