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forum_emoticons.html	[quote=antp,90324] I forgot to clean it from their previous name, which was Isuzu TX 40 [Type 37] Indeed quotes indicate nicknames / non-official names, these are known by that but were those names given by the company originally, along with the letter-number model codes? If it has to be changed, it is possible of course. You can maybe post it in the mass-update thread, so we can see if someone reacts on it. Indeed, that's more for a practical reason on the site. Maybe it is something that should be changed some day though, but it concerns many other vehicles. Maybe better to wait for when I'll improve handling of makes & models, but I don't know in how many years I'll have time for that :D For the AM General where the dash could be removed, there is another problem with changing all of these, is that it creates a lot of dead links. Maybe I'll also keep these changes for later, if I come up with an idea (it would probably be better to include that with the future better handling of makes & models). That's useful info, I'm not sure where to put that so we can easily find it when needed. Maybe a thread in the "Useful info and links for identification" is the right place, but that forum category is such an unorganized mess that it would quickly be lost there :/ About the Alco list, - should 'Priest' go in model name or in italics in extra info? (mostly like current) - same question for the "105mm HMC": is it part of the model name or just additional info? I'll continue with page 2 later.[/quote]
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antp

I think I finished updating all what you posted here.
About all these M60 with Patton in their name, do I simply remove the "Patton" (as you said no version of the M60 was ever called "Patton") or do you prefer to review them?

edit: the forum has a bug with the "%" sign in URLs, to find all M60 Patton just put "M60%patton" in the Model field of the search page, https://www.imcdb.org/search.php

antp

I thought that it is what you meant, I didn't get that I only had to remove the extra info from these :grin:

Harold B

You made a mistake, you put the Made for Movie Hanomag Sd.Kfz.251 under M74 by accident
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_27157-BMY-M74-Tank-Recovery-Vehicle.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_205481-BMY-M74-Tank-Recovery-Vehicle.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1938975-BMY-M74-Tank-Recovery-Vehicle.html

M48A5K missing the name Patton
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_726393-Chrysler-M48-A5-K.html

antp

Quote From: Harold B

Since you started removing the quotes from the General names, would you like me to make a list of the categories which still have them?

No need of a detailed list, just a basic list of the names that should be modified allows me to find them when needed. I'm still not sure if I want to already change them now or wait that I have a solution to avoid dead link (I usually removed quotes on those that had very few occurrences on the site, or for "new" model names)

So there is:
Patton
Abrams
Sherman
Walker Bulldog
Lee
Magach

and maybe a few others?

Still to do: post with M60s here above.

antp

Quote From: Harold B

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_452277-Chrysler-M48-A3--Patton-.html (The vehicles in the pictures in the comments of this entry are M48A3s, they should be split into their own entries. Should I just add them new, or what is the proper way to do that?)

In this case (background vehicle in a series that seem more documentary than usual-style series) maybe it is not worth a separate page.

Harold B

Harold B

antp

Updated, thanks

Harold B

Thanks for resetting my account antp, I got back in now. I just hope that doesn't happpen again.

I went over everything and it all looks good. There are only a couple of things, mostly stuff that was overlooked or was my mistake.

The M4A3E4s are missing the name Sherman
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=Fisher&model=M4+A3+E4&modelMatch=1&modelInclModel=- on

'HVSS' can be removed from the additional info here, since now it's in the name
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1938431-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1--Sherman-.html

Remove "75(W)" from the additional info. Ford didn't make wet ammo stowage Shermans. That's what the W signifies.
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_183392-Fisher-M4-A3--Sherman--1944.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_115044-Fisher-M4-A3--Sherman--1944.html

"Modified" can be removed from the additional info
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_286535-Fisher-M4-A2--Sherman-.html

This is a real, Chrysler M4A3 (76)W HVSS Sherman. I must have put in under the made for movie ones by mistake.
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_575377-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1--Sherman--1942.html

The four Sherman IC Firefly's should have "Hybrid" added as additional info, as they have the composite half-cast half-welded hull, which not all of them had.
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Chrysler_model-M4+Sherman+IC+27.html

These M4A1s can be identified as Montreal Locomotive Works Grizzly's because of the particular tracks and drive sprockets they used. So they go here https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Montreal+Locomotive_model-M4.html
All Grizzlys were made in 1943
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_56767-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1-Sherman.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_595019-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1-Sherman.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_355219-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1-Sherman.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_549388-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1-Sherman-1942.html
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1792491-Pressed-Steel-M4-A1-Sherman-1942.html

Jnglmpera

@Harold_B

I posted a response to your comment/question in Baka-tan, can you check it out please?
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_1663828-Studebaker-M-29--Weasel-.html