- AENA, definitely, with 2 or possibly 3 letters in front in the damaged area.
HYAENA would fit nicely with the visible damage, and was a common spelling of the word at that time. But whether it is the first or the second or ... tank of that name?
In which case a quick test by Google Image throws up what may be the other side - and i suspect it is quite well known now you have the name!
HYÆNA was H46 though I think this only shows on a circular plate fixed to the tank's rear hull, white background and black letters/numbers with the H above and the numbers below.
The serial is uncertain. I believe it to be 2837 but - and I want to emphasise this - this is not confirmed and is based on a reading (by a middle aged man with deteriorating eyesight) of a faintly painted number covered in mud seen in a poor reproduction of a bad photograph taken by a man who was freezing cold and standing exposed in the middle of a war zone, so it is quite possibly wrong.
Gwyn
-- Edited by Gwyn Evans on Friday 25th of January 2013 08:28:37 PM
