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Dontos
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:35 pm
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Today I spent some time in RMP.

While taking a break from working on Cobra King, I jumped into this tank. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me today, but I did some snooping around and took good notes....

First of all the white painted 'dot' has its future destination on it.....Ft Bliss Tx (Heres another one for you Roy!!)

Anyway...

Interior is fairly poor and not too much has been stripped out. Full Breech with breech block is present.

Breech info: 90mm, M3, SN 2706 (1945)
Combination Gun Mount: T99E2 (from data plate)

Vehicle Data Plate is Missing.

There is a little plate with "Rehabilitated by Butzbach Ordnance Depot (dated 23,10,52)

This is the first time I've seen such a data plate.

Next visit I'll ensure to have camera to get images

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Don

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:04 am Post subject: Re: Relook: M26 (SN 1773)
Here is a surprize. Using my cell phone camera I got a lucky shot. This is the 'first time seen' rebuild data plate Trevor: Guess you might need to add another Ordnance Depot that did rebuilding of USAREUR assigned tanks, 'back in the day'.... Cool Stuff Regards Don

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:50 am Post subject: Re: Relook: M26 (SN 1773)
Don, I down have 2 M26A1s at RMP right now - SN 1394 (ex Eglin), and SN 1761 (ex range target). I also have a third, SN 1947 (Ex-Stithton Traffic Circle), which I think has gone to Benning? Is this one of those 3, is 1773 a corrected SN? Thanks!

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:30 am Post subject: Re: Relook: M26 (SN 1773)
- Dontos Today I spent some time in RMP. First of all the white painted 'dot' has its future destination on it.....Ft Bliss Tx (Heres another one for you Roy!!) Regards Don Interesting! Sgt, Scouts out! _________________ "You can never have too much reconnaissance." General G.S. Patton Jr.

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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:08 am
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- Neil_Baumgardner

Don,
I down have 2 M26A1s at RMP right now - SN 1394 (ex Eglin), and SN 1761 (ex range target).

The 2x M26A1s went to Ft Benning already. One went by train, one went by truck

I also have a third, SN 1947 (Ex-Stithton Traffic Circle), which I think has gone to Benning?

The Stithton M47 is still there. It will remain here at Ft Knox

Is this one of those 3, is 1773 a corrected SN?

Its not a correction but an addition that I think we hammered out a couple of years ago, but sorta got lost in the shuffle. I got the SN directly off of both rear tow eyelets (lugs)

This is one of the early production versions that has the slight 'cookie-cut out' on the underside of the turret. I remember talking about it before, but a long time ago.

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Don

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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:24 pm Post subject: Re: Relook: M26 (SN 1773)
hello, I updated the "M26 Pershing" pdf file with information from this thread, could someone tell me if everything is correct? thanks: http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_M26_Pershings.pdf P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:46 pm
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- Dontos

Here is a surprize. Using my cell phone camera I got a lucky shot.

This is the 'first time seen' rebuild data plate

...

Trevor: Guess you might need to add another Ordnance Depot that did rebuilding of USAREUR assigned tanks, 'back in the day'....

Cool Stuff
Regards
Don

Noted - I'll be returning to finish writing up Fort Knox soon.

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