LWP Sherman tank?

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keith A
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LWP Sherman tank?

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Post by keith A » 17 Dec 2013, 14:04

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?

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Re: LWP Sherman tank?

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 18 Dec 2013, 01:33

Hi Keith

Any chance of a bigger copy of the photo?

Clive
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Re: LWP Sherman tank?

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Post by GregSingh » 18 Dec 2013, 05:18

From a Russian unit...
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Post by keith A » 18 Dec 2013, 10:31

Cool Greg, thanks. I found another picture of the Poles training with Sherman tanks but again I expect they are Red Army tanks.

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Post by gebhk » 22 Dec 2013, 14:02

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 :(.

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Post by GregSingh » 23 Dec 2013, 08:46

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
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