Tag Archives: tank

Captured Tiger Tank Photo Op

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. bazooka and the German Panzerschreck are posed in front of a captured German Tiger tank. (Source: Army Ordnance, Volume 27, No. 145, July-August 1944.) Original caption: The German 88-mm. rocket launcher is shown with the American bazooka beside … Continue reading →

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Here Come the Shermans!

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Here Come the Shermans!”, a 1944 advertisement for American Steel Foundries.

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Sherman Tank Wrecks in Italy

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Destroyed Sherman tanks photographed in Italy during WWII; unfortunately, the photos are low quality and unlabeled.

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Subcaliber Gunnery Training

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Subcaliber firing was used by the U.S. Army to develop a tank gunner’s accuracy, speed, and confidence without the costs and disturbance of firing the main armament. In general, the coaxial machine gun was used for the subcaliber training for … Continue reading →

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Soviet T-26 Light Tank

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

German troops inspect a destroyed Russian T-26 light tank, pierced behind the turret vertical armor seam.

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Replacing M4 Tank Final-Drive Assembly

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for replacing the final-drive assembly on the M4 Sherman tank, from Army Motors, Vol. 6, No. 2, Maintenance Division, Office, Chief of Ordnance, May 1945. Replacing M4 Tank Final-Drive Assemblies Time was when M4 medium tanks with damaged power trains had to … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be A Dope VI

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An illustration from the “Don’t be a Dope!” series was included in the M36 tank destroyer technical manual.  

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M3 Medium Tank Armament

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagram of the armament and ammunition storage of the M3 Medium Tank. (Source: TM 9-750: Ordnance Maintenance, Medium Tanks M3, M3A1, and M3A2, Technical Manual, U.S. War Department, May 1942.)  

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Valentine Tank Bogie Wheels

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagram of Valentine tank bogie wheels from the WW2 Russian manual.  

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Wittmann’s Command Tiger from Dragon

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Dragon Models is releasing a new 1/35th-scale kit in their ’39-’45 Series depicting Michael Wittmann’s Tiger: Item 6730 – Tiger 1 Early Production Pz.Kpfw.VI, Ausf. E Wittmann’s Command Tiger. Dragon’s brand new is designed to represent Wittmann’s famous “S04” Tiger on the Eastern … Continue reading →

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