Greetings, I recently acquired a large format image of U.S. tank no. 9911. The photo was taken by Keystone Photo Co., Baltimore, MD. It is very similar to a panoramic view I have of 9911 and another tank on the Tank Course at Fort Meade...most likely taken on the same day as the lighting is very similar and the semaphores are in the same position.
I wanted to share some detail photos from this image.
Just as an example: I have seen pictures of early German Panzer 1 which alleged should be painted in grey. But sometimes you can see that it is a camouflage painting.
-- Edited by elbavaro on Wednesday 13th of May 2009 08:22:07 AM
I don't know. To me it looks like some old stripes have been painted out, and a single stripe painted over the top, but the old stripes are still showing through. Could be a trick of the light or trick of the camera film, and maybe there are three. But I think there's only one, with some old ones showing through.
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US Army rhomboids in the USA are known to have worn red/white/blue flashes on their horns, and that's what I think we see here. It is in my view highly unlikely that this tank ever had white/red/white markings, as 9911 was never in France. It left its manufacturers in Birmingham, UK on 2 August 1918 and was shipped to the US from Liverpool two days later.
