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M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • NIKONGERL / Please do not copy my images without p said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Shoot To Thrill!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
  • last crate said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Mal's Best of the Best, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
  • jhexp said:
    I was very often thinking why I have different feeling from these very old photographs.. They usually have very low depth of field, which is understandable, but they also have amazing space.. I realized it when I was looking to the Library of Congress sets.. Almost all pictures have slightly shorter focus (closer to the camera). Notice that the focus is to the grass before tank, and not to the tank itself. Today's practice is to focus directly to the point of interest (eyes in the portrait photography, tank turret in this case..)
  • momentous friction said:
    Just thinking of the military aspect.

    How succesful was this tank on the battlefield?
  • mauricioandre00 said:
    Simply beautiful
    MAURICIO

M-4 tank line, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • perfgeek said:
    Looks like there are more M-3's (Lee/Grant) than M-4's (Sherman) in that line.
  • borkworld said:
    The Sherman tank was also jokingly referred to as the Ronson. As in the cigarette lighter that "lights on the first strike". Their ammo storage wasn't so well protected.
  • Joyous Fnord said:
    What a great picture. Being a history fanatic, I can't help but wonder if the reaction from the populous back then regarding the switch from the M-3's to the M-4's would be comparable to today's F-22's and F-35's. Could you imagine trying to aim the whole tank instead of just the turret?
  • spotless oven said:
    There are also some M3 Stuart light tanks in the background
  • JW FHB said:
    In the mood of the day, the government was lying to the public, telling everyone that our M3s and M4s were the best tanks in the world. By the time they got into action they were ridiculously obsolete. Incredibly reliable, but garbage. Men died by the thousands in 43, 44 and early 45 because of that. It wasn't until the M26 was fielded in early 1945 that our tankers had a vehicle that could go toe to toe with the stuff the enemy had been using for years.

M-3 and M4 tank company at bivouac, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress