Guess the part ?

Attachment 25202Attachment 25201Should not take too long to guess what this part is for and what it came out of - made in the USA and used in combat in WW2

I would guess it's for the 1917 / 1919 series and the M2HB series of Browning MGs . No idea of from what , but with the white paint I'm going to guess a tank ?
Chris

Just a guess but it looks like it came from a ship or a tank as stated by emmagee. Possibily a mount for something?

With the bolt hole on the side , I'm going to go further out on the limb and guess a co-ax MG tank mount.
Chris

Chris, You are correct, it is a co-ax mount next to the 75 or 76 mm cannon. A BMG M1919A4 fits this mount (note the solenoid) and is fired by foot control, if I remember. This mount was removed as a souvenir for an army friend in FLA, who recently found it and sent me the photos. The tanks were going to the 3.5 rocket launcher range as targets. The mount really is not worth anything but you never see then either .

So we're saying WW2 M4 Sherman ?
Chris

I could be wrong as it was a very long time ago but I do think it was a Sherman

Cool! I have the armored interphone for a Sherman.....

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...PhoneBox-1.jpg

We only need a few more parts and if we all pool together maybe we can put one back together ;)

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../Sherman-1.jpg

Harlan, I may still have a (very large) extractor for the 75mm shell from a Sherman. If I find it will take a photo

That looks like my neck of the dirts. Could that photo be taken east of Yuma , just east of Telegraph Pass and south of the freeway ?
Chris

No idea where it is, but it looks like it's probably from a test firing range in an arid region somewhere

It's always been a shame to me that old artifacts are used for this purpose when any type of marker would serve the same purpose. Scores of F-86's were destroyed this way even up until more recent times. The CAF B-29 'FIFI' was found on a Navy aerial test range and just hadn't been hit yet. It had been stricken from all records because it was supposed to have already been destroyed.

Harlan, Here is what the extractor looks like from the breech block in the Sherman tank. An
M1 clip for scale. The design is still like the old single shot rifles of the post Civil War periodAttachment 25311Attachment 25312

That's so cool! I swear I'd pay $20 admission fee to take a tour of all your artifacts and rifles! Just getting to see your low number Springfields up close would be worth the entrance fee!