- Neil_BaumgardnerM4(75) Sherman - missing gun; has SN 25145
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Neil
- Neil_BaumgardnerTrevor,
Of course - go ahead.
Neil
- TrevorLarkumUnique ID: 1879
Serial Number: Turret: 2517 (“J50878 2517” cast into right turret side).
- TrevorLarkumThe emblem on the glacis indicates that the upper hull was manufactured by General Steel, which provided castings exclusively to Pressed Steel Car and Montreal Locomotive (source: Sherman Minutia). Montreal Locomotive made the Canadian Grizzly, so it is presumed that this M4A1 was produced by Pressed Steel Car.
- the_shadockTrevor, the nomenclature number for a turret starts with a D, so the number is D50878. That corresponds with a "normal" 75mm low bustle turret.
- the_shadockThere were only 3 manufacturers of small hatches M4A1s : Lima LW, PSC and Pacific Car & Foundry. The "tubular" dust cover fitting around the bow MG socket indicates that it is either PSC or Lima (PCF used another variant of dust cover fitting). As Lima didn't seem to use the cast hull lifting rings at all, and that this particular tank has this particular model of rings welded to the hull, this would tend to confirm that it is an M4A1 built by Pressed Steel Car.
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