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--- articles:m4_sherman_tank_pistol_port [2020/07/10 09:08] – [The "Pistol Port" that wasn't used as a "Pistol Port" on the M4 Sherman Tank] rrandall
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-Shortly after the tank entered service, users began to report problems with the locking device of the pistol port. On top of that, Ordnance Department tests found the pistol port to be a ballistic weak point. In addition, two areas on the inside right front of the turret casting had been thinned to allow for the proper operation of the traversing mechanism. As the first Shermans entered combat, troops began to report that the enemy aimed for these "thin spots." As a result of these issues, the D50878 turret was revised in April 1943 to eliminate the pistol port, as well as "increase thickness of turret in area of the traversing mechanism." Tanks on the production lines, and in depots welded the "pistol port" closed (as shown in the photographs below).
+Shortly after the tank entered service, users began to report problems with the locking device of the pistol port. On top of that, Ordnance Department tests found the pistol port to be a ballistic weak point. In addition, two areas on the inside right front of the turret casting had been thinned to allow for the proper operation of the traversing mechanism. As the first Shermans entered combat, troops began to report that the enemy aimed for these "thin spots." As a result of these issues, the D50878 turret was revised in April 1943 to eliminate the pistol port, as well as "increase thickness of turret in area of the traversing mechanism." Tanks on the production lines, and in depots, had their pistol ports welded closed (as shown in the photographs below).
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