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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank 20240712

If we move to the commanders weapon station here, its also got the caliber 50 machine gun up top, where the commander is, and it also has two m1919. 30 caliber machine guns. One of those is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The other is mounted here and is manned by the gunner. And if you take a look at the bow gun, you can move that up and down. That 30 caliber machine gun is protruding from the armored bow mount and hes got his ammunition in the back and to the back to catch the bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hatch, over his right shoulder, there is a periscope there, and as its name implies its a , prismatic periscope that sticks up through that space. Inside that periscope is a lens reticle in it, and he uses that to fire the machine gun. This is another one. This one is controlled by the gunner. He has some switches in his crew station that control part of the main gun and the switch to the fight with machine guns. His part with t ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank 20240712

Education center. We will talk a little bit today about the american m4 medium tank, probably one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions, the m4a3 tank. This one is armed with a 75millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapon station, it also has the caliber. 50 machine gun and two m1919. 30 caliber machine guns. One of those is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The other is mounted here and is manned by the gunner. If you look here, he can show you how that works. That machine gun protruding through armored ball mount and hes got his ammunition in the back and to the back to catch the bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hash, right over his right shoulder, there is a periscope that goes in there. It is a prismatic periscope that fits through that space and sticks up. Is a lenst periscope that has a radic ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank 20240712

About the american m4 medium tank, one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This was one of the earlier versions, the m4a3 tank. Its armed with a 75millimeter main gun. It also has the caliber. 50 machine gun and two m1919. 30 caliber machine guns. One is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The other is mounted here and is manned by the gunner. If you look here, he can show you how that works. That machine gun protruding the armored ball mount and hes got his ammunition in the back and to the back to catch the bag to catch the shell casings. If you look over his right shoulder, there is a periscope there, and its a prismatic periscope that sticks up through that space. In the periscope is a lens and he uses that to fire the machine gun. This is another one. This one is controlled by the gunner. There is a switch to fire the machine gun. He ranges that through a similar set up. His periscope comes up from the insi ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank 20240712

Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle. Well talk about the american m4 median tank and its one of the more prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4, a3 tank. This one is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun and if we look to the commanders weapon station here its also got the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is, and it also has two n1919 machine guns and one of them is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank, and this one is manned by the bow gunner, and if you take a look at the bow gun. He can move that up and down and he can make sure it works. So that n 19 is from trprotrudi hes got his ammunition there and the catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. [ shots fired ] if you look at the top of the hatch right over his ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts World War II M4 Sherman Tank 20240712

Good morning. Im one of the volunteers at the Army Heritage and Education Center here in carlisle. Were going to talk about the m4 medium tank, probably one of the most prolific tanks. This particular example was the m4a3 tank. It has a 75 millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapons station, it has the caliber 50 machine gun up top. It also has two m19 1930 guns. One is mown are mounted here up in front of the tank manned by the bow gunner. He can show you the wall the ball further red work. That is caliber machine gun is protruding through this armored bought ball mount here. Theres a periscope that goes in there. Its just as the name applies, a prismatic periscope that sticks up through that spate, and inside that periscope has a lens with a reticle. This is mounted coaxially, and he haus switchology in his crew station to control, fire the main gun, and ther ....

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