Hello I have question. I read one book and there is that crews o m13/40 comunicated by some interpol or use navy style telegraph or intercom. And that driver wasnt conected to the itercom so I dont know how did the crew comunicate and what did they use because I cant find any photo or page how did the 2 systems worked or looked like and who did use what? Thanks for asnwer if you can find any photos and descriptions how that worked and what was interpol for and Telegraph for
Kustosz2137
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What's the book you mentioned?
Driver and commander had telegraph-like system at their positions. It consisted of 4 lights, which commander could light up to give orders to driver.
The round thing left to machine guns is driver's telegraph board.
Here you can see where the telegraph parts were.
I'm not sure about intercom - British Preliminary Report No.18 on M14/41 tank says, that there was only one station, throat microphone and headset attached to turret ring, but doesn't clearly explains its function and position.
Preliminary report No.14 on Semovente M40 da 75/18 states, that the same singular set was present on this vehicle (left-back of the fighting compartment), so seems like only the radio operator was connected to communication system. I couldn't find clear photo of it.
Driver and commander had telegraph-like system at their positions. It consisted of 4 lights, which commander could light up to give orders to driver.
The round thing left to machine guns is driver's telegraph board.
Here you can see where the telegraph parts were.
I'm not sure about intercom - British Preliminary Report No.18 on M14/41 tank says, that there was only one station, throat microphone and headset attached to turret ring, but doesn't clearly explains its function and position.
Preliminary report No.14 on Semovente M40 da 75/18 states, that the same singular set was present on this vehicle (left-back of the fighting compartment), so seems like only the radio operator was connected to communication system. I couldn't find clear photo of it.
Thanks