RE: decals
Take Pedinghaus with a grain of salt. They have good quality decals, but historic accuracy is questionable. I have corresponded with Ernst regarding the Tiger marking decals for Pershing and shown him clearly that no US Army Pershings ever wore the tiger markings. He responded by referring to Squadron's Armor in Korea, where is is very clear that he was looking at M-46 Pattons, not M-26 Pershings. No Army Pershings were involved in operations Ripper or killer in Apri-May '51, as we had turned them in in exchange for the new M-46s. Only Marine 1 & 2nd Divisions had the Pershings and USMC regs would not authorize use of the markings. (Re; USMC Korean Vets assn). Same question arose on their M-41 markings with 3 digit ID and citing some 5th Brigade, which they have yet to Identify. These are most likely Italian or French unit markings. [&:]