pattoncommander

Finally got my four IDF Shermans about finished and all set up to use together. Detailed after photos of tanks in service during years indicated. M-51 is Tamiya but the others have HL electronics.

M-1 7th Brigade Sinai 1961
M-50 (sand) 277th Bn, 27th Reserve Brigade 1958
M-50 (OD) 82d Bn 7 Brigade Sinai 1956
M-51 77th Bn 7 Brigade 1967

hdbeast

Nice work PC you always have a setup.

Gary

Dana Lowell

Great conversions Bill!
All that work and now Tamiya is coming out with the M51. Oh well....

HG1980

VERY NICE....

pattoncommander

Thanks Dana. Tamiya's M-51 is NOT a Super Sherman....that's American terminology....and from what I see, it's just a makover of the 105 Sherman with a mid 1958-59 turret without the mantlet extension and radial engine back deck. Also errors on the track stowage, no cover on the horn guard and the travel lock mount brackets have not been removed. Pretty cheap..they would have done much better to go with an A1 or A4 chassis and revised rear deck. The Mato Sherman....as is, is the Super Sherman in Israel.

Know anyone that makes aluminum gun tubes? I need to extend my T-100 gun to make it accurate.

Bill

1fighter1

I had no idea they had still 'green' on their tanks at that stage.Very well done.
Thankyou.

pattoncommander

The colors varried, depending on where they got the tanks. Many came from France, where the color was a pale OD, some from Italy were greener but most were painted in accordance to the terrain where they were operating. In the late 60s they were more uniform. Now it's all Israeli desert sand.

My IDF platoon has now expanded to include another M-51. M-4A1 upper hull with older Tammy hull. Unit is 188th Barak Brigade 1967, Golan Hts..

ido

hi
I am going to the Tank museum of the the IDF next month. There are shermans there. You want me to take some pictures for you guys ?

Ido

Chow_Hound

Yes please do.

ido

Ok. As promised I visited today the IDF tank museum - a pure paradise for tanks fans.
I took some pictures from the huge selection of tanks there (Russians, arabs, american, british, germen and Israelis tanks). I also shot pics that can give you a lot of details of the Israeli shamans and super sermans.

ido

And here some more:

ksoc

THANKS!

More pictures are always aprpreciated