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Tichenor · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:34 pm Post subject: Look what's delivered today

Hi All

There was an unexpected delivery today to the depot of the Royal Army Museum.

www.flickr.com/photos/...1210046675

M47 Patton SN 3792

www.flickr.com/photos/...1210170353

M26 Pershing SN 367
www.flickr.com/photos/...1210057176
Michel

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

That's a whole lotta' infantry/stowage rail on there. Was that done in U.S. service or one of our esteemed allies?

the_shadock · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

where does the M26 come from, do you know? Is it already listed in the registers?

P-O

toadmanstankpictures · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 704

Awesome!!

Tichenor · Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:30 am Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

Doug
I've seen several M47's with those racks on the turrets, so I think it was part of a upgrade program.

P-O
It's the one I have listed at the Vissenaken depot, I knew about its existence but was unabele to find its exacte location. The M47 is a new one.

Tichenor · Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

I've uploaded some more pictures of the two new arrivals
More pictures Here

Doug
The second M47 has the same infantry/stowage rail on the turret. So are the other M47's here in Belgium.

P-O
The M47 also formerly was at the Vissenaken Depot.

Michel

Roy_A_Lingle · Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

Hi Folks!

I find the M-47 turret sides interesting. That is one of the few I have seen with out rain channels added.

Sgt, Scouts Out!

Costas_TT · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 15, 2012 Posts: 387

If you want more, I can send you some. In fact, I haven't seen such channels on a single Hellenic Army M47. Infantry stowage rails yes, old style handrails yes, Wegmann SGDs yes, but no rain channels.

tanker2010 · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:35 am Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

The rain channles was an Itaian rebuild thing. Most of the M47s sitting around U.S. posts are ones the were returned by the Italians.

L.Delsing · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 960

Hello Tichenor,
Is the depot still at Kapellen? I have also stored tanks at Brasschaat, Vissenaken and Bastogen.

Regards,
Lesley

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

- tanker2010

The rain channels was an Italian rebuild thing.

You can see them even on non-italian M47s.

Massimo

Tichenor · Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:11 am Post subject: Re: Look what's delivered today

- L.Delsing

Is the depot still at Kapellen? I have also stored tanks at Brasschaat, Vissenaken and Bastogen.

The Kapellen depot will move to Brasschaat this year. The Vissenaken depot has already been moved, some pieces went to Bastogne, some to Brasschaat but most of them to the new depot at Landen.
The good news is that they're planning to make Brasschaat an open museum, when this will be I don't know but they are working on it.

- tanker2010

The rain channles was an Itaian rebuild thing. Most of the M47s sitting around U.S. posts are ones the were returned by the Italians.

Some Belgian M47's have the rain gutters, others don't. To my knowledge our M47 never went to Italy to be rebuild, so there has to be another reason for tose gutters.

Michel

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