Sherman ID reqd...

Main Page | Report this Page

Hobby Forum Index » Models - Scale » Sherman ID reqd...

Page 1 of 1

Author

Message

Enzo Matrix...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:24 pm

Guest

Can anyone ID the version of Sherman in this photo?

http://www.jpgimage.co.uk/view.php?image=1204

--
Enzo

I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:24 pm

Guest

On Jul 17, 4:16ï¿½pm, Adrian Harris <adrian_har... at (no spam) ntlworld.moc> wrote:

Quote:

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:24:17 +0100, "Enzo Matrix" <enz... at (no spam) hotmail.com
wrote:

Can anyone ID the version of Sherman in this photo?

http://www.jpgimage.co.uk/view.php?image=1204

The gun and mantlet shows it to be a Firefly, so it will either be a
IC (modified M4A2) or a VC (modified M4A4).

The shape of the rear deck, plus the fact it has applique armour,
would lead me to believe it is the Firefly IC

Concur -- it has the M4/M4A1 (Sherman I/II) air cleaners and
"fishtail" exhausts clearly visible, so it would be a Sherman IC
Firefly.

Cookie Sewell

Adrian Harris...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:16 pm

Guest

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:24:17 +0100, "Enzo Matrix" <enzo55 at (no spam) hotmail.com>
wrote:

Quote:

Can anyone ID the version of Sherman in this photo?

http://www.jpgimage.co.uk/view.php?image=1204

The gun and mantlet shows it to be a Firefly, so it will either be a
IC (modified M4A2) or a VC (modified M4A4).

The shape of the rear deck, plus the fact it has applique armour,
would lead me to believe it is the Firefly IC

kim...

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:14 pm

Guest

AMPSOne at (no spam) aol.com wrote:

Quote:

On Jul 17, 4:16?pm, Adrian Harris <adrian_har... at (no spam) ntlworld.moc> wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:24:17 +0100, "Enzo Matrix"
enz... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:

Can anyone ID the version of Sherman in this photo?

http://www.jpgimage.co.uk/view.php?image=1204

The gun and mantlet shows it to be a Firefly, so it will either be a
IC (modified M4A2) or a VC (modified M4A4).

The shape of the rear deck, plus the fact it has applique armour,
would lead me to believe it is the Firefly IC

Concur -- it has the M4/M4A1 (Sherman I/II) air cleaners and
"fishtail" exhausts clearly visible, so it would be a Sherman IC
Firefly.

Canadian methinks as it would be very unusual to have two Fireflies in the
same British troop?

(kim)

Gerald Owens...

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:52 am

Guest

On Jul 17, 10:14 pm, "kim" <ntscu... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

Quote:

AMPS... at (no spam) aol.com wrote:
On Jul 17, 4:16?pm, Adrian Harris <adrian_har... at (no spam) ntlworld.moc> wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:24:17 +0100, "Enzo Matrix"
enz... at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:

Can anyone ID the version of Sherman in this photo?

http://www.jpgimage.co.uk/view.php?image=1204

The gun and mantlet shows it to be a Firefly, so it will either be a
IC (modified M4A2) or a VC (modified M4A4).

The shape of the rear deck, plus the fact it has applique armour,
would lead me to believe it is the Firefly IC

Concur -- it has the M4/M4A1 (Sherman I/II) air cleaners and
"fishtail" exhausts clearly visible, so it would be a Sherman IC
Firefly.

Canadian methinks as it would be very unusual to have two Fireflies in the
same British troop?

(kim)

Depends on when it was taken. By the end of the war the ratio of
Fireflies to 75 mm gun tanks was much higher in British regiments. And
yes, it is welded hull Sherman IC, a rather less common version than
the composite hull M4 type (so-called Sherman Hybrid) with the cast
front end or the M4A4 based Sherman VC.
Gerald Owens

Enzo Matrix...

Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:05 am

Guest

Many thanks to all who responded. There are some very interesting comments
there.

--
Enzo

I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.

Page 1 of 1 All times are GMT - 5 Hours The time now is Sun Oct 12, 2008 8:04 pm Hobby Forum Index