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Which Israelie Sherman is this?
TopSmith
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 04:56 PM UTC
I am reading "lightning Out of Israel" by the Associated Press (1967). On page 84 there is a picture of a dug-in Sherman in what appears to be the Sinai. It is a welded hull version. No suspension can be seen. The upper hull looks to have three plates welded to the upper hull side, similar to a wet storage plate but with two additional plates welded beside the first plate protecting the crew space. The turret has been changed out for an AMX 13 turret (with a 105mm?) There is a derailed train next to the tank. Which version of Sherman is this?
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 05:50 PM UTC
Sounds like an Egyptian M4A4 fitted with the FL-10 turret of the AMX-13.
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 08:15 PM UTC
Does it look like this?







/ Robin
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Posted: Saturday, September 28, 2019 - 10:15 PM UTC

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I am reading "lightning Out of Israel" by the Associated Press (1967). On page 84 there is a picture of a dug-in Sherman in what appears to be the Sinai. It is a welded hull version. No suspension can be seen. The upper hull looks to have three plates welded to the upper hull side, similar to a wet storage plate but with two additional plates welded beside the first plate protecting the crew space. The turret has been changed out for an AMX 13 turret (with a 105mm?) There is a derailed train next to the tank. Which version of Sherman is this?


It's usually called the Sherman AMX. In the early 1950's. the Egyptian Army purchased AMX-13 75mm gun turrets and fitted them to M4A2 and M4A4 Sherman hulls (the M4A4's were also re-engined to use the twin diesel bus engines from the M4A2, as nobody liked the Chrysler Multibank engine). A few were still in service in 1967. The Israelis have preserved a captured example at the museum in Latrun.
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Posted: Sunday, September 29, 2019 - 02:35 AM UTC
That's the one. A more interesting conversion.
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