±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 311
Total: 311
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Home
03: Community Forums
04: Home
05: Community Forums
06: Home
07: Community Forums
08: Home
09: Community Forums
10: Home
11: Home
12: Community Forums
13: Downloads
14: Community Forums
15: Member Screenshots
16: Community Forums
17: News
18: Home
19: Home
20: Home
21: Community Forums
22: Home
23: Home
24: Community Forums
25: Community Forums
26: Members List
27: Photo Gallery
28: Community Forums
29: Home
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Member Screenshots
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Home
36: Home
37: Member Screenshots
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Community Forums
41: Member Screenshots
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Photo Gallery
46: Community Forums
47: Photo Gallery
48: Home
49: Home
50: Community Forums
51: Home
52: Community Forums
53: Community Forums
54: Downloads
55: Home
56: Community Forums
57: Community Forums
58: Home
59: Home
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: Home
63: Community Forums
64: Home
65: Member Screenshots
66: Community Forums
67: Home
68: Community Forums
69: Photo Gallery
70: Community Forums
71: Member Screenshots
72: Community Forums
73: Home
74: Home
75: Home
76: Community Forums
77: Community Forums
78: Home
79: Community Forums
80: Community Forums
81: Downloads
82: Community Forums
83: Home
84: Photo Gallery
85: Community Forums
86: Downloads
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Photo Gallery
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Photo Gallery
94: Photo Gallery
95: Home
96: Member Screenshots
97: Home
98: Home
99: Community Forums
100: Home
101: Home
102: Statistics
103: Statistics
104: Community Forums
105: Statistics
106: Community Forums
107: Home
108: Home
109: Member Screenshots
110: Community Forums
111: Community Forums
112: Member Screenshots
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: Community Forums
117: Home
118: Community Forums
119: Photo Gallery
120: Community Forums
121: Home
122: Photo Gallery
123: Community Forums
124: Home
125: Community Forums
126: Home
127: Community Forums
128: Home
129: Home
130: Photo Gallery
131: Community Forums
132: Community Forums
133: Photo Gallery
134: Community Forums
135: Community Forums
136: Community Forums
137: Home
138: Home
139: Community Forums
140: Member Screenshots
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Home
144: Home
145: Home
146: Community Forums
147: Home
148: Community Forums
149: Home
150: Community Forums
151: Home
152: Home
153: Community Forums
154: Community Forums
155: Home
156: Member Screenshots
157: Community Forums
158: Home
159: Community Forums
160: Photo Gallery
161: Home
162: Home
163: Home
164: Community Forums
165: Community Forums
166: Community Forums
167: Community Forums
168: Member Screenshots
169: Home
170: News Archive
171: Photo Gallery
172: Home
173: Members List
174: Member Screenshots
175: Member Screenshots
176: Community Forums
177: Community Forums
178: Home
179: Community Forums
180: News Archive
181: Community Forums
182: Member Screenshots
183: Community Forums
184: Home
185: Member Screenshots
186: Home
187: Home
188: Home
189: Community Forums
190: Photo Gallery
191: Community Forums
192: Community Forums
193: Home
194: Member Screenshots
195: Home
196: Downloads
197: Member Screenshots
198: News Archive
199: Home
200: Home
201: Community Forums
202: Home
203: Photo Gallery
204: Statistics
205: Home
206: Downloads
207: Home
208: Community Forums
209: Community Forums
210: Home
211: Photo Gallery
212: Home
213: Home
214: Home
215: Home
216: Community Forums
217: Home
218: Photo Gallery
219: Member Screenshots
220: Community Forums
221: Home
222: Community Forums
223: Member Screenshots
224: Community Forums
225: Community Forums
226: Member Screenshots
227: Member Screenshots
228: Downloads
229: Home
230: Photo Gallery
231: Home
232: Member Screenshots
233: Community Forums
234: Community Forums
235: Photo Gallery
236: Community Forums
237: Community Forums
238: Home
239: Member Screenshots
240: Community Forums
241: Home
242: Community Forums
243: Photo Gallery
244: Member Screenshots
245: Photo Gallery
246: Community Forums
247: Community Forums
248: Community Forums
249: Member Screenshots
250: Member Screenshots
251: Photo Gallery
252: Community Forums
253: Downloads
254: Photo Gallery
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Member Screenshots
258: Home
259: Home
260: Community Forums
261: Member Screenshots
262: Downloads
263: Member Screenshots
264: Community Forums
265: Home
266: Home
267: Community Forums
268: Member Screenshots
269: Home
270: Home
271: Home
272: Home
273: Community Forums
274: Community Forums
275: Community Forums
276: Community Forums
277: Member Screenshots
278: Community Forums
279: Photo Gallery
280: Community Forums
281: Photo Gallery
282: Downloads
283: Community Forums
284: Community Forums
285: Photo Gallery
286: Statistics
287: Member Screenshots
288: Member Screenshots
289: Home
290: Home
291: Photo Gallery
292: Photo Gallery
293: Community Forums
294: Downloads
295: Community Forums
296: Community Forums
297: Home
298: Community Forums
299: Community Forums
300: Home
301: Community Forums
302: Community Forums
303: Community Forums
304: Member Screenshots
305: Community Forums
306: Community Forums
307: Downloads
308: Photo Gallery
309: Community Forums
310: Downloads
311: Member Screenshots

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:25 pm
Post subject: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

Hi All,

We’ve posted 8 bare bones galleries of various M41 Walker Bulldogs across the US. As with the bare bones M60 galleries, if you need more photos, just let us know.

First up is the M41 on display at Veterans Memorial Park in St Petersburg, FL.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...907_gRP9xB

Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:26 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41 and M56 on display at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, IA.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...647_bVTLBW



Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:26 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41A3 SN 2506 or 2510 on display at the Veterans Memorial in Johnny Appleseed Park, Fort Wayne, IN.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...146_gnLWHW

Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:27 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41 on display at the MN Veterans Memorial in Bunker Hills Regional Park, Andover, MN.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...004_bqmzhL

Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:28 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41 on display at AMVETS Post 78 in DeSoto, MO.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...808_kjcLHq

Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:28 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41A3 SN 3010 or 3007 & painted RN 3018349 on display at VFW Post 5076 in Garland, TX.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...250_L8bjD6

Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:29 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41A3 SN 404063 on display at Liberty Park in Plano, TX.

The AFV register has SN 404063 as given from TACOM. If that is correct, then the rear plate info on M41s has no correlation to the actual serial number - in this case the rear plate has 2920 and what looks like 2915 on it.

Also, I love that this tank has ladders for the kids to climb up to gain access. Hard to believe that in this era it’s actually encouraged and facilitated to have the kids clambering around on something that will crack your head wide open if you tumble - and I’m glad to see it! I remember having a lot of personal responsibility as a child - playing involved a lot of calculated risk - like, “Wow, I could fall off that and break something. IS it worth it? Sure!!” Turned out it was good training for the rest of my life. I miss those days. But I digress……

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...263_2NJ9Js

Back to top
View user's profile
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:31 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

M41 on display at the 201st Infantry - Field Artillery Memorial Park, in Morgantown, WV.

www.vgbimages.com/AFV-...327_5Mz8tv

Back to top
View user's profile
Kurt_Laughlin
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 577

PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 4:06 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

Thanks VB!

Somebody finally got inside one of these and was able to determine that the left number on the exterior plate is the build or construction number and the one on the right is the Ordnance serial number.

The odd serials in the TACOM list are often from part numbers cast into various pieces, even mundane objects like headlight sockets.

The one in Fort Wayne was on "Harry Baals Drive", named after a local politician or civil servant whose last name was pronounced "bales". I wanted to get a photo of a street sign but couldn't find any . . . I think I read somewhere that the city had changed the name because they couldn't keep up with the sign thieves.

KL
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
vagabond
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
Posts: 1388
Location: Constantly moving across US
PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:29 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

- Kurt_Laughlin

Somebody finally got inside one of these and was able to determine that the left number on the exterior plate is the build or construction number and the one on the right is the Ordnance serial number.KL


Thanks Kurt!
With that information, I went back and updated each gallery's info with Build No. and SN. I'll find my other M41 photos in other galleries and amend them when I get the chance.

Listed below are the Build No. and SN info for the above posts:

War Veterans Memorial Park - St Petersburg, FL - M41 Build No. 3023, SN 3019

Veterans Memorial - Ft Wayne, IN - M41A3 Build No. 2510, SN 2506, Painted RN 251006

Amvets Post 78 - Desoto, MO - M41 Build No. 2518, SN 251?

VFW Post 5076 - Garland, TX - M41A3 Build No. 3010, SN 3007, Painted RN 3018349

Liberty Park - Plano, TX - M41A3 Build No. 2920, SN 2915

Andover, MN - Cedar Rapids, IA - Morgantown, WV can’t read the rear plates
Back to top
View user's profile
Kurt_Laughlin
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 577

PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 4:59 pm
Post subject: Re: 8 M41 Galleries - FL, IA, IN, MN, MO, TX, WV

Here's some fun with the numbers . . . There's a way to analyze serial numbers to estimate total production. (See German Tank Problem.)

So far, with your numbers above, I have recorded thirteen SNs with 3611 being the highest. Using the formulas in the link I can estimate the total production at 3889 or 3938 tanks compared to Hunnicutt's total of 3729.

I have also done this analysis on M5 3-inch antitank guns where I have an observed sample of 54 with the largest being 2486. The estimate is 2531 compared to an actual production of 2500. With the more visible M6 carriages the numbers are 67 and 2498, estimating production at 2534, again compared to 2500. A 1% estimation error is pretty good for military intelligence purposes, I think.

KL
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 6 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum