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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:24:55 PM EDT

A friend on a road trip snapped this picture. What kind of tank is it?

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:25:37 PM EDT

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Sherman with what looks like Israel markings.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:25:37 PM EDT

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Upgraded Sherman?

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:26:29 PM EDT

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M51 Super Sherman

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:26:51 PM EDT

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It might be an M50 or M51. but since the guy does not know how to take a proper picture I cant see the end of the gun to tell

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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:30:40 PM EDT

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I am not sure about that. The back of the turret looks wrong.

ETA: per the first picture on the bottom of this site http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Israel/M50-51_Super-Sherman.php It might be a M50 Sherman Mark.I

This tank is a M51. The Suspension on the M51 looks to match the one in the op but the turrets don't match.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:34:20 PM EDT

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It's a BIG tank!

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:40:25 PM EDT

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It might be an M50 or M51. but since the guy does not know how to take a proper picture I cant see the end of the gun to tell

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Upgraded Sherman?

It might be an M50 or M51. but since the guy does not know how to take a proper picture I cant see the end of the gun to tell

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I'll let him know he needs to work on his photography-while-driving skills.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:41:14 PM EDT

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I am not sure about that. The back of the turret looks wrong.

ETA: per the first picture on the bottom of this site http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Israel/M50-51_Super-Sherman.php It might be a M50 Sherman Mark.I

This tank is a M51. The Suspension on the M51 looks to match the one in the op but the turrets don't match.
http://i.imgur.com/AyWdvK7.jpg

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M51 Super Sherman

I am not sure about that. The back of the turret looks wrong.

ETA: per the first picture on the bottom of this site http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Israel/M50-51_Super-Sherman.php It might be a M50 Sherman Mark.I

This tank is a M51. The Suspension on the M51 looks to match the one in the op but the turrets don't match.
http://i.imgur.com/AyWdvK7.jpg

Yeah. The more I look, the more it looks like a M50. The mantlet is wrong for a M51 too.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:44:20 PM EDT

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I wonder if it's the same tank from Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California

http://www.mvtf.org/

http://tonallandscape.com/places/mvtf.html

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:44:59 PM EDT

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Israeli M50 Super Sherman....

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:46:54 PM EDT

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My guess it's a bastard. Looks like M4A1 cast hull with M4A3E8 suspension. Turret missing the the large sharp duckbill of up gunned M50.
Bar welded to bogeys for blade or minesweeper attachment. Probably some Israeli concoction.

Christ, four freaking answers in the time I took to reply. Never mind.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:47:58 PM EDT

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I wonder if it's the same tank from Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California

http://www.mvtf.org/

http://tonallandscape.com/places/mvtf.html

http://tonallandscape.com/places/images_mvtf/mvtf_65.jpg

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Very nice catch. That has to be the Tank in the OP. The Pant and Rust are all the same

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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:48:34 PM EDT

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I wonder if it's the same tank from Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California

http://www.mvtf.org/

http://tonallandscape.com/places/mvtf.html

http://tonallandscape.com/places/images_mvtf/mvtf_65.jpg

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Wow. Really looks like it.

The picture was taken on the East Coast, though. Somewhere south of Connecticut, and north of Florida.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:52:30 PM EDT

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I wonder if it's the same tank from Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California

http://www.mvtf.org/

http://tonallandscape.com/places/mvtf.html

http://tonallandscape.com/places/images_mvtf/mvtf_65.jpg

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Yep.

Side on view. Same turret number.

M1 Super Sherman. Israeli designation for the M4A1(76)

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:53:48 PM EDT

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I wonder if it's the same tank from Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California

http://www.mvtf.org/

http://tonallandscape.com/places/mvtf.html

http://tonallandscape.com/places/images_mvtf/mvtf_65.jpg

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Very well could be. I believe that collection was recently sold off after the death of the owner.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:55:15 PM EDT

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Very nice catch. That has to be the Tank in the OP. The Pant and Rust are all the same

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I wonder if it's the same tank from Military Vehicle Technology Foundation in California

http://www.mvtf.org/

http://tonallandscape.com/places/mvtf.html

http://tonallandscape.com/places/images_mvtf/mvtf_65.jpg

Very nice catch. That has to be the Tank in the OP. The Pant and Rust are all the same

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I found another picture of the MVTF's tank. The number on the turret is the same.

ARFCOM wins again!

Thanks everyone!

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:55:33 PM EDT

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So, not only the kind but the exact tank and where it lives identified.

Impressive.

Posted: 5/27/2016 11:58:34 PM EDT

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apparently the owner of MVTF died in 2009 and had everything auctioned off in 2014

from wiki:

On July 11 and 12th 2014, 160 vehicles of the Littlefield Collection
were auctioned off to fund creation of a new museum to display the
collection at the Collings Foundation headquarters in Stow,
Massachusetts.

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