Tony B Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hunting about for the one photo of me on a motor bike. I found these. they were taken in Jersey about twenty years ago. I know the gun but what is the Sherman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Richard Farrant Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Hunting about for the one photo of me on a motor bike. I found these. they were taken in Jersey about twenty years ago. I know the gun but what is the Sherman? They were taken at the Strawberry Farm. The gun is a German 88. The Sherman is not quite what it appears, it was a BARV and you could see where the superstructure had been gassed off, and a turret fitted. Believe it might have come from Pounds. Was there an Austin K6 Gantry when you went there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 They were taken at the Strawberry Farm. The gun is a German 88. The Sherman is not quite what it appears, it was a BARV and you could see where the superstructure had been gassed off, and a turret fitted. Believe it might have come from Pounds. Was there an Austin K6 Gantry when you went there? Yep but no gantry on the back . It's all the World of heritage crap now. I've moaned at the owner about burying the bunkers. What did ever happen to them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Adrian Barrell Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Further to Richards comments about the Sherman, it was an M4A2, Sherman III before being converted to a BARV. Sold by Pounds and 'converted' back to a gun tank with an incorrect 76mm turret placed on the hull. It has more recently been more properly restored with a correct 75mm turret and was at Beltring sporting a new paintjob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Snapper Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Was that the US Sherman with cammo a bit like Mickey Mouse?? Shady of 2nd Armoured was telling us that specific cammo was used by a specific US armoured regiment. It looked lovely. My pictures of it are distinctly average in quality...if not worse. M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Anyone know where the gun went? There were few 88 flak guns mounted in Jersey. 4 were at a place called Les Gillietes above HO8 , the Underground Hospital. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hunting about for the one photo of me on a motor bike. I found these. they were taken in Jersey about twenty years ago. I know the gun but what is the Sherman?
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