Sherman - what type?

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Sherman - what type?

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Post by kstdk » 17 Feb 2017, 14:08

Hello

Any one for the type of this Sherman?

Picture schould have been taken shortly after the D-Day landings in France.

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Post by redcoat » 17 Feb 2017, 14:31

It's a Canadian Ram OP tank.
Fitted with a fake wooden gun, to give more room for extra radios, it was used for Artillery observation in Normandy.

http://panzerserra.blogspot.co.uk/2015/ ... mk-ii.html


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Post by kstdk » 17 Feb 2017, 14:45

Hello

Thanks a lot - funny that I have not seen this one before?

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Post by LineDoggie » 17 Feb 2017, 16:50

kstdk wrote:Hello

Any one for the type of this Sherman?

Picture schould have been taken shortly after the D-Day landings in France.

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Kurt
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