RattlesnakeBob Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 some superb looking WW2 wrecks here...some we've seen before but many not .. ..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINy_WK8vQI reading a thread on here quite recently I'm sure I read how rare 'Jumbo' Shermans are ? at 1.49 of the film is a picture of an abandoned Sherman in Croatia...and the glascis plate definitely looks 'thickened' to me ? is this one a Jumbo maybe ??? Well worth watching as the film also gives all the map references of where exactly the wrecks are / were when the pictures were taken Oh boy am I the only one who harbours fanstasies / dreams of mounting rescue operations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 good find bob I like the look of those firefly's :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsmoke7 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Blimey, if only I had diplomatic immunity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 No Jumbo there, just an M4A3(75)wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Part 2 is more interesting, includes the PzIV on the Golan Heights. [video=youtube_share;BUY9ZQDb-eU]http://youtu.be/BUY9ZQDb-eU I've not seen the one at 1-07 before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) Anyone have any idea if the tank from this post on another forum was saved? Also, what is it? A Churchill perhaps? My knowledge of tanks is quite limited! http://www.livefortheoutdoors.com/Community-Landing/Forum-Landing/Forum-Categories/Topic/?&topic-id=38350 Edited March 13, 2015 by Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Yep, Churchill MkII. "Churchill Mk II hull – Springhead Hill, Storrington (UK) "It was during the training leading up to the Dieppe raid that 'A' Squadron, 14th Canadian Army Tank Battalion (Calgary Regt.), suffered what was then unceremoniously termed a 'dead-head'. This was the serious breakdown of a tank, and it is believed that due to the impending Dieppe raid and the gradual re-supply with Mark IIIs, this 'dead-head' was deemed as unsuitable for repair and withdrawn from service. It was then handed over to the infantry units of the 2nd Canadian Army Division and taken by them to the infantry training grounds above Storrington. Here the tank was used as a range target being fired upon by PIAT anti-tank weapons, amongst others, and when the troops pulled out after the war, was left sitting on the Downs. After the war, a member of the range clearing teams, who now lives in Storrington, remembers that to remove the tank it was simply rolled over into a bomb crater and buried. On 20 November 1993, the tank was recovered by the R.E.M.E. having been unearthed over the previous years by a number of hardy enthusiasts. Once rolled out of its grave it was placed on the edge of the field where it remains to this day." (Glen Carter). The turret has been used to aid restoration of another Churchill (Michael Fairbrother)" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Part 2 is more interesting, includes the PzIV on the Golan Heights.I've not seen the one at 1-07 before. Up-dated version of Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFalmuL7tEI I have made ten films so far, glad you like them as it take a lot of work to find the correct location. I personal would love to get hold of the DD Sherman in India (Part 8 ) Anyway you can see them all at Sorry same music on all of them as its copyright free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 so you are the guy responsible for the best tank video's around, what you do that nobody else does is give the locations and a bit of background which must take a lot of research and for that I thank you. keep it up for all our benefit and yes I have been scheming about how to recover some of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 so you are the guy responsible for the best tank video's around, what you do that nobody else does is give the locations and a bit of background which must take a lot of research and for that I thank you. keep it up for all our benefit and yes I have been scheming about how to recover some of them Thanks Eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes, they are indeed very good. I was considering the complexities and expense of recovering a DD from India. The solution, very complex and very expensive. I hope someone does it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes, they are indeed very good. I was considering the complexities and expense of recovering a DD from India. The solution, very complex and very expensive. I hope someone does it though. That DD Sherman is on an old Indian army firing range and photos are only from 2014 so there is a good chance it's still sitting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 hey mick on part 3 there's a centaur in the clip at 2.05 just in front of the grizzly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 hey mick on part 3 there's a centaur in the clip at 2.05 just in front of the grizzly It looks like it, that's the leftover armour behind the old 4th Cavalry Regiment's museum at Santa Margarida barracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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