Operation Infatuate II: Sherman tanks at Westkapelle

[MicS]

OK, I'll try and make myself more limpid:

1. Right side of the 4th digit: on this photo, the line is a perfect arc of oval, with the edges of the line slightly darker, just like when one uses a brush the paint is a bit thicker at the edges of the brush stroke. This means the digit is either a '0' or a '9', a '0' being more probable since a '9' would usually have a wider top:
1 - No.10 T-No. 4th digit - right side.jpg

2. Left side of the digit: even though the images are not sharp, they seem to show that the left side is continuous over the lower 2/3 of the left line, thus excluding a '9':
2 - No.10 T-No. 4th digit - left side.jpg
3 - No.10 T-No. 4th digit - left side 2.jpg

Consequently, there only remains the possibility of a '0'.

Michel

[David Herbert]

Good, sound reasoning Michel !
I can't see that anyone can argue with that.

David

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by MicS

OK, I'll try and make myself more limpid:

I already agreed with you What I did was take the photo you posted with the crew on the tank, cut out the relevant bit (to avoid distraction), zoomed in and out, played with the colour curves and then with sharpness. This results in variations on:

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Though the photo is unclear and the JPEG artifacts (the squares that appear in all but the first photo) make it even more so, it does look to me like the fourth number is a 0, yes.