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| Subject: | Re: canadian sherman |  |
| Date: | Aug 1, 2002 |
| From: | Mike Canaday | |
Paul,
Are you sure about the external tools? I was always under the impression
that the tools were part of the issue item, and came with the tank. The
pictures I have seen of the shovels (in particular) on British issued tanks
look like the typical American pattern shovel. I could be quite wrong
however.
Mike Canaday
"Paul Roberts" wrote in message
news:3D48BD3F.6070904@rogers.com...
> luc desormeaux wrote:
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> >thanks for your reply paul.
> >about those sherman used by canada:are they identical to the u.s. one or
have they got modified???
> >
> Mechanically they are the same, but the fine details of the stowage,
> both inside and out, differ from the American versions. Commonwealth
> AFVs used different tools and placed them in different places on the
> vehicles. We used different radios that had different antennas. We
> frequently welded British ammo boxes all over any vehicles to be used as
> extra stowage containers. You really need a couple of good photos of
> specific vehicles to capture it all. Hanno's Sherman Register has a few
> Commonwealth Sherman pictures, I believe and I'm sure there are a lot of
> other photos on the net, too. If yo are in Canada try to borrow "South
> Albertas, a Canadian Regiment at war" and "The Royal Canadian Armoured
> Corps". Both have a lot of good photos. If you can wait a bit, Steve
> Guthrie has a book coming out this summer on the Sherman in Canadian
> service that will have some interesting and previously unpublished photos.
>
> --
> Paul Roberts
> tankmodeler@rogers.com
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