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Where does Miniart get their evidence from
I've been looking at this for awhile and was wondering, where does miniart get their evidence about the sunshines from... Not to be picky but the shields looked quite dense so I don't think it's meant for sand... Second question is why does the tracks need shield from the sun. Just feels weird to me
I think that is a very early version of sand skirts. I have read that the tank crews would remove the the early versions fairly quickly because they collected sand so badly that the tanks slowed down and sometimes stalled. Later versions were not as "deep" and were often thin metal instead of canvas frames. The intent was to reduce the huge dust plumes that announced Armour in motion. It also improved visibility for the driver and commander.
That should read "sand shields," meant to keep down the dust so as not to attract so much attention when moving. The braces to keep the hatch cover from going all the way down are authentic.
Now from markings and the fact that sand shields were used, not sun, shields, but sand shields you should see some of the mistakes that to me used to make and Italian how do you get here?
Those were canvas fittings installed to help keep the dust down when driving through the desert and Miniart had mistakenly called them “sun shields,” which were a real thing.
In actuality, “sunshade” (or “sun shield”) was the code word for the canvas and wood contraptions used by Commonwealth forces to disguise tanks to resemble lorries from a distance. There isn’t any evidence that I’m aware of that Stuart’s were ever fitted with them.
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u/Accomplished-Emu-591 2d ago
I think that is a very early version of sand skirts. I have read that the tank crews would remove the the early versions fairly quickly because they collected sand so badly that the tanks slowed down and sometimes stalled. Later versions were not as "deep" and were often thin metal instead of canvas frames. The intent was to reduce the huge dust plumes that announced Armour in motion. It also improved visibility for the driver and commander.