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zod
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M4A1/FL10 Dec 28, 2013 18:36:59 GMT -5

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Post by zod on Dec 28, 2013 18:36:59 GMT -5

Looks interesting.
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I am guessing that this was just a test vehicle? I know of the M4A4/A2 with the FL 10 turret used by the Egyptians.

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beekster
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M4A1/FL10 Dec 28, 2013 20:22:03 GMT -5

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Post by beekster on Dec 28, 2013 20:22:03 GMT -5

It has to be a prototype. The test vehicle at Bourges Arsenal was just such a vehicle, the FL-10 mounted on an M4A1 hull. The prototype M50 with the same gun was built there on an M4A2 hull. All the Egyptian vehicles were M4A4/A2 hybrids. I don't know how many were converted; maybe a hundred or so? It was rather an odd decision, given that Egypt was already receiving large numbers of T-34/85 tanks and SU-100 tank destroyers from Czechoslovakia. The IDF captured some in 1956 and more in 1967. Those captured in 1956 were taken into service after being rebuilt into M50s, the turrets presumably were used as spares for the IDF's own AMX-13s. France didn't convert Shermans to the AMX turret for their own use, so this has to be the prototype.

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zod
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M4A1/FL10 Dec 29, 2013 19:42:13 GMT -5

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Post by zod on Dec 29, 2013 19:42:13 GMT -5

Dec 28, 2013 20:22:03 GMT -5 beekster said:

It has to be a prototype. The test vehicle at Bourges Arsenal was just such a vehicle, the FL-10 mounted on an M4A1 hull. The prototype M50 with the same gun was built there on an M4A2 hull. All the Egyptian vehicles were M4A4/A2 hybrids. I don't know how many were converted; maybe a hundred or so? It was rather an odd decision, given that Egypt was already receiving large numbers of T-34/85 tanks and SU-100 tank destroyers from Czechoslovakia. The IDF captured some in 1956 and more in 1967. Those captured in 1956 were taken into service after being rebuilt into M50s, the turrets presumably were used as spares for the IDF's own AMX-13s. France didn't convert Shermans to the AMX turret for their own use, so this has to be the prototype.

Thanks for the reply sir. It does look to be an interesting kit.

A tank filled with holes.
For that is what shall become.
Boom we go.
Goodbye.

beekster
M4A1

Posts: 347

M4A1/FL10 Dec 29, 2013 23:24:03 GMT -5

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Post by beekster on Dec 29, 2013 23:24:03 GMT -5

Dec 29, 2013 19:42:13 GMT -5 zod said:

Dec 28, 2013 20:22:03 GMT -5 beekster said:

It has to be a prototype. The test vehicle at Bourges Arsenal was just such a vehicle, the FL-10 mounted on an M4A1 hull. The prototype M50 with the same gun was built there on an M4A2 hull. All the Egyptian vehicles were M4A4/A2 hybrids. I don't know how many were converted; maybe a hundred or so? It was rather an odd decision, given that Egypt was already receiving large numbers of T-34/85 tanks and SU-100 tank destroyers from Czechoslovakia. The IDF captured some in 1956 and more in 1967. Those captured in 1956 were taken into service after being rebuilt into M50s, the turrets presumably were used as spares for the IDF's own AMX-13s. France didn't convert Shermans to the AMX turret for their own use, so this has to be the prototype.

Thanks for the reply sir. It does look to be an interesting kit.

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Post by zod on Dec 28, 2013 18:36:59 GMT -5

Post by beekster on Dec 28, 2013 20:22:03 GMT -5

Post by zod on Dec 29, 2013 19:42:13 GMT -5

Post by beekster on Dec 29, 2013 23:24:03 GMT -5