T17E1 Staghound Restoration project

[Frank L.]

Thanks for the link Tobin, interesting read.

One thing that I have noticed and seems to be a silly question but I have to ask.....how do the bow gunner and driver mount up?

Do they go through the turret and squirm their way in or are the hatches up top supposed to be open? The welds around them seem to be original and the hatches seem rather small for anyone bigger than a 10 year old to get through.

Another thing, the view ports for both the driver and bow gunner...are they supposed to be spring loaded to keep them open? I've seen this on the Ferret. It works well for the weight on those hatches.

Now trying to track down a sight.....that should be a job and a half!

Regards