Sherman Tank, Hatches- Can they be locked from the inside?

[Badger]

Thread closed for two reasons.....

1. Topic strayed completely. Original topic was Sherman Tank, Hatches- Can they be locked from the inside?. Yes, of course they can. I served 5 years in Sherman M4A2E8 and all hatches could be locked from inside using standard sliding lever. When locking tanks for the storage, we'd climb though the inside and lock all hatches from inside, then climb out through CC's cupola, using a standard padlock with hasp on the outside to lock the tank up completely. The question was answered several times and then wandered into a discussion of RPG damage etc.

2. A member made a post with a ridiculous number of external links (hundreds of them) to other sites that completely corrupted and blew up the entire thread. I managed to clean up that mess and repair what was left of the thread, but since the post was irrelevant anyway, decided it was another good reason to close this thread and let it rest in peace.

Thanks folks...

Regards,
Doug