Re: Sherman tank info available [TANKS]

["Bart Salmons" <shayguru-at-charter.net>]

Wasn;t the 17 lb gun closer to an 82.g mm or some such?
Silly Brits, why do they have to make everything difficult?  And technically 
if it was on of the Shermans made by Montreal Locomotive Works it would be a 
"Grizzly" wouldn;t it?

Bart Salmons
Slammer 6
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Edwards" <sedwards-at-awger.net>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Sherman tank info available [TANKS]


> jon s kowitz wrote:
>
>> It's probably some variant of the Sherman 76 which was equipped with the 
>> 76mm M1A1 gun instead of the 75mm M3 gun.
>>
>>>
>>>     Keep forgetting to post that I have easy access once a month to a
>>> Sherman tank near where my parents live.
>>>   I think that it is the Canadian Sherman Firefly as I am here in
>>> Ontario,Canada and the main gun is much longer than ones I have seen in
>>> pictures.
>
>
> "Dissatisfied with the weapon, but not under the thumb of the American War 
> Department, the British modified a number of their Shermans to a new 
> standard. They replaced the 75 mm with their own high-velocity 17-pounder 
> anti-tank gun, a 76 mm weapon but with a much longer barrel and therefore 
> muzzle velocity, and firing a far larger round. To accomplish this, they 
> had to cut out the rear wall of the Sherman’s turret and add an armored 
> box, add a new hatch for the loader and mount the cannon sideways. To 
> carry a reasonable number of the big 17-pounder rounds, they also removed 
> the bow machine gun and gunner."
>
> Pictures at http://freespace.virgin.net/shermanic.firefly/mh3.html
>
> More Firefly info than you can shake a stick at at 
> http://freespace.virgin.net/shermanic.firefly/home.htm#links
>
> - Steve "Google + OC3 = Fast Searches" Edwards