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Crown Point, IN - M4A1(76) HVSS Gallery
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:16 am
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Hi All,

While passing through Crown Point, IN this past weekend, we stopped off and grabbed some photos of the M4A1(76) HVSS on display. I took a photo of the build number on the side, but couldn’t really make out the numbers - they look like 1287 to me however;

Kurt Laughlin - in your posts regarding this tank wrote:

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The Crown point tank is approximately SN 68021 with a "1-323" mark.
KL

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M4A1(76) HVSS, Crown Point IN - BN 1-321.

KL

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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:03 am Post subject: Re: Crown Point, IN - M4A1(76) HVSS Gallery
They are upside down, not reversed, on the hull. It's 1-321 as seen in your photos. My photos are pre-scraping; I must've seen different photos somewhere. KL

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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Crown Point, IN - M4A1(76) HVSS Gallery
What madness is this? Ok, I've flipped the photo in Lightroom and I see what you're talking about. Is that an A before the 321? Thanks Kurt!

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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 3:38 am Post subject: Re: Crown Point, IN - M4A1(76) HVSS Gallery
- vagabond Is that an A before the 321?! No, a stamped hyphen and a V-shaped ripple in the casting or the paint. KL

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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Crown Point, IN - M4A1(76) HVSS Gallery
sometimes, you see layers of paint and you think you see some stamped letters or numbers. But when you scratch the layers of paint, there is nothing.. I experienced this many times P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: Crown Point, IN - M4A1(76) HVSS Gallery
Ok - Thanks for the info!

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