(sherman) What reason for this version ?

[Willyslancs]

couple of pics.....

[snowtracdave]

Think I have seen this on the forum before - in the dim and distant past - but I don't recall what the answer was .

[Stone]

Looks like it was built to roll over anti-tank mines while still firing normally - something like the one below would stop you firing forward.

 

 

Bit of a strange one though, you'd think it'd draw the fire of every schmuck with a Panzerfaust!

 

Stone

[abn deuce]

I beleive it is a prototype and never saw production .

[antarmike]

Looks like the gun was borroewed from a passing Dalek.

[steveo578]

The T10 was designed by the NDRC (National Defense Research Committee) as a evolution of the Aunt Jemima(shown in post #3) into a Self propelled vehicle, using a spare M4A2 75 sherman, it was tested briefly during June 1944 and was found to be unaceptable, by that time the T1E1 Earthworm and T1A3 Aunt Jemima were already in service and were ready to be deployed in the ETO, both type were used sporadically from September 1944 to January 1945. The gun of the T10 had timber protection around the barrel during tests as irrespective of it position it was vulnerable to mine fragments, whereas the T1E3 could traverse its gun aft to protect it. T1E1 was based on a M32 recovery vehicle.

Edited March 17, 2010 by steveo578
addition in italics

[Meteor mark 4B]

Nah, it was used on a landfill site somewhere.........

[Bodge Deep]

Nah, it was used on a landfill site somewhere.........

 

:-D it does have that look about it... I can just see it surrounded by seagulls and covered in bits of plastic and old nappies:red:

[steveo578]

I wasn't aware that unexploded nappies were that dangerous:nut:

[Adrian Barrell]

I wasn't aware that unexploded nappies were that dangerous:nut:

 

Trust me, they are........:red:

[steveo578]

Adrian Barrell

Trust me, they are........:red:

 

 

In my day-ie when Victoria was queen, we didn't dump them landfill, they had to be washed and re-cycled:shocked:

[Meteor mark 4B]

Quite right too. I'm sure somewhere it is logged how many tons of nappies go to landfill every year. How did we get here?

[Enigma]

Quite right too. I'm sure somewhere it is logged how many tons of nappies go to landfill every year. How did we get here?

 

Stop talking sh*t boys..:rofl:

[ajmac]

Trust me, they are........

 

I'll second that, I had a close call this afternoon:sweat:

[Big ray]

Nah, it was used on a landfill site somewhere.........

 

I would have thought that it was more like a part of the landfill !!!!!! :cool2:

[steveo578]

Considering the U.S. government were often annoyed with the British for deturreting Shermans to use as ARVs Barvs etc, I find it a little profligate to use a new build M4A2 as a basis for this project, -it's not as though it could be used for anything else! -only for reclaimation and scrap.