Browning .50 HMG on Sherman

[Stewart Loy]

Jordan,

Thanks for your efforts to locate this thingamajig.

Here is a picture of the ammo can. I cannot figure out why it is white - must have been for an 'inside job'.


Stewart

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Stewart Loy

Here is a picture of the ammo can. I cannot figure out why it is white - must have been for an 'inside job'.

Stewart,

If it is a white .50 cal ammo can, could it be from a Fox Armoured Car? That was armed with a .50 and .30 cal machine gun.

P.S. Merry Christmas!

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by Stewart Loy

Here is a picture of the ammo can. I cannot figure out why it is white - must have been for an 'inside job'.


Stewart

Stewart;

white ammo tins appear in other photos, example below:

Source: Imperial War Museum
Reference Number: B 5185
Photographer: Mapham J (Sgt)
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN 1944
Collection No.: 4700-29
Description: Men of the Staffordshire Yeomanry crowd in and around a universal carrier for a portrait, 7 June 1944. The vehicle is equipped with a .50-inch Browning machine gun, 7 June 1944.
Period:Second World War
B_005185.jpg

Cheers

[Jordan Baker]

HI Stewart

Found this picture. So far its the best I have seen for this type of mount.

The bottom part of it looks to fit over the lower edge of the bin. The two side pieces are probably sping steel and look to be rivited onto the main part. It also looks to have a bracket that bolts to the main gun mount and holds this part off of the mount. The two arrows are pointing to what I presume are bolts.

The stenciled code looks to be "D68917"

[Stewart Loy]

Jordan,

Thanks - that is the snap I have been looking for. That mount looks like a precursor to the .30/.50 cradle that I have the gun on now, and I suspect that the cans I have will be able to be fit to it.

All I have to do now is find one - which will be quite a bit easier now that I know what to look for.


Stewart

[Jordan Baker]

This just came up on another forum that I visit.

http://www.usarmymodels.com/ARTICLES...0page%201.html

[Hanno Spoelstra]

According to http://www.bmgparts.com/mount.html:

D68375

Chest, Ammo, .50 cal., TANK.

Sherman Tank .50 caliber Ammo Chest. US GI, NOS Condition.

tankcan.jpg