"Approved
Commander of the 1st Krasnograd Mechanized Corps
Guards Lieutenant General of the Tank Forces, Krivoshein
ACT
On the technical condition of tanks arriving from repair factories #382, 97, 137 (12 M4A2, 30 MK-9) after refurbishment for equipment of the units of the 1st Krasnograd Mechanized Corps
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R/N
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Technical condition
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Conclusion
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3038940
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The right engine has issues starting and overheats, the engine sump
leaks oil, 11 road wheels have rubber peeling off.
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Do not use until issues are corrected.
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3055970
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Loud knocking from the gearbox. 8 road wheels have rubber peeling
off. 2 wheels are entirely unserviceable.
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Ditto
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3035685
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2 road wheels have rubber peeling off.
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Accept for service.
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3035472
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Both engines overheat. The oil thermometers do not work. The
driveshaft knocks. 4 road wheels have rubber peeling off.
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Do not use until issues are corrected.
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3035721
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The right engine overheats. The right engine knocks. Drive sprocket
bolts are torn off. 3 road wheels are entirely unserviceable.
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Ditto
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3034667
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The right engine overheats. Neither engine can reach full power. 3
road wheels have rubber peeling off.
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Do not use until issues are corrected.
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3062837
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Both engines overheat. The oil pressure while engines are running is
low. The engine sump leaks. The turret travel lock does not engage. 9 road
wheels have rubber peeling off.
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Ditto
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3056271
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The engine sump leaks. The gearbox knocks. The charger does not work.
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Ditto
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3062882
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Both engines overheat. The air thermometers do not work. The engine
sump, oil line, and oil radiator leak. The fuel and oil level meter does not
work. 6 road wheels have rubber peeling off.
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Ditto
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3035521
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The charger does not work.
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Accept for service.
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3039741
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The right engine overheats. The fuel and oil level meter does not
work. The voltmeter does not work. The speedometer is missing. The gearbox
oil radiator leaks.
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Do not use until issues are corrected.
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3038988
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The engines overheat. The engine and transmission sumps leak.
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Ditto
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3050316
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The engine oil radiator leaks. The left engine air thermometer does
not work, neither does the fuel and oil level meter. 3 road wheels have
rubber peeling off.
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Ditto
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3035578
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Both engines overheat. Can only be push started. The left engine and
driveshaft knock.
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Ditto
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3054639
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The casing of the 6th cylinder of the left engine is torn.
The connecting rod bearing of the cylinder has melted.
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Ditto
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Notes: in addition, the following defects are present in all vehicles:
- The road wheel and return roller greasers do not hold grease.
- The track links are heavily worn. One track had to be removed from each.
- Not a single spare sight head is present.
- 5 tanks that arrived from repair factory #137 have no warranty period in their logs.
- Repair factory #82 established a warranty period of 800 km or 100 engine hours.
- The tanks that arrived had travelled 160 km on average and worked for 18 hours, including the test run."
Some time ago I discussed on this blog about ratio between number of Shermans which was received by Soviets and number of Shermans which was lost during transport. According Zaloga book, from 4102 M4A2 tanks which was send to USSR, 3664 was received (438 sunk). That's mean that my estimations from 2019 can be described as flawed: http://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/03/struggle-for-assembly-line.html
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