We begin on the role of middle east oil on american policy since the end of world war ii, American History tv, this weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Good morning. I name is al kose, im one of the volunteers here. Were going to talk about the american m4 medium tank. Probably one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4a3 tank. This is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapons station here, it also has the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is. And it also has two m19, 1930 caliber machine guns. One is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank. And this one is manned by the battle gun. If you look at the battle gun, he can move it up and down. He can show you the way the ball turret works. This has the workings of the guns, his ammunition back there and a catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If yo
My name is al kose, and im one of the volunteers here. Were going to talk about the american m4 medium tank. Probably one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This particular example was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4a3 tank. This is armed with a 75 millimeter main gun. If we move to the commanders weapons station here, it also has the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is. And it also has two m19 1930 caliber machine guns. One is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank. And this one is manned by the battle gunner. If you look at the battle gun, he can move it up and down. He can show you the way the ball turret works. That machine gun is protruding through this ball mount here and beyond that has the workings of the gun. He has his ammunition back there in a catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hatch right over his right shoulder there, theres a perisc
And every weekend on cspan 3. Army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlyle, pennsylvania. Hundreds of hobbyists are selected to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about military subjects ranging from the American Revolution to the war on terror. Next, on american artifacts, we visit a medical tents set up as a battalion aid station, a mobile emergency room that would have been located close to the front lines. Hi, folks, im dr. Moody and this is battalion aid station. Wee part of the second battalion of the 506 101st airborne. Im a physician. Eye a doctor that plays a doctor. So im an internal medicine physician in harrisburg, pennsylvania. And this is this is my hobby. This is my i love it. I love the guys out here. I love speaking to the public. I love the educational factor that were trying to keep all of this alive. And the kids really, they enjoy it too. I try to make it enjoyable and let them know how impo
If we move to the commanders weapons station here, it also has the caliber 50 machine gun up top where the commander is. And it also has two m19, 1930 caliber machine guns. One is mounted with the main gun and the other is mounted here up in the front of the tank. And this one is manned by the battle gun. If you look at the battle gun, he can move it up and down. He can show you the way the ball turret works. This has the workings of the guns, his ammunition back there and a catch bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hatch right over his right shoulder there, theres a parascope that goes in there. It fits up into that through that space and sticks up. And inside that parscope is a is a lens that has a rhett key in it. He uses that reticle to fire that machine gun. Now this one here, theres another machine gun on this side, this is the other m1919. This is not with the main gun. This one is controlled by the gunner. He has some switchology in hi
Good morning. My name is al kose, and i one of am the volunteers here at the Army Heritage and Education Center. We are going to talk a little bit about the american medium m 4 tank, one of the most prolific tanks of the Second World War. This was one of the earlier versions. This is the m4a3 tank. This one is armed with a 75mm main gun. If we moved to the commanders weapons station here it also has , the caliber. 50 machine gun and it also has two m1919. 30 caliber machine guns. One of those is mounted coaxially with the main gun. The other is mounted here up in the front of the tank, and it is manned by the bow gunner. If you look at the bow gun, he can move it up and down and show you how that works. That is a machine gun protruding through the armored bow mount here and hes got his ammunition , in the back and to the back to catch the bag to catch the shell casings as they come out. If you look at the top of the hatch right over his right shoulder, there is a periscope , and just a