New Battle of the Bulge Pictures...

[SectorNine50]

Widewing from O club thread

The first photo has an incorrect caption stating that the tank depicted is an M4 Sherman. It is an M36 Jackson... 90mm gun.

Interesting...  I wouldn't have noticed without looking up pictures (I'm not a tank buff), but the M4 and M36 don't look anything alike.  Seems like a strange mistake for an article to make.

[Brooke]

Folks, January's "This Day in WWII" is Battle of the Bulge.

It will run Jan 25th, in Special Events II arena, at 8 pm Eastern time.

Please join us!



More details on the setup here:
http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/550.html?task=view

[Brooke]

Also, thank you for posting a link to the pics!  <S>

[Changeup]

Also, thank you for posting a link to the pics!  <S>

Welcome Brooke..I will try to make that one...sounds great

[AWwrgwy]

(Image removed from quote.)  What Tank please?

The old caption, from Guppy's source, says it is a Gun Motor Carrage, a tank destroyer. The new caption calls it an M-4.

It looks like an M-36 to me, a GMC (Gun Motor Carrage, aka, Tank Destroyer), based on the length of the gun barrel, the muzzle brake, and the travel lock. I can't tell if it has an open turret or not and I haven't compaired the shape of the gun mantle.

I was really  when they called it an M-4.



wrongway

[killb8]

Oh yeah, thes are primo, all right-clickers!

[Widewing]

The old caption, from Guppy's source, says it is a Gun Motor Carrage, a tank destroyer. The new caption calls it an M-4.

It looks like an M-36 to me, a GMC (Gun Motor Carrage, aka, Tank Destroyer), based on the length of the gun barrel, the muzzle brake, and the travel lock. I can't tell if it has an open turret or not and I haven't compaired the shape of the gun mantle.

I was really  when they called it an M-4.



wrongway

It is an M36 Tank Destroyer... Very much feared by German tankers as its 90mm could kill anything the M36 might encounter.

[matt]

My dad is a Battle of the Bulge vet and he is still kicking.Thanks for the link.

  to your grandpa thanks for his service and all the men women
that keep your county safe past and present.

                     flakhapy

[DREDIOCK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmQhEzbZ2BU&feature=related

[W7LPNRICK]

These got me in the mood, so I watched "The Longest Day" on Neflix Roku last night. Lots of old actors you have to look at twice, The Duke, Eddie Albert, Fabian, George Segal, even Sean Connery in a bit part.