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M4 addtional turrret armour

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 4:30 pm
by dane61
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

Re: M4 addtional turrret armour

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:28 pm
by greengiant
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.

Re: M4 addtional turrret armour

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:30 pm
by dane61
Thank you.

(Now , next projekt is to remove the add on armour, i have glued on the left side of my m4a3e4 build :haha: )