Sherman Number Location document available

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

I've posted a document concentrating on the useful data locations found on Shermans, available here:

www.scribd.com/doc/198...-Locations

KL

recceboy

Thanks Kurt ..

Cheers

Anthony

the_shadock

well, now a full Sherman walkaround will take ages Mr. Green

Beside that, I visited again the M4A1(76) located near Nancy, France.
Here are the pics I've done in 2007, not very detailed :

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France/sherman_nancy/index.html

Here are the pictures I took last week-end :

Turret roof cast number

Gearbox cast number

Turret side cast number

Hull rear side stamped number (factory sequence)

Location of the factory sequence on the side

General view

Pierre-Olivier

JimWeb

Kurt_Laughlin wrote:

I've posted a document concentrating on the useful data locations found on Shermans, available here:

www.scribd.com/doc/198...-Locations

KL

Excellent!

TrevorLarkum

Yes, excellent! Kurt, to decode the foundry abbreviations should we still refer to your ShermanRegister page, or has that been superseded?

toadmanstankpictures · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 704

Thanks, Kurt!!

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

Doc:

The most recent version of the casting info is available here:

www.usarmymodels.com/A...emarks.pdf

KL

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

Thanks P-O!

I have a checklist of Sherman features that is about a dozen pages long. Including time for the "mandatory" photos, I budget one hour each to visit them, but when it is cold and rainy I've done it much more quickly! Smile

My first approximation is that this is the 5135th M4A1 built by Pressed Steel Car. That corresponds to SN 52154, RN 3084751, more or less, because the relationship between build and serial numbers diverged the more tanks were built.

Thanks again!
KL

TrevorLarkum

Kurt_Laughlin wrote:

Doc:

The most recent version of the casting info is available here:

www.usarmymodels.com/A...emarks.pdf

KL

Thanks - very interesting!