News post 13: Lots of small things, mostly cleaning up Sherman drawings.
The Sherman tank site has been up for 2 years, and is all paid up for the coming year. I have content coming out my ears, and the speed things go up is all based on my free time. Unfortunately, free time has been scarce, but that should be getting better. Thanks for all the comments and feedback!
I’m going to list of some new things here and then post a bunch of drawings from various manuals i’ve cleaned up and improved.
I uploaded a bunch of new unit histories as well, and there are several new pages.
Unit Histories
Paths of Armor: The history of 5th Armored Division. 396 high quality pages of history on the 5th AD.
The Combat history of the Super Sixth: 182 pages, ok scan with a lot of very good info.
You can read their unit history here: Impact, the battle history of the Tenth Armored Division
A history of the 12th Armored Division: Hellcats 98 pages, good scan.
The 68th Tank Battalion in combat: Unit history 68th Tank Battalion, 57 good quality pages.
717th Tank Battalion record: A short history of the 717, 78 ok pages.
The combat story of the 743rd Tank Battalion: Move out Verify. This unit was in it from D-day to the surrender of the Germans. 194 pages and good quality scan.
752nd Tank Bn: This history is for the 752 who spent their whole war in Italy. It makes for an interesting contrast. 85 ok quality pages.
Battle history of A battery 391st Armored Field Artillery Batt: This one is just one A battery, and is 120 ok pages
Our battalion: 89th tank destroyer battalion history This one is 97 pages, ok scan quality.
782nd Tank Battalion: Treat’em Rough A short history of this Tank unit, 37 pages, ok scan.
782nd Tank Battalion: Treat’em Rough A short history of this Tank unit, 37 pages, ok scan.
New pages:
Sherman Tank Turrets and Turret components.
Sherman Tank Fuel Systems: Fuel tanks, Lines, and Valves, plus Carbs and Injectors
And now for the images.
Hello Gentlemen, I have a Sherman transmission-cast. (for sale)
Does anybody know if M3A5 – Grant internals are the same as those fitted to M4 transmissions?
Will a M3 gearbox fit an M4?
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Do M3 Final Drives fit M4?
I have a lot of M3 parts that are M4 applicable. Up to M4A2 in most cases. Anybody interested, please contact me. Also have a complete original 6046 motor (M4A2)
Regards Gary
Gary,
Aside from bracket and shifter changes, the tranny in the M3 and M4 should be the same. The final drives being compatible probably depends on the differential housing. I’m going to email your comment over to the Sherman Email group, I’m sure they would be a great place to start on the items you have for sale!
Many thanks for your advice..Regards Gary