- toadmanstankpictures- Doug_Kibbey- MarkHollowayI've been looking at the 'snub nose' .50 cal. What the heck is it?
Definitely a .50 reciever/barrel combination, but I've never seen a snubby like that.
That cavalry plaque on the turret side looks way too ornate for a typical service vehicle. I'd guess this is some kind of sale-of-concept image for army in-house use or as a proposal from a vendor.
Somebody here is selling something. Either that, or this is some extremely vain senior officer's vehicle.
It's actually a M1 or M1A1 Combat Car. The cavalry plaque was a standard fit during the inter-war period. Tanks belonging to the infantry had plaques with crossed rifles.
- Kurt_LaughlinI looked at my 1940 TM for the M1 and M2 series tanks and the short cal. .50 barrel is certainly standard. In the M2 MG TM of the same era it refers to the 36-inch barrel as "old type" and the 45-inch barrel as "new type".
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