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Dontos · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

Stopped by and took some 'new' photos.

Here are a couple of interesting shots of possible RN & SN stamps on the T29E3.

oppps,...more to follow

Don

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

Dont think so... Older era RNs like that for the T29 were just numbers, no letters - and a long sequence at that. Letter-number-letter RNs didnt start until the 1960s or so...

Neil

Dontos · Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:24 pm Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

- Neil_Baumgardner

Dont think so... Older era RNs like that for the T29 were just numbers, no letters - and a long sequence at that. Letter-number-letter RNs didnt start until the 1960s or so...

Neil

Wasn't sure, but perhaps this is a valid SN? There wasn't any weld SN's on the underside front slope, like many of the other Experimental Heavies, so might this sequence be something?

BTW: How many 29E3's were made?

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:38 am Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

Sorry, doesnt match up to anything to me. We already know the T29E3 is SN 8, RN 30162841. It was the only T29 modified to a T29E3 - IOW the only T29E3.

Neil

Dontos · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

- Neil_Baumgardner

Sorry, doesnt match up to anything to me. We already know the T29E3 is SN 8, RN 30162841. It was the only T29 modified to a T29E3 - IOW the only T29E3.

Neil

Cool. I'm behind on the learning curve and trying to make up ground.

OAN:(On Another Note)
I'm editing some comparison images on the T28, soon to be posted.

Also got some misc changes (vehicle 'shell game') annotated (and photographed) from todays 'recon' mission.

More to follow
Don

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

While on the subject of the postwar US heavy tanks;

1) The current issue of Finescale Modeler has a nice kitbashing article on building the T32 from Pershing parts.

2) As part of the above, magazine subscribers can download some scale drawings of T32 on a PDF.

3) There are some interesting PR photos of the T95/T28 at APG that are part of the Life collection that has started showing up on Google.

Gary

Taranov · Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

On the another continent, 5 years before... Laughing

tanker2010 · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:36 am Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

Here's a thread that might interest you all.

www.network54.com/Foru...T34+protos

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: U.S. Heavy Tanks

Don,
You know what would be good - is if you could find some stampings on the T28, to try to resolve whether its the first or second prototype. SN should be 1 or 2, but even an RN would help - although the latter usually arent stamped...

BTW, I didnt get to see the T30 like I had hoped, but did find M60A0 SN 17...

Neil

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