To: Tijeras_Slim
From the LA Times article, it would appear as though the M5 was modified and no longer has a turret. Basically making it a weak APC.
The M5 was a piece of junk anyways. Ditto to the M4 Sherman.
19 posted on
08/25/2015 9:50:14 AM PDT by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: rjsimmon
From the LA Times article, it would appear as though the M5 was modified and no longer has a turret. Basically making it a weak APC. From the accompanying photo, it appears to have been one of the turretless ones modified into an M4 artillery gun tow/ crew and ammo transport vehicle.
55 posted on
08/25/2015 12:17:27 PM PDT by
archy
To: rjsimmon
The M5 was a piece of junk anyways. Ditto to the M4 Sherman.But as Napoleon observed, "Quantity has a quality all its own."
71 posted on
08/25/2015 12:46:38 PM PDT by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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