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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:26 pm
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From G104 forum :

"There was one at or around Ft Knox a year or so ago. Cannot say for sure if it
is still there though can find out. Only evidence of it being a M4 105mm dozer
tank is the oil resevoir above the transmission. I may be mistaken as that is
the only clue I could see." (karl van sweden).

I did some researches, and that's what I've found :

Photo taken in 2004 :

Photo taken in 2009, we can still see traces of the bulldozer mount on the running gear (where there is no paint..) :

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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
Fresh shots from Sinsheim: Massimo

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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:04 am
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- Massimo_Foti

I will be quite severe, but :

-the M4A1(75) ex-Dozer would be better without French WW2 markings, it would make more sense to "technically" display it as a Dozer tank, and to repaint the M4A1(76) with French WW2 markings instead.

-The French WW2 markings are very incorrect. They don't 100% correspond to any WW2 Free French unit.

First, there were 2 tanks in the French army that were called "Valmy" and none of them were M4A1s(75).

One belonged to the 2ème Cuirassiers, a unit that received only M4A4s, M4A2s, M4A1s(76) and M4A3s(105).

The second one belonged to the 5ème RCA, and was an M4A4(75) :
http://www.chars-francais.net/new/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1100

The tank at Sinsheim is mixing up both markings of the 2ème Cuirassiers and the 5ème RCA.

I know that Sinsheim owns another M4A1(76). This particular one could be called "Valmy", and the M4A1(75) ex-Dozer could be repainted as a normal US tank. IMO, it would make more sense...

Rolling Eyes

if only..

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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:49 am
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Yes, there is room for improvments in Sinsheim,like everywhere else...
How about the Mobelwagen with a Bofors 40mm while a 3.7 cm Flak 43 is available?

But there are also a lot of positive things to say about the Museum, is a no-profit organization who achieved impressive results, and it's a place very well suited for family visits, unlike traditional military museums, so it's able to attract a much wider audience.

Massimo

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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:53 pm
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But there are also a lot of positive things to say about the Museum, is a no-profit organization who achieved impressive results, and it's a place very well suited for family visits, unlike traditional military museums, so it's able to attract a much wider audience.

Massimo

Did you see the Deloreane?
It's one of my favourites non-military cars (probably because this is the car you can time-travel with).

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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
Did you see the Deloreane? Sure, I enjoyed visiting the cars collection too. It was a very pleasant visit, apart from the snow Massimo

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Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:06 am Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
A new Dozer in Banja Luka? : s106.photobucket.com/a...600031.jpg

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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
M4A1(76) M1 Super Sherman – Jacques Littlefield Collection, Portola, CA (USA) www.toadmanstankpictur.../m1_11.jpg www.toadmanstankpictur.../m1_10.jpg on www.toadmanstankpictures.com/m1.htm Are those fittings for dozer blade ? In such case that would be am ex Dozer Sherman.

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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
Better picture from Sinsheim: Massimo

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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
- the_shadock Did you see the Deloreane? It's one of my favourites non-military cars (probably because this is the car you can time-travel with). Heck I time travel every time I get into my Ford Pinto. _________________ Smashy

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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:01 pm
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Better picture from Sinsheim:

Massimo

this M4A1(75) was built by Lima LW. It has the typical rear tail light guards and "bent rod" lifting rings. I would say it is a mid-production Lima LW tank or a late one, but not a very late one (the last month's production Lima tanks are supposed to have "angled" cast lifting rings).

Pierre-Olivier

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Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: Sherman Dozers register
www.panoramio.com/photo/81710267 M4A1E4(76) Sherman Dozer – Ayub National Park, Rawalpindi (Pakistan)

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