Tank crew for an US M-41

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Hi all,
I am completing a US M-41 of AFV in the late '50s. I was thinking to add some figure. How were the uniforms of the US tank crews in that timeframe? Did they use infantry helmets?
Thank you for any suggestion.

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Massimo, see the thread “Takom M103A1 & A2” posted elsewhere (I’m afraid I don’t know how to link that); scroll down and you’ll see a bit by me reference crew uniforms and equipment; hopefully it will help. A fair bit of work for any figures but not impossible.

You may also appreciate this picture if you haven’t seen it before:

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(courtesy of the USAREUR website)

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Here you go:

M103A1 & A2 from Takom | Armorama™ - Site Content Discussions / Armorama - KitMaker Network

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Thanks Gino - I promise to buck up!

(actually, how does one undertake this, probably quite simple task?)

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Really easy. Go to the post you want to link to, highlight and copy the http code at the top, paste it into your topic.

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This will take you directly to the exact part of the post you want to show.

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Roger that Gino, thanks. On a good day I should have been able to figure that out - on a good day that is!

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Thank you both, it is just what I needed. Seems that even the infantry helmet is still a possibility.
The flexible tracks from the kit are giving some difficulties, perhaps I’ll look for the set of working tracks from AFV or some other producer.

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You don’t mention what your base kit is, but you may benefit from these tracks from AFV Club; not as time consuming as individual links but still very effective, in my opinion:

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I’m sure that crew members would still use (and stow) steel helmets amongst their personal kit, but I feel that in the 50s on a day to day basis a, crew helmet would be the most representative.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

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Hi,
my kit is an AFV club, has already those flexible tracks and I thought that they were acceptable. Instruction sheet says that they are gluable, but no any glue was able to make the miracle. Besides one could think to make a junction with an hot screwdriver, but the pins were too short to be melted. Then I had to join them with wire. Not very good. Today I have installed them, but they aren’t tensioned, one should shorten them by one link. I don’t know if I’ll make this, it could result worse. Maybe as a last attempt before buying new tracks…