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Sherman T49 Track
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2005 - 02:42 AM UTC
The T49 Track is mentioned in a couple of references as a non-production steel block track. Does this mean it was all steel or did it have a rubber inner face with grousers mounted on the outer face?
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2005 - 05:42 AM UTC
The T-49 was all steel.

Here's a good page on VVSS track types on the Sherman Register page: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/track_vvss.htm
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2005 - 06:28 AM UTC
Thanks, Bob. That's what I needed.
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2005 - 01:03 PM UTC

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The T49 Track is mentioned in a couple of references as a non-production steel block track.


The T49 was one of the production VVSS types, along with T41, T47E1, T48, T51, T54E1, T54E2, T56E1, and T74.

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