Ram Kangaroo Restoration

[carl brown]

Here are a few pics of what we have started with !

[servicepub (RIP)]

Your shop number 1141 translates as CT40921. Here is what RamTank.ca shows;
Oct 1944, shown as a Cruiser, held in stock
July 1945, shown as Struck Off Strength to the British
no photo on the database (yet)

I have added a section on numbering to the site and, thanks to Bill Miller's documentation, can now explain discrepancies in the first 31 MkI Rams.

http://www.ramtank.ca/ramcensus.htm

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Sorry, I was working away from home when I posted my remark about the CT number and made a mistake correlating it to that TKC number. I should have known better.

I have now checked my sources, including David Herbert's notes, and can confirm Shop Number 1141 has Census Number CT-40921. It was built December 1943. It was one of the very last Ram tanks built with M3 Medium Tank transmission, final drive and bogies. CT-40937 was the last one built in this configuration.
From Shop Number 1158 /CT-159402 onwards the Ram tank was fitted with M4 Medium tank final drive and bogies.

Carl, I presume your Ram hulk came off Pirbright ranges, too?

Hope this helps,
Hanno

[carl brown]

Hanno. It didn't come from pirbright this time. It came from Fingringhoe Ranges, Colchester, Essex along with a later hull with ball machine gun in the front.

[servicepub (RIP)]

Carl,
Can I use some of your photos for my web site? Also, you may wish to visit a new section at RamTank.ca which shows a number of Ram interior shots.

[carl brown]

Thats fine. If you need any more pics then let me know. Interior pics on the web site are great. Thanks

[the_shadock]

hello guys,

I also try to maintain an updated database of surviving RAM/Kangaroos tanks, and it starts to be a bit difficult, since a lot of wrecks were recently recovered or still remain on various fireranges.

Here is the document which tries to list all the RAM/Kangaroo survivors :

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving...iser_Tanks.pdf (the document is 3.4 Mo)

Please tell me if this document contains errors. I'm sure there are some !! For sure I also forget to list 1 or 2 vehicles.

kind regards,

Pierre-Olivier

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by carl brown

Hanno. It didn't come from pirbright this time. It came from Fingringhoe Ranges, Colchester, Essex along with a later hull with ball machine gun in the front.

Sometime ago I had a link to a photo page that was a gallery that some intrepid photographer took of hard targets on UK ranges. He drove down the access roads in several training areas, GPS recording and snapping photos. The preamble included some warning about post 9-11 access being very difficult. Don't know what it was called (or I still have the link but don't recognize what it does.) Anybody recognize this story?

Similarly, are there any websites that list rifle ranges in the UK? I surfed onto one once reading about .50 cal target rifle shooting clubs.

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi
Are you the guy that made a show on the History chanel and have a tank museum in the UK the name of the show thank overhauling
You have the same turning machine for the tanks

http://dethroner.com/2007/02/15/tank...ies-to-the-us/

[tankbarrell]

Same turning machine, different guy.