New Tank and Armoured Vehicle Data Plate Sharing Website

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Alex,

You'll notice the feint "/1" adjacent to the "V" - it's on the main plate, not the raised section. Indicates the tank was upgraded at some later time to Mk5/1 standard ie the addition of an extra armoured plate to the upper glacis plate.

Nice header image too - is that a Brit Army photo or some other country like Denmark?

Regards

Mike

[AlexGreen]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Thanks Alex,

You'll notice the feint "/1" adjacent to the "V" - it's on the main plate, not the raised section. Indicates the tank was upgraded at some later time to Mk5/1 standard ie the addition of an extra armoured plate to the upper glacis plate.

Nice header image too - is that a Brit Army photo or some other country like Denmark?

Regards

Mike

Great spot thank you for the information I'll add that to the post.

I believe its actually from a video game although it looks deceptively real.

[tankbarrell]

Surely the BA series tanks were new build. Any tank that had been a Txxxxxx would have become a xxZRxx, would it not?

[Mike Cecil]

Alistair & Adrian,

I think you will find that 35707T is the part number of the early pattern gunmetal plate, the much larger later pattern Aluminium plate being 44521T.

Registrations had a T prefix, rather than a suffix, whereas many Centurion (and other UK AFVs?) part numbers have a T suffix.

I agree with Adrian: this is a new build, model K tank. Not sure when the switch to the Mk V (ie co-ax .30cal M1919A4) from the Mk III ie co-ax 7.92mm BESA) occurred in production, but Nov 1951 seems too early. If I'm correct then this tank started life as a MkIII.

Regards

Mike

[AlexGreen]

Added some new plates that have been sent in:

Canadian Built Grant M3 Medium – https://militarydataplates.com/m3-grant-plate/
M3 Lee Medium Tank Plate 2 – https://militarydataplates.com/medium-m3-lee-plate-2/
M4A1 Sherman Tank – https://militarydataplates.com/m4a1-sherman-plate/
Panzer IV Ausf F Plate 2 – https://militarydataplates.com/panzer-iv-plate-2/
Panzer III – https://militarydataplates.com/panzer-iii-plate/

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hi Alex, you wrote:

built by Montreal Locomotive works known as a Grizzly, went to Russia and Libya ,first combat Sherman

The Grizzly tank was built in Canada, retained for training there, a number were supplied to Portugal after WW2. That’s it in a nutshell....

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Where did you get this information? It is full of mistakes...

ank: M3 Grant Canada built

Tank Serial Number: 25005

Tank Builder: Baldwin Locomotive Works

Tank Build Date: March 1942

Additional Markings: Traces of Stone colour paint on edges so located on outside hull

plate made from bronze rather than brass

Plate

Plate Bring back from western desert , these Grants were shipped straight to Egypt from Canada hence no WD plate. The T serial number 25005 is very close to a known El Alamein Grant of 25016 called Robin Hood II

[AlexGreen]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Hi Alex, you wrote:



The Grizzly tank was built in Canada, retained for training there, a number were supplied to Portugal after WW2. That’s it in a nutshell....

Yes thank you for the correction. Could you elaborate further about the wrong information on the grant plate?