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    22 April 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

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    I'm thinkin' that one was burning for a while.
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    Sherman M4A1(76) with D82081 turret

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    The lighting, focus and borders around the soldier suggest a faked shot to me.
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    Well spotted

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    Ya, I don't think so. Here's the original text... "A GI from the 12th Armored Division runs past a burned-out M4A3E2 assault tank of the 43rd Tank Battalion during the recapture of Herrlisheim in February"
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    What is getting me on this one is the length of the barrel. Here's a Sherman M4A1(76) with D82081 turret


    and a M4A3E2 Jumbo for comparison:


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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Ya, I don't think so. Here's the original text... "A GI from the 12th Armored Division runs past a burned-out M4A3E2 assault tank of the 43rd Tank Battalion during the recapture of Herrlisheim in February"
    "Suggests" is the key word. Given what seems to have occurred there a GI running back past the tank would not be an impossible scenario. However, there seems to no combat photography actually taken during the combat at Herrlisheim. Lots of photos taken afterwards of wrecked Shermans. So faked in a darkroom or faked by having a handy GI run past the tank?

    Sgt. Joseph Demarco seems to have been the man on the scene: The Modelling News: Read n' Reviewed: Forgotten Archives 3 The Lost Signal Corps Photos by Darren Neely from Panzerwrecks

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