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06-28-2012, 08:46 AM
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Tank Pin /Badge ??
Hi
anyone know what this is I have no clue
thank you for your time and help
Tony
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06-28-2012, 02:56 PM
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It is a US WWII sweetheart pin.
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06-28-2012, 03:39 PM
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Thank you
Hi Daniel
never would have guessed
thank you for your time and help
Tony
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07-01-2012, 09:57 AM
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The tank depicted is the light tank "Stuart", which the British sometimes referred to as a 'Honey' because she was so much better to drive than the older British models used in North Africa, where British armoured units got some as Lend Lease equipment.
Stuarts were a stop-gap design, carrying a heavier gun - necessary against Pkw IIIs and IVs - in a side sponson, thus avoiding the problems associated with having to make a larger turret for heavier guns. She was riveted construction - never a good thing - but one can clearly see, in the suspension and the general lines, that Stuarts were the immediate ancestors of the Sherman, one of the world's great tank designs!
Lovely pin. pity there are no marks to tie it down to the US [probable] or the UK [possible].
Peter
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07-01-2012, 07:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by peter monahan
The tank depicted is the light tank "Stuart", which the British sometimes referred to as a 'Honey' because she was so much better to drive than the older British models used in North Africa, where British armoured units got some as Lend Lease equipment.
Stuarts were a stop-gap design, carrying a heavier gun - necessary against Pkw IIIs and IVs - in a side sponson, thus avoiding the problems associated with having to make a larger turret for heavier guns. She was riveted construction - never a good thing - but one can clearly see, in the suspension and the general lines, that Stuarts were the immediate ancestors of the Sherman, one of the world's great tank designs!
Lovely pin. pity there are no marks to tie it down to the US [probable] or the UK [possible].
Peter
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That would be a Grant/Lee, not a Stuart. Peter's second paragraph is spot on, though.
scott
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07-02-2012, 09:36 AM
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D'oh! That's what I get for trusting a middle-aged memory! Thanks, Scott, for the correction.
Peter
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07-05-2012, 05:34 AM
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Thank You
Hi
thank you all for the info and help
much appreciated
Tony
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