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Offline bob48

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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1575 on: September 04, 2018, 03:14:40 PM »
Oh yeah - looks like a 90mm - is it a M36 Jackson?
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1576 on: September 04, 2018, 04:14:36 PM »
Quote from: bob48 on September 04, 2018, 03:14:40 PM
Oh yeah - looks like a 90mm - is it a M36 Jackson?

now why wouldn't you say M-18 Hellcat with a 76mm ?
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1577 on: September 04, 2018, 05:35:59 PM »
^ High speed, decent gun, no armor to speak of. Fastest 'tank' until the M-1 Abrams.
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1578 on: September 05, 2018, 04:54:18 AM »
Quote from: Windigo on September 04, 2018, 04:14:36 PM
Quote from: bob48 on September 04, 2018, 03:14:40 PM
Oh yeah - looks like a 90mm - is it a M36 Jackson?

now why wouldn't you say M-18 Hellcat with a 76mm ?

I did wonder about that, but, for some reason, I always get those 2 mixed up. It would have been OK if it had of been a M10 :-)

Nice one - you got me there!
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1579 on: September 05, 2018, 01:26:47 PM »
Quote from: Staggerwing on September 04, 2018, 05:35:59 PM
^ High speed, decent gun, no armor to speak of. Fastest 'tank' until the M-1 Abrams.

apparently the 76mm was getting dated in 1944 until they got a new ammo type.... HVAP/APCR?
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1580 on: October 08, 2018, 07:04:16 AM »
I visited the new museum at the Collings Foundation yesterday in Massachusetts.  Great museum.  Here is just a small portion of it:



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« Reply #1581 on: October 08, 2018, 10:56:41 AM »
Those look like some of the pieces from the Littlefiled collection that were auctioned off.
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1582 on: October 08, 2018, 05:10:27 PM »
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on October 08, 2018, 10:56:41 AM
Those look like some of the pieces from the Littlefiled collection that were auctioned off.

I believe they are actually.  I heard some talk on the museum floor about the Littlefield collection.  Next time I go I'll have to talk to some of the staff there to get the whole story.
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« Reply #1583 on: October 08, 2018, 05:19:09 PM »
^ Less than a 2 hours' drive for me- I may need to request a day of from work soon.  O0

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« Reply #1584 on: October 08, 2018, 06:52:51 PM »
well there are only so many privately owned Scuds.
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1585 on: October 17, 2018, 10:23:02 PM »

can anyone give me the calibre of that boomstick?
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1586 on: October 18, 2018, 01:52:34 AM »
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« Reply #1587 on: October 18, 2018, 05:32:49 AM »
Jumbo!
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1588 on: October 18, 2018, 05:55:41 AM »
Wasn't the Jumbo a heavily armored M4 with 76mm gun?
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Re: Tanks!
« Reply #1589 on: October 18, 2018, 06:02:12 AM »
Quote from: Staggerwing on October 18, 2018, 05:55:41 AM
Wasn't the Jumbo a heavily armored M4 with 76mm gun?

Correct !  Jumbo = M4A3E2

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