Sherman Tank Engine

[1919_4_ME]

Ahhh,
The sweet sound of a Sherman...

Engine start up and idle (Loud)
YouTube - Sherman Tank Engine


Engine run up..
YouTube - Sherman M4 105mm=


Pershing M26 warm up

YouTube - Pershing tank M26 engine starting Ford GAA V8=


M26 Backing up

YouTube - Pershing tank M 26 moved out of the garage

:headbang:

[dutigaf]

does it have a "fat girl" beeper?

[Kali Komrade]

Naw I don't think they have one of those but Fat girls don't get any warnings the optional 50cal mount will dispose of anything immediately be it a cow or a two ton tess.... :banana:

[ouchman]

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[poverty ridge]

Love those old W-670 engines.

Made LOTS of money working on them babies for airplanes. We used to tear down an aircraft engine and a tank engine and take the aircraft parts out of the new tank engine and put them in the aircraft engine, then take the old worn out parts recondition them and put them back into the tank engines and sell them as Airboat engines in the far east.

Lots of good memories.

[Dan Wilson]

Now those are big blocks I could have sunk my teeth into way back in my hot rod days:big:

Jeez, did you see the ruts the M4 left, sure wouldn't want that to run over my footsies:crying:

Dan

[KABAR2]

Love those old W-670 engines.

Made LOTS of money working on them babies for airplanes. We used to tear down an aircraft engine and a tank engine and take the aircraft parts out of the new tank engine and put them in the aircraft engine, then take the old worn out parts recondition them and put them back into the tank engines and sell them as Airboat engines in the far east.

Lots of good memories.

Back in 96 I was talking to an airplane mechanic at the Flying tigers air museum down in Kisseme Fla.
and he was saying there were still enough spares made during WWII for the radial engines
to probably last another 20 or 30 years they had shelves and shelves of spares but I think he was talking world wide.

[Dan Wilson]

It would really depend on WHICH radial engine you are using. For the more common one we will probably never see the end of the supply line for parts especially since the Air Force didn't retire the last Radial Recip's until the early 80's

Now (I don't remember the specific designation) some like on the B-29's are really scarce.

Dan

[itchyfinger]

My stepdad has several of those engines. He used them in pulling tractors back in the 80's. He has a hole barn full. At one time we were gonna shoe horn one into a Unimog, but I moved on to other things.

[fantacmet]

That's a later sherman engine isn't it? If I recall the Originals had Radial engines.

[rugman59]

That's a later sherman engine isn't it? If I recall the Originals had Radial engines.
Yes, some were equipped with a Continental radial engine, but no propeller!:bucktooth: