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hello,

this is the first draft of the M32 tank recovery vehicles register :
http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_M32_TRV.pdf

P-O

mikek92888 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 15, 2006 Posts: 50

The Holy Grail would be to find out what happened to any of the of the USMC M32B2. There was a tantalizing picture on eBay a few year back that I lost a bid on (and I bidded very high for this pic) that looked to be a large hatch M32B2 with E8 suspension taken post-war. The obvious conclusion would be that it was a T14E1 except for the boom feet supports which were welded to the hull at an angle like the large hatch M32B2 and not vertical like the T14E1. Whoever won the bid (and it was only him and I bidding) paid a pretty price for it so I don't think it was a casual collector but knew what he was biding on. The picture has never surfaced since then.

the_shadock

I don't think there is any survivor based on an M4A2, infortunately.

Pierre-Olivier

silviop15 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 03, 2015 Posts: 415

I was at the Wright Museum a few years back and I was in their storage barn, I did not see a M32. Other than that it looks good.

the_shadock

Silvio, thanks for the info.

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silviop15 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 03, 2015 Posts: 415

I can call them in ask for you, I will try on Monday.

beppefranz · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 29, 2014 Posts: 2

Hi,

M32s in Ayub National Park, Rawalpindi, Pakistan are missing

www.newzulu.com/en/pho...f=0/143583

www.flickr.com/photos/...848653978/

and M32 in Museo Memoriale della Libertà, Bologna (Italy) is a B3 not a B1.

Giuseppe

the_shadock

- mikek92888

The Holy Grail would be to find out what happened to any of the of the USMC M32B2

here is an M32 or M32B2, this is possibly an M4A2 hull :

silviop15 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 03, 2015 Posts: 415

Out of curiosity, how can you tell it is a M4A2? Also note, on the front of the hull on the hatch thing the protrudes off the hull it says M32BII (Aka M32B2.

the_shadock · Last edited by the_shadock on Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:03 am; edited 1 time in total

the way the front hull is constructed, you can tell it's not an M4A3. So it's either an M4; or an M4A2. The red lines indicate the welds.

This is an M4 / M4A2 front glacis :

the_shadock

M4A3 and M4A4 front glacis :

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silviop15 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 03, 2015 Posts: 415

Thanks.

mikek92888 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 15, 2006 Posts: 50

- the_shadock

- mikek92888

The Holy Grail would be to find out what happened to any of the of the USMC M32B2

here is an M32 or M32B2, this is possibly an M4A2 hull :

That one is a Pakistani converted M32. There is also a picture floating around of a Greek converted M32 based on a M4A4 hull.

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