Second Annual Berny Memorial Group Build

jimbot58 · December 29, 2013, 6:04pm

Cliff and Jim: thanks Cliff, for the tip on the GB. As for the set up of the Lee/Grant it seems the powers that be at the time realized a 37mm main gun wasn’t going to cut it against the Germans and opted for a 75mm. Since the engineers only had 60 days to work out the details they decided to work off the existing M2A1 as their “frame” That and no turret ring available to accommodate the bigger canon resulted in it being mounted in the sponson. Even though it was never meant as a permanent fix it did serve our forces well in N. Africa and until the Sherman came along it was really all we had.

Hey Mikey!

I learned some new facts today! Somehow, I always thought of the U.S. and WWII tanks as being Shermans, Shermans, and then more Shermans!

Finally looked up your tank and learned much more. I read how the US in 1939, had a grand total of some 400 tanks in their inventory and lagged behind in both design and production! Look forward to seeing your work!

I also learned other things as well today as I began to assemble the missiles for the Growler. The instructions say to paint both overall white and to paint bands of either bright blue or yellow. I quickly found out that white would be correct for the AGM-88 but the AIM-120’s should be FS36375 with the seeker head being white. As far as the bands, bright blue would signify an inert load for either the warhead or the motor. Why would I send my Growler into battle with ‘dummy’ weapons? The correct bands would be yellow for a live warhead and brown, not yellow for an active motor! I’m glad I did a little research on this.

Jim

Hi Jim,

Good information about the band colors on those missiles. I knew they had significance to the state of the missile, but did not realize that they also showed the state of the motor!

Ken

Here is one of the references I found:

Missile Bands

Also one link led me back here, and at the bottom of the page, there is an answer posted by none other than “Berny13”! Seems like his spirit still is present at this forum!

Missile Markings

Jim