steveo578 Posted November 2, 2010 Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) eddy8men no, it came from australia :-) really there were some nice late production mk4s and mk5 delivered --oh your having a laugh:nut::-) looks like there is a remnants of a number on the right and possibly a red white red marking on the left (drivers side) Steve Edited November 2, 2010 by steveo578 Quote
mcspool Posted December 1, 2010 Posted December 1, 2010 (edited) Topsy turvy Shermy . . . Edited December 1, 2010 by mcspool Quote
fesm_ndt Posted December 2, 2010 Author Posted December 2, 2010 no, it came from australia :-) Can we have it back then Quote
eddy8men Posted December 2, 2010 Posted December 2, 2010 of course you can, i'll swap you for a matilda 2 and a valentine :cool2: eddy Quote
steveo578 Posted December 2, 2010 Posted December 2, 2010 eddy8men i'll swap you for a matilda 2 and a valentine :cool2: What you don't want Grant as well;) Quote
Adrian Barrell Posted December 3, 2010 Posted December 3, 2010 What you don't want Grant as well;) Nope, Eddy hates Shermans and their family! Quote
eddy8men Posted December 3, 2010 Posted December 3, 2010 i don't hate shermans just the people that drive them just kidding, the sherman was a great tank, much better than every other tank when it entered service. good gun, armour, mobility and reliability the crews loved them. what gets me is the guys at the top that kept churning them out til the end of the war when it was past it's best, i often think if they had to go into battle with them there may have been an improvement or two in hull design/armour and muzzle velocity but i suppose hindsight is a wonderful thing. the sherman was a good tank, infact i'm planning on getting one. like i said don't blame the tank blame the guys at the top eddy can i have the cromwell manuals now Quote
antarmike Posted December 3, 2010 Posted December 3, 2010 I wish I had a Sherman in the yard right now. A good brew up would be just right to warm my hands by! Quote
steveo578 Posted December 3, 2010 Posted December 3, 2010 Adrian Barrell Nope, Eddy hates Shermans and their family! Offer him one and then count how many fingers you still have as he bites your hand off to get it like a hungry lion. I heard him wax lyrical about M10s and that's a sherman-ish vehicle. :cool2: Steve Quote
fesm_ndt Posted December 3, 2010 Author Posted December 3, 2010 of course you can, i'll swap you for a matilda 2 and a valentine :cool2: eddy hmmm so a matilda 2 and a valentine are better :-D . . . . . . . . Wondering whilst leaving if one has opened an armoured can of worms http://www.mheaust.com.au/Aust/Research/Matilda/Markings%20WW2.htm and a Matilda wreck, but still not upside down http://www.pacificwrecks.com/tank/matilda/buin.html Quote
fesm_ndt Posted December 3, 2010 Author Posted December 3, 2010 Disregard the second link as to many links to abandonned and wrecked tanks..... Quote
Richard Farrant Posted December 3, 2010 Posted December 3, 2010 . and a Matilda wreck, but still not upside down http://www.pacificwrecks.com/tank/matilda/buin.html A rare Matilda ............................ fitted with "twin flathead Chrysler petrol engines" according to that website :-D Quote
rog8811 Posted December 29, 2010 Posted December 29, 2010 The only reference for this is "Djbouti" so Gulf of Aden area. Regards rog8811 Quote
steveo578 Posted December 29, 2010 Posted December 29, 2010 As Dijbouti was a French dependancy the M5A1 are probably ex French -even foreign legion target tanks -the Dijbouti forces fought against Eritrea with active French support but that was around 1991 so much later than the tanks wrecks shown -so possibly targets from an earlier period -the lack of a/t target holes suggests air targets. A few light truck components in there too Quote
Pzkpfw-e Posted December 30, 2010 Posted December 30, 2010 The truck enthusiasts will love the rest of that set http://www.flickr.com/photos/48545521@N06/show/with/4526202621/ Also a Sherman, M3 Halftrack and a very battered Chaffee hull. Quote
steveo578 Posted December 30, 2010 Posted December 30, 2010 (edited) Yes very good -whoever is taking those photos has a hightened sence of history- note the photos of old painted adverts on the gable ends of buildings and the collection of 'phones -brilliant. The wrecks of which some of the cars seem to be in Europe shows some important stuff. tank and MV wise huge numbers of various GMCs Dodges and Macks the Sherman is probably a M4A4(T), there is the inevitable wrecked T54 not a T55 as stated in the caption, the H/tracks are M16s which were only turned in by the French Army in Europe in the late 1970- early 80s. The aircraft are pretty good too -Dassault Super Mystere great stuff. The thing which I find most striking is what could be a Panhard AMD 178 dating from between the wars (the later model turret lies between the M5A1 and the A/C), sitting in the sea surrounded by the M5A1s- perhaps a vandal act of disposing of a gate guard :-(. Perhaps a scrapyard might still yield up one of the Coventry ACs sold to France in 1945, I can but hope. Steve Edited December 30, 2010 by steveo578 addition Mle 178 turret Quote
SDT16 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Found these on a link from another thread. http://www.cultura.marche.it/cultura/mostraguerra/default_sik.asp?page=8&order=id%3F Quote
SDT16 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 Not sure how it 'Happened' ....... not sure who technically 'Won'....... looks like a drawl to me. :-D Quote
cosrec Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) good drive:nut:[ATTACH=CONFIG]39617[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]39618[/ATTACH] looks like that would be a bitch to sort our recovery wisejust noticed those are two different tanks or at least same tank in different place Edited January 9, 2011 by cosrec Quote
recymech66 Posted January 9, 2011 Posted January 9, 2011 good drive:nut:[ATTACH=CONFIG]39617[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]39618[/ATTACH] Nice work by the French, that took some doing to get that stuck there. Big crane to get that out me thinks. Quote
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