What are they?

[Tony B]

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?

[Richard Farrant]

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?

[Tony B]

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 ?

[Adrian Barrell]

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.

[Snapper]

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.

 

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[Tony B]

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.