Biggest Ford I've ever worked on...

[robertc1024]

That's all cool man. How's the Mustang? I haven't seen that thread updated in a while.

 

[74duster318]

The 69 is on hold until I get my rotisserie finished. I have almost everything done, except mounts for the 3 ton lifting rams. I should have it mounted and spinning in the air by next weekend. I'll update that with pictures when I get it done.

I was out driving the 67 last weekend, doing donuts in the snow. That was fun!

 

[mn_smokeater]

no worrys buddy! just was hoping it hadnt blown up or something

 

[RustedRanger]

74Duster...I have a question maybe you can answer that I have been wondering about for quite some time. On all the M1A1 Abrams I have seen video or pictures of they have what appears to be "four corners of a box" where just the corners are painted on the front of the turret on either side of the main gun. Any idea what it's for? Sorry if the question is hard to understand but it's kinda hard to explain lol

 

[mn_smokeater]

74Duster...I have a question maybe you can answer that I have been wondering about for quite some time. On all the M1A1 Abrams I have seen video or pictures of they have what appears to be "four corners of a box" where just the corners are painted on the front of the turret on either side of the main gun. Any idea what it's for? Sorry if the question is hard to understand but it's kinda hard to explain lol

you mean this?

they are Reactive Armor panels

 

[74duster318]

74Duster...I have a question maybe you can answer that I have been wondering about for quite some time. On all the M1A1 Abrams I have seen video or pictures of they have what appears to be "four corners of a box" where just the corners are painted on the front of the turret on either side of the main gun. Any idea what it's for? Sorry if the question is hard to understand but it's kinda hard to explain lol

I've heard they are combat identification panels, to help prevent friendly fire.

 

[02RangerXLT]

I've heard they are combat identification panels, to help prevent friendly fire.

Yep, they probably work just like IR patches that a foot soldier would wear, they put off a light that is visible when using IR equipment, helps for target ID during night time stuff.

 

[RustedRanger]

Yea thanks...thats the first pic Ive seen with the reactive panels installed. I always just seen the paint...makes sense that they could be reflective for IR identification. I do have another question I have had for years and never found any info on...how does the fume extractor work? Tanks have been a hobby for years and there isn't a whole lot I don't know or least have a good idea about. I have been enjoying Greatest Tank battles the last three weeks. That new series WW2 in Color has been decent except for having the German tanks the wrong color in the later battles. I've only ever seen two tanks close up...one is the Sherman not far from here that I shared a pic of in an earlier post and an M1A1 at an airshow. Thanks for the info,nice to have some guys here that share the same interests.

 

[CHKNFKR]

Yep, they probably work just like IR patches that a foot soldier would wear, they put off a light that is visible when using IR equipment, helps for target ID during night time stuff.

Bingo!

 

[74duster318]

Yea thanks...thats the first pic Ive seen with the reactive panels installed. I always just seen the paint...makes sense that they could be reflective for IR identification. I do have another question I have had for years and never found any info on...how does the fume extractor work? Tanks have been a hobby for years and there isn't a whole lot I don't know or least have a good idea about. I have been enjoying Greatest Tank battles the last three weeks. That new series WW2 in Color has been decent except for having the German tanks the wrong color in the later battles. I've only ever seen two tanks close up...one is the Sherman not far from here that I shared a pic of in an earlier post and an M1A1 at an airshow. Thanks for the info,nice to have some guys here that share the same interests.

A bore evacuator, is basically a reservoir to trap high pressure gasses as the projectile passes that point on the barrel. There are ports in the barrel that allow the gas to flow into the evacuator's reservoir. Once the projectile leaves the barrel and that pressure is released, so is the pressure in the evacuator. The ports are angled so the contained gas gets released flowing toward the end of the barrel, creating a vacuum to pull fumes/smoke out of the rest of the gun. Hopefully I explained it clear enough

A few tanks in the Korean war had them. The M41 walker bulldog comes to mind. Almost all tanks from Vietnam to current day have them. They do make things a bit nicer during live firing.

 

[RustedRanger]

Yeah,thanks. I kinda thought it worked something like that but I never could find anything on the net showing how it works. I knew the older tanks had a fan to vent the fumes. Cordite smells good.....to a point lol