- TanklordThe M47 that was in the Louisiana Museum of Military History, which later was transferred to Camp Shelby, MS, was an Italian rebuild. It had bothe the plate with all the little squares and the plate with ORMC.
- Kurt_LaughlinThe casting marks on the M47 turret (Pittsburgh Steel Foundry, Scullin Steel, CFM-Wheeling, and General Steel Castings, are the ones I recall.) indicate only the foundry that cast the turret, nothing else. The only tank producer that made any cast armor in the period 1940-1965 was Ford, whose GAD symbol can be seen on numerous small armor items on their M4A3s. (They also produced bogie brackets for other assemblers, but I don't believe these were armor steel.)
KL
- DontosI went thru M47 Photos & noticed that the Shepardsville Ky M47 does have the 'rain gutters'
However it does not seem to have the Italian Rebuild data plate....
Trevor
Due to the proximity to Ft Knox, perhaps this may be one of your mystery M47's (#3 or #4).
Just a thought
Don
- TrevorLarkum
- TrevorLarkum- ShermanWasRightIf it helps any, here's the rear plate from the M47 in Reynoldsburg, OH (no SN though):
Thanks - that has prompted me to add an entry for this one too:
VFW Post 9473, Reynoldsburg, Ohio
(Unique ID 1329: Reynoldsburg M47)
Do you have any general pictures of it that I could use?
[Everyone else - thanks for your posts, I'm trying to work through them in order.]
- DontosI went thru M47 Photos & noticed that the Shepardsville Ky M47 does have the 'rain gutters'
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- ShermanWasRight- TrevorLarkum
Do you have any general pictures of it that I could use?
I've got more, too, if you need them.
- TrevorLarkum
- Kurt_LaughlinThe casting marks on the M47 turret (Pittsburgh Steel Foundry, Scullin Steel, CFM-Wheeling, and General Steel Castings, are the ones I recall.) indicate only the foundry that cast the turret, nothing else. The only tank producer that made any cast armor in the period 1940-1965 was Ford, whose GAD symbol can be seen on numerous small armor items on their M4A3s. (They also produced bogie brackets for other assemblers, but I don't believe these were armor steel.)
KL
I wondered if that might be the case. I guess then that no correlation can be discerned between turrets and hulls (e.g. Pittsburgh turrets always went to Detroit, Scullin Steel turrets always went to American Locomotive)?
- C_ShermanTrevor,
Are you tracking two tanks at Chiriaco Summit? I have pics of a green one and a brown MERDC one there.
- C_Sherman
Joe,
That M47 was still by the motorpool as of late 2008, although it's an 11ACR motorpool now. I have pics of it too.
Chuck
- C_Sherman
Here is the Barstow tank in April of 2008:
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Enjoy!
Chuck
- ShermanWasRight
I've got more, too, if you need them.
- Massimo_FotiTrevor, I was in Solbiate Olona 10 days ago but, once again, there was very little time, and I've spend most of it on the L6 and Sherman Dozer (see dedicated thread). I failed to check the rebuilt plate for the M47, but I've took some additional shots of it. Let me know if you are working on it and would like a copy.
- DontosTrevor
Here is the Stithton Traffic Circle static Display M47
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SN for this tank is confirmed from the front tow lugs as being SN 2796.
Regards
Don
- Massimo_Foti
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