M24 with M41
by NezumiYuki
the Skaven who draws LEWDS
6 years ago
Here's a neat pic of an M24 Chaffee light tank made by zdanwoj over in Trimble's 3Dwarehouse contrasted against two of my M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks.
The center Bulldog is canonical with a 76mm M32A1 gun, while the M41A3 on the right is armed with a 90mm M3 in place of the bored-over 90mm which the German Bundeswehr used in their version of the Walker, the Panzer-41.
The reasoning why I would install an M3-90mm in my Walker instead of following the German's lead by over-boring the M32 to 90mm and then re-rifling it is the fact that I take gun-handling very seriously, both IRL and in fiction, and I never liked the idea of taking an otherwise overly built gun like the M32A1 and over-boring to a larger caliber even if mechanically and metallurgically speaking the M32A1 could handle being converted to 90mm. I would have much preferred to take a similarly over-built M3-90mm gun meant for M26 Pershing and early models of the M48 Patton and install it in my Walker instead. And speaking of which, my up armed M41A3 Bulldogs meet with World of Tanks and WarThunder specs, so they are Senshadou compliant in every respect.
The Chaffee is here simply for size and styling comparison, but it's nice to show the transition from humble beginnings for General Motors Armaments light tank line to the more matured and perfected M41 Walker Bulldog, even if by 1950's standards the Walker was clearly out-dated.
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Models show here, with the exception of the M24 Chaeffee were made by yours truly
NezumiYuki
M24 Chaffee made by zdanwoj
All of which were made in SketchUp
The center Bulldog is canonical with a 76mm M32A1 gun, while the M41A3 on the right is armed with a 90mm M3 in place of the bored-over 90mm which the German Bundeswehr used in their version of the Walker, the Panzer-41.
The reasoning why I would install an M3-90mm in my Walker instead of following the German's lead by over-boring the M32 to 90mm and then re-rifling it is the fact that I take gun-handling very seriously, both IRL and in fiction, and I never liked the idea of taking an otherwise overly built gun like the M32A1 and over-boring to a larger caliber even if mechanically and metallurgically speaking the M32A1 could handle being converted to 90mm. I would have much preferred to take a similarly over-built M3-90mm gun meant for M26 Pershing and early models of the M48 Patton and install it in my Walker instead. And speaking of which, my up armed M41A3 Bulldogs meet with World of Tanks and WarThunder specs, so they are Senshadou compliant in every respect.
The Chaffee is here simply for size and styling comparison, but it's nice to show the transition from humble beginnings for General Motors Armaments light tank line to the more matured and perfected M41 Walker Bulldog, even if by 1950's standards the Walker was clearly out-dated.
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Models show here, with the exception of the M24 Chaeffee were made by yours truly
NezumiYukiM24 Chaffee made by zdanwoj
All of which were made in SketchUp
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It's a shame it was just that little bit bigger and much heavier than the M24 Chaffee parked next to it, that the air transport of the time couldn't handle them. The Walker could have been a very good scout tank otherwise.