I have already studied sherman_minutia site. The medium tank crew is composed of five members: Tank Commander. Here’s a link, you can even compare vane sites by manufacturers. Medium Tank M4 1944, Author: Centre de doctrine et denseignement du commandement CDEC. I think the answer is don’t use low-res photos. So I want to know - they were really different types, or it is just my imagination. Looking at low-res pics, I can see few different styles. That refers to the gunsight-type bracket seen here:Ĭan you share more pics for "original" Vane Sight? The original heading of the fourth column was "Commander's Vane Sight C100876". Jan 30, 2016Table 4c was taken from Ordnance documents.
How can the original sheet metal vane sight be discarded before it even started being used? I think drawings TR-2 and TR-3 should have the original vane sight showing, and the paragraph about the vane sight for TR-4 should actually describe TR-2, meaning the vane sight was introduced at the beginning of 1942, not the last quarter of 1943? Correct? However, the description of turret drawing TR-6, which is dated sometime after April, 1943 says "At this point, the sheet-metal vane sight has been discarded in favor of a more substantial version (which appears to be part C100876). This is a simple, flat metal part that assists the commander in generally acquiring targets." Drawing TR-4 shows the original vane site shown in your picture, not the "Commander's Vane Sight C100876". It was used from 1942 to 1973, seen action both on east. It was also distributed to the Allies via lend-lease. The M4 Sherman, formally Medium Tank, M4, was the primary tank used by the United States during World War II. The turret drawings on pages 240-242 are all missing the original vane sight, and the description of the drawing on page 243 (drawing TR-4), which is dated 43-4 (4th quarter, 1943) says "another added feature seen in Figure TR-4 is the commander's vane site (sic). The definitive Sherman, M4A1, one of the most well recognized iconic tanks of all time. Kurt, from what you're saying, there is clearly an error in SoS.
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