ET / Cairo, Citadel - the Army Museum

[Kuno]

More photos

[Kuno]

And more again

[Ryan]

wow, when they cracked the green paint out they really didn't care where it went! x-israeli maybe?

[charlie fitton]

Do they still have the wreckage of the fighter in the compound? I think it was a mirage, maybe a kafir..

[Kuno]

Those tanks with the gun up are the Egyptian ones - those with the gun down the Israeli ones.

There was no wreckage of an A/C on display. Only inside the building, a part of a wing or a rudder was shown. This part was bearing Israeli markings.

[Kuno]

And a question: Could anybody tell me who mounted when and why a French turret on the Sherman tank?

[Wayne McGee]

Pretty interesting conversion.
Isrealis mated up the turret of the AMX-13 (oscilating, high velocity 90mm gun with an auto-loader), to the proven, mechanically realible Sherman.
Unsure of the time-line, certainly after '56, but I'm sure a fair number were availible for the '67 'roadshow', probably when this one ended being aquired.
This is just one example of their genius for "making do with what you got" attitude that is still in practice today.

Cheers

Wayne

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Kuno

And a question: Could anybody tell me who mounted when and why a French turret on the Sherman tank?

Kuno,

Thanks for sharing your photos.

See my webpage on this Sherman variant: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/et.htm. This Egyptian Sherman was based on a Sherman M4A4 hull, which was re-engined with the GM 6-71 twin-diesel engine from the Sherman M4A2. The turret was removed and replaced by the FL-10 turret as fitted to the French AMX-13 light tank. The conversion was designed and built in France.

Regards,
Hanno

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Kuno

Those tanks with the gun up are the Egyptian ones - those with the gun down the Israeli ones.

Or it is indicative of their tactics - Egyptians firing indirectly from a distance and the Israelis firing from 'up close and personal'.

[Kuno]

Originally Posted by Ryan

wow, when they cracked the green paint out they really didn't care where it went! x-israeli maybe?

You see that quite often at outside exhibits - they are just overpainted by a thick layer of primer every now and then.