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    Sherman Firefly Restoration

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    Hi Tim

     

    Great to see "gaucho" in good hands, I didn't know she had left the range. On the other hand I haven't been there for more than two years.

    When I did rediscover her about 10 years ago she looked much better, a few years back there has been a parts search on the range and someone removed the left side bogie in the middle, leaving some big holes in the hull.

    That Firefly troop is comming close, would be an awesome sight.;)

     

    Good luck with her.

     

    Michel

    Identifying Shermans

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    Posted · Edited by tichenor
    typo

    There are only 6 known surviving Jumbo's around (there are reports about another one but that hasn't been seen for many years), all exempt one in the US. The Jumbo from the Brussels museum is now located at the Heinz barracks in Bastogne.

    Almost all the armor has been removed from the museum in Brussels and that part will stay closed until 2013.

    At the location where the Jumbo once stood, there is now a strange combination of a M4A4 Firefly hull with a 75mm turret :blush:.

     

    Michel

    Belgian AFVs - list with range target photos

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    Posted

    Steve

     

    Grizzly N°69 2.jpg is in fact a strange twist of the programming. The picture is named Grizzly N° 69.jpg but the database or the program behind the forum can't work woth the °, so jou get a ° in place.

     

    The tank number 7 which is plated and it's number was confirmed as CT160199 - DND 75-993 the number was so poor it was thought to throw out the number sequence, being reported at various times as No.8 and No.9, however the tank which is now in Belgium

    It is? any more details on this one, seems to be missing in my records.

     

    BTW. all those wrecks on the ranges here in Belgium belong to the Brussels museum and they may not sell a single artefact from the collection. However they can trade a piece of armour for an other piece, if it has a historic value for Belgium or if it fits somehow in the collection. Small hint, they are still looking for a M36 Jackson.

     

    Michel

    Belgian AFVs - list with range target photos

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    Hi guys

     

    Initially I had collected the info for the G104 group, so it was exclusive about Shermans. Later on the step to all the armour wasn't that big, so the result is that Pdf file. Its my intention to update it twice a year, a lot of stuff moves around and there are always new dicoveries.

     

    That Grizzly is Shop N° 9 according the owner, I believe he did even send me a picture of the Shop N°.

     

    Michel

    Tanks in Town?

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    I have to check out these treads more often :sweat:, missed it until it was to late.

     

    We were also at the event with our Priest, had a not so great arrival on friday (ignition problems) a better saturday (problemes solved) and a great sunday. For the Priest it was the first decent ride it had in a long, long time ( about forty years or so), until now the longest ride was about 2Km. We didn't have a single problem during the ride, even had time to pull a M4 (105) up a hill after it broke down.

     

    We are already thinking about next year.

     

    Michel

    Sherman Tank Gallery

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    As already said M7B2. Any clues where the pictuers are taken? I believe it's an ex-German Priest thats been demilitarized. It has what I think is a German licenceplate and the mounting off the headlights on the differential housing. The holes in the hull could be from the German DeMil demands.

    Some of those ex-range wrecks did come available recent.

    Michel

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