M4 addtional turrret armour

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dane61
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M4 addtional turrret armour

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Some m4 have additional armour welded to the right front side of the turret. How about the left side? Googled pictures, but cant find any with add on armour on left side
taigen tiger1 late ir
HL sherman 105mm BB
HL Sherman M4A3E4ish.BB
HL JP recoil, traverse.
HL M26 ir
HL KV1 ir
WsnT34 ir
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HL Tiger1 early
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Re: M4 addtional turrret armour

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That armor plate was added on some Sherman's because of a thin spot in the turret casting when hydraulic traverse was added to manual traverse turret castings. That weak spot was corrected in later cast turret castings and the added exterior plate was no longer needed.
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Re: M4 addtional turrret armour

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Thank you.

(Now , next projekt is to remove the add on armour, i have glued on the left side of my m4a3e4 build :haha: )
taigen tiger1 late ir
HL sherman 105mm BB
HL Sherman M4A3E4ish.BB
HL JP recoil, traverse.
HL M26 ir
HL KV1 ir
WsnT34 ir
HL KV2ish
HL Tiger1 early
HL Panzer IV, ir
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