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M4(75) "Hurricane" SN 25437
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the_shadock
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:01 am
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I've found some interesting B&W pictures of an M4 Sherman with painted RN 3033967. This seems to be an M4 built by ALCO, with SN 25437 :

http://img.blog.yahoo.co.kr/ybi/1/24/56/shinecommerce/folder/72/img_72_14738_4?1190761923.jpg

On this picture, one can see the Radial Continental R-975 being replaced with another one :

http://img.blog.yahoo.co.kr/ybi/1/24/56/shinecommerce/folder/72/img_72_14738_1?1190761923.jpg

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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject: Re: M4(75) "Hurricane" SN 25437
These are well known pictures and have been in dozens of books and articles on the Sherman.

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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:44 am Post subject: Re: M4(75) "Hurricane" SN 25437
oki, I didn't know.. P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: M4(75) "Hurricane" SN 25437
I don't know how 'well known' is defined but I don't remember seeing the one of Hurricane coming ashore from the LST before. Is there any information about when or where the pictures were taken? _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: M4(75) "Hurricane" SN 25437
P-O, how do you know this tank was made by ALCO? Are you working back from the registration to a known serial number block? _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:36 pm
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- TrevorLarkum

P-O, how do you know this tank was made by ALCO? Are you working back from the registration to a known serial number block?

Trevor, we know that "Cookie" is an M4 with SN 24871 and original RN 3033401. Then I calculated the SN of "Hurricane" from the RN that we can see on period photos, 3033967.

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