LWP Sherman tank?
LWP Sherman tank?
http://odkrywca.pl/imageresize.php?plik ... 2.jpg&x=80
This seems to show an LWP infantry column being escorted by a Sherman tank. I have read that the Poles did not like the Sherman and were never equipped with them. Is this a Sherman of another unit?
best regards
Keith
This seems to show an LWP infantry column being escorted by a Sherman tank. I have read that the Poles did not like the Sherman and were never equipped with them. Is this a Sherman of another unit?
best regards
Keith
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Re: LWP Sherman tank?
Cool Greg, thanks. I found another picture of the Poles training with Sherman tanks but again I expect they are Red Army tanks.
Re: LWP Sherman tank?
Any chance of a larger view of the turret insignia?
I've looked through Magnuski's Pojazdy bojowe LWP which supports the view that Sherman's were never issued to the LWP. Alas, without further information a number of explanations leap to mind from the ones expressed above to the very real possibility that the photo is fake .
All the best
K
I've looked through Magnuski's Pojazdy bojowe LWP which supports the view that Sherman's were never issued to the LWP. Alas, without further information a number of explanations leap to mind from the ones expressed above to the very real possibility that the photo is fake .
All the best
K
Re: LWP Sherman tank?
Here it is. Apparently from 7th Guards Cavalry Corps near Lublin in July 1944.
This Russian page has more photos: http://tankfront.ru/ussr/kk/photo/gvkk07.html
This Russian page has more photos: http://tankfront.ru/ussr/kk/photo/gvkk07.html
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