Sabrejet Posted July 7, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 7, 2014 Captioned "Tunisia". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KurtA Posted July 7, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 7, 2014 Ian- I think the photographer lifted it up and placed it in there prior to taking the photo. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted July 7, 2014 Share #3 Posted July 7, 2014 Ohhhhh sarcasm I think youre right though - remember people believe what you tell them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted July 7, 2014 Ian- I think the photographer lifted it up and placed it in there prior to taking the photo. Kurt Kurt...it's definitely not one of those "Operation Fortitude" inflatables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted July 7, 2014 Share #5 Posted July 7, 2014 Looks like an old Transformer!~ Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtM1911 Posted July 7, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 7, 2014 That's way to heavy, but the photographer and his assistant probably could have done it. Ian- I think the photographer lifted it up and placed it in there prior to taking the photo. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCheese Posted July 7, 2014 Share #7 Posted July 7, 2014 That's way to heavy, but the photographer and his assistant probably could have done it. Unless his assistant was the Hulk, no way! The turret of that tank has to weight at least 2 tons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted July 7, 2014 Share #8 Posted July 7, 2014 Did anyone else notice the turret on the Sherman in the background left? Looks like it's been flipped as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fstop61 Posted September 1, 2014 Share #9 Posted September 1, 2014 Hope the driver ducked............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard stripe Posted November 12, 2014 Share #10 Posted November 12, 2014 I could not get my m60a1 to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choochoo Posted November 12, 2014 Share #11 Posted November 12, 2014 Is this like a stonehendge sort of "whodunit???" sort of deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu Warrior Posted November 12, 2014 Share #12 Posted November 12, 2014 When I was a crew member on a Bradley it was rumored that if you turned the turret 360 degrees one way so many times and then a certain amount the other way it would pop off. I never believed it but after looking at that photo maybe it was true?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigkahunasix Posted November 14, 2014 Share #13 Posted November 14, 2014 When I was a crew member on a Bradley it was rumored that if you turned the turret 360 degrees one way so many times and then a certain amount the other way it would pop off. I never believed it but after looking at that photo maybe it was true?? While teaching at Aberdeen I witnessed a couple mischievous tell new tank mechanics that you could rotate the turret on an M-60 26 times counter-clockwise and it would unscrew for removal. (not me, my Army E-7 counterpart and his cohort in crime.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu Warrior Posted November 14, 2014 Share #14 Posted November 14, 2014 While teaching at Aberdeen I witnessed a couple mischievous tell new tank mechanics that you could rotate the turret on an M-60 26 times counter-clockwise and it would unscrew for removal. (not me, my Army E-7 counterpart and his cohort in crime.) You reminded me of the times when the head mechanic in our motor pool, also an E7 type, would send young fresh out basic privates out with a balpeen hammer a piece of chalk and an air pump. He would inform them that they were to find the soft spots in the armored skirts on a Bradley and circle the soft spots with chalk. And while they were out they were to also put air in the road wheels on the BFV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted November 16, 2014 Share #15 Posted November 16, 2014 Feel bad for the crew. The ultimate tough day at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie96 Posted December 6, 2014 Share #16 Posted December 6, 2014 Feel bad for the crew. The ultimate tough day at work. I agree with that, poor guys inside. Long odds indeed though. I think the Sherman in the background just has its turret in about the 8 o'clock position but it does look knocked out too. Probably not but sometimes, especially back then there were some guys who if they could do it would go quite a ways for a gag. I don't see a hole from a shell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notinfringed Posted December 30, 2014 Share #17 Posted December 30, 2014 Just a guess, but I am assuming that this turret was placed in this position so someone could strip needed parts from the underside without tying up a crane or hoist. I am just guessing this by the number of parts that seem to be stripped off the turret already such as the hatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted December 31, 2014 Share #18 Posted December 31, 2014 Just a guess, but I am assuming that this turret was placed in this position so someone could strip needed parts from the underside without tying up a crane or hoist. I am just guessing this by the number of parts that seem to be stripped off the turret already such as the hatch. If they lifted the turret up at all with a crane, it'd been easier to just flip it over and leave it on the ground. Ordnance crews wouldn't have wanted to strip parts on the battlefield, they were usually pulled back to the rear for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebissky Posted January 27, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 27, 2015 Captioned "Tunisia". Ohhhh, just offhand, I'd say about as high as the odds of this: Note that not only is THAT turret upside-down, but the whole upper hull went somewhere else while it was flipping over in the air. Just a guess, but I am assuming that this turret was placed in this position so someone could strip needed parts from the underside without tying up a crane or hoist. I am just guessing this by the number of parts that seem to be stripped off the turret already such as the hatch. If they lifted the turret up at all with a crane, it'd been easier to just flip it over and leave it on the ground. Ordnance crews wouldn't have wanted to strip parts on the battlefield, they were usually pulled back to the rear for that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- US Ordnance mechanics had nothing to do with that, except eventually getting it back out of there. What PUT it there was more than likely an 88mm AP that hit some 75mm on the inside. That being the case, that driver never noticed when it went up OR came back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebissky Posted January 30, 2015 Share #20 Posted January 30, 2015 Unless his assistant was the Hulk, no way! The turret of that tank has to weight at least 2 tons. On a Sherman, more like 8 or 10. Or just about 1/3 the total weight of 30 tons. And that's less the TC's cupola, which is lying about 15 to 30 feet off to the side someplace, along with at least one of the driver's and RTO's hatches, which are also not there any more. Where's the hole from the hit? Probably in the left side, dead center below where the turret's supposed to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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