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[The Edge]

Gee, Bill, what a big shower you have? (What is this for - elephants? :roll: )

How about ... Mack NM-2 (6-ton)

[Bill Murray]

Correct Edge:

Also good for crowd control.
Over to you.
Bill

[The Edge]

Please more info - this one is so interesting!

About the purpose - first my thought was some chemical warfare vehicle (removing the chemical residues from other vehicles), later that it is made for washing the airplanes in some dusty environment (B-17 sized). If I understood correctly, this is former military hardwere, put into civilian use? :roll: (As much the crowd control could be "civil" )

About the vehicle - after ruling out Corbitt/White (too square mudguards) I settled on Mack NM series. As only NM-1 to NM-3 have steel cabs, and the model on photo don't have an arc on the front bumper (NM-3 out too), this left me only with NM-1 and NM-2. Since NM-2 was produced in higher number, the choice was an easy one.
So, did I hit the right sub-model? :roll: (It seems there is not much external difference between the two)

Cheers, Edge

[Bill Murray]

Hi Edge:
If the link works you will find the background info here. If not I will transcribe it.
Bill

http://www.firetrucks-atwar.com/C.html

[The Edge]

Thanks, Bill (so, it was a fire-truck )

New question - identification:

[Ironmachine]

Convair XB-32

[The Edge]

Convair XB-32

Still a "Consolidated XB-32" then - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsh ... ?fsID=2580

Over to Spain!

[Ironmachine]

No models of this aircraft were actually built before the project was cancelled:

bomber.JPG (18.53 KiB) Viewed 445 times

[The Edge]

MARTIN XB-16 (“Martin Flying Whale”)

The Martin XB-16 was designed by Martin as a long range bomber capable of carrying a 2,500-pound bomb load 5,000 miles. The aircraft was similar in size to the Boeing XB-15, but was to use four Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled inline engines instead of air-cooled radial engines normally used on bombers of the 1930s. The aircraft would have had a wing span of about 140 feet and an estimated top speed of 235 mph.

In 1935 Martin revised the XB-16 design making the aircraft much bigger. The wing span was increased to 173 feet and six V-1710 engines were used; four on the leading edge of the wing (tractors) and two on the trailing edge (pushers). This version had an estimated range of 3,300 miles carrying 2,500 pounds of bombs and a crew of 11 men.

[Ironmachine]

Correct, the final design of the XB-16.
Over to Serbia.

[The Edge]

What model of tank & its main armament?

[The Edge]

So "heavy", huh? New photo - another view:

[The Edge]

Last & most revealing photo:

[Ironmachine]

M6A2E1.

[The Edge]

Well - better ever then never!

Photos: Hunnicutt - Firepower (A History Of The American Heavy Tank)

Over to Spain!