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the_shadock · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: Machinegun cover for Sherman hull

Hello,

I already know that kind of cover for the hull machinegun of Sherman tanks :

Another kind of cover is for sale and I've never seen it before :

is it a regular one? How is it fixed to the hull? thanks

Pierre-Olivier

MarkHolloway · Last edited by MarkHolloway on Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:11 am; edited 1 time in total

blair · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 87

I knew that you to be tough to be in the Army but those condoms are a bit much!!

Joe_D

Pierre,

What's unusual is it comes with the ball studs that are supposed to be attached to the MG mount. Those studs look like they'd be riveted/ bolted on, not welded like on a tank. I don't think it's for a Sherman, but maybe to an aircraft when parked.

Just a guess, maybe one of our aircraft experts recognizes it.

Joe D

binder001 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 25, 2006 Posts: 363

In a posting on Missing-Links there was a photo link to shots of the 4th Armored Div in Czeckoslovakia in 1945, on on the photos hows this M5A1 crew - note the MG cover on the bow gun. Maybe not the same - but quite similar.

the_shadock

thanks for your replies.

Pierre-Olivier

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