Sherman tank: pistol port locking mechanism - photos wanted

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06-11-24, 12:02

Jakko Westerbeke Jakko Westerbeke is offline

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Surprised they did not paint/ coat the interior, given the conditions it has to survive in...

They did paint the interior, for exactly that reason. That’s why they cut all the parts off: to make sure they could get paint everywhere on the actual turret wall. I still consider it unnecessary destruction of things that survived for eighty years, though.

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