- SFC_Jeff_ButtonHow do you determine which tank is 1,2,3, or so on?
- Neil_BaumgardnerYes, but... Hunnicutt's purpose was to explain the development & fielding of a particular tank or weapon system. This means that individual pilots or prototypes (pictures, RNs, SNs, etc) are occasionally mentioned... But in general, the fates or disposition of all pilots or prototypes are not given, and the location of stampings is certainly not. That being said, they're a great reference!
But in cases like these, we need to fill in the details. Unfortunately, I dont have a good way yet to determine the PV number or SN externally yet.
Don, any chance you could poke around the Patton Museum's XM1 next time you're there?
Neil
- SFC_Jeff_ButtonHow do you determine which tank is 1,2,3, or so on?
- Geoff_walden- SFC_Jeff_ButtonHow do you determine which tank is 1,2,3, or so on?
Some of the PVs had numbers stamped into the hull in various places. I recall that one of the tanks that was at TACOM had PV4 stamped into the hull. The Fort Knox example has no numbers at all, AFAIR, which leads to the question "how do we know it's PV1?" Unless museum records prove that, I don't really know.
- Geoff_walden
My notes from way back when also told where all the PVs were, at that time. Will try to dig that stuff out.
- SFC_Jeff_ButtonI guess a return trip to the "PV" M1 is in order for tomorrow! I'll climb up on it and all over the top of the hull and turret. Any mark I find I will photograph. I will also re-stick my arm inside and try to get a few different shots of the interior.
- SFC_Jeff_ButtonI guess a return trip to the "PV" M1 is in order for tomorrow! I'll climb up on it and all over the top of the hull and turret. Any mark I find I will photograph. I will also re-stick my arm inside and try to get a few different shots of the interior.
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