Latrun tank museum

[gilgoul]

Ok, i`m too dumb to post here properly, but here is the link
:oops:


http://community.webshots.com/album/140456250SAoeek

[hank]

Nice pics, I take it you took them yourself? I want to go to Latrun, Kublinka, that French Museum, and Bovington b/f I sign off. Cool stuff.

This one is odd to me:

http://community.webshots.com/s/image12/5/68/97/140456897cqGGhw_ph.jpg

M60 road wheels for sure but that looks like a M48 turret to me. thoughts? Israel always maximizes utility maybe they just used the parts they had handy to make this one.

hank

[gilgoul]

Nice pics, I take it you took them yourself? I want to go to Latrun, Kublinka, that French Museum, and Bovington b/f I sign off. Cool stuff.

This one is odd to me:

http://community.webshots.com/s/image12/5/68/97/140456897cqGGhw_ph.jpg

M60 road wheels for sure but that looks like a M48 turret to me. thoughts? Israel always maximizes utility maybe they just used the parts they had handy to make this one.

hank

I have to admit my deep ignorance and unability to answer this question, I tend to maintain my caption as a M60, modified turret for sure (where is the small cupola with the .50?), with a 105mm gun L7 for sure too.

About the pics, I took them two years ago on the brightest day of the year, wich explain the contrast a little too strong and the funny colors, i plan on going there again next week, so I`ll try to improe the images :)

[Longbranch]

M48 Patton:
http://afvinteriors.hobbyvista.com/m48/m48a3-04.jpg

M60:
http://www.ifrance.com/ArmyReco/Amerique_du_nord/Etats_Unis/vehicules_lourds/M60/M60A3_Main_Battle_Tank_USA_026.JPG

gilgoul's tank with dozer blade:
http://community.webshots.com/s/image12/5/68/97/140456897cqGGhw_ph.jpg

Hard to see on gilgoul's tank because of the shadow, but look at the pattern of the tracks. They match the tracks on the M48, with the slight "V" shape on the outside edge. The M60 has the double square plates as a pattern. It's missing the M48 muzzle brake, so would seem it's an M48 tank with an M60 barrel.

[ZeroPositive]

love photos of tanks the pity the US tanks didn't adapt the T34 tanks suspension.

[Ritter]

the pity the US tanks didn't adapt the T34 tanks suspension.

Why pity? T-34 suspension was not so good as it is established in the common opinion (and whole tank was not so good - the legend is much stronger than facts).
T-34M - the new tank was developed just after introducing T-34 to solve many big mistakes done during "standard" T-34 development, had completely redesigned suspension. But was never put into production due to wartime difficulties.
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[gilgoul]

\. It's missing the M48 muzzle brake, so would seem it's an M48 tank with an M60 barrel.[/quote]

Because it`s a L7 105mm nato, not the 90mm originaly on the tank.