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help to recognize a tank

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:17 am
by cheesecake
hi guys,
we are looking for help in order to recognize a tank destroyed at kursk...

could you help us ?
I put this request here because there are among you some model makers well skilled


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We would like to make a legend for a book on battle of kursk....

thanks for your attention.

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:34 am
by cruizin2000
Ok, I'll take a stab at this beast and say that it is, or was, and British Valentine Mk X used by the Russians.

That's the best I can do. I'm surprised that noone else has replied to you yet. There's ALOT of cats on here that know that stuff.

Ok guys, am I right or wrong on the Valentine guess?

C2000

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:51 am
by Ziegler2112
cruizin2000 wrote:Ok, I'll take a stab at this beast and say that it is, or was, and British Valentine Mk X used by the Russians.
That's what it is:

http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/bri ... e_day2.jpg

Valentine?

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:02 pm
by lightning2000
Hi,
Funny, the gun/ gun assembly doesnt look the same. Just a haphazard guess, without pulling out any reference books, but I'd go with a flamethrower modified Valentine or perhaps a command tank with a dummy gun. Is that a radio set atop the turret or some sort of machine gun setup for close combat?

Harry has a good eye for details -- perhaps he can identify this beast...

Lightning2000
www.themotorpool.net

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:19 pm
by aferguson
if no one on here can positively identify it, ask the same question on the allied forum of missing-lynx.com. The cats over there really know their armour. ;)

I personally have no clue what it is.. :?

Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:58 am
by cheesecake
thanks a lot...
indeed, it is well a Valentine.
We think a mk III valentine II, with transformations made by russians like said Lightning2000.