- Kurt_LaughlinHi P-O:
If the 30115087 is accurate the "x" was probably just the "S" for radio suppression
- Kurt_LaughlinIt looks like it might still have the data plate inside. That would confirm the SN. Also, with no paint the Fisher build number should be visible on the front left side.
Did you record the differential housing and upper hull plate casting information?
- Kurt_LaughlinM4A3. I think the "M4A4" at the end of the initial message was a typo.
ID features:
Only M4, M4A2, and M4A3 large hatch hulls built, so can't be an M4A4.
The engine door props (vertical, rectangular block about 18 inches forward of rear hull lift lug; broken off on the left, present on the right) were unique to the M4A3.
No bracket for aiming posts or ramming staffs on left rear sponson, so it was probably not a howitzer tank.
The rectangular rather than D-shaped weld fill areas on the glacis beside the differential housing bolt strip are indicative of a Fisher product. Fisher did not make howitzer tanks, so further confirmation.
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