Canadian Sherman

[Cheyenne]

Anyone up for building a Canadian Sherman or two and a dozer ?

 

[jknaus]

Is that Italy? And what regiment?
James

 

[Cheyenne]

Hi James , yes Italy . Moro river valley .
The pic. came from wwiica. a wonderful site with a lot , I mean a lot of fantastic ref. pics.
No mention of units .

 

[moon puppy]

Gotta wonder what in the world happened there.

 

[Kreighshoer]

moon puppy wrote:

Gotta wonder what in the world happened there.

don't drink and drive!

 

[G Cooper]

moon puppy wrote:

Gotta wonder what in the world happened there.

Maybe they saw Laura's "88" and hit reverse just a little to hard.

Gary B)

 

[Jenny Croft]

Maybe we should put it in the caption thread ?

Jenny :kiss:

 

[Cam]

That looks like "Adjunct" a sherman V of the Calgary Regiment.

Found this with GOOGLE

 

[moon puppy]

It does. I snatched the picture out of the PDF.

Even looks like the same fence post

 

[Cheyenne]

The caption under the pic. on wwii.ca stated that the two Shermans went off the road trying to avoid mortar fire ...............

Weird ..............

 

[bwiber]

In the book.... "The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps" published by the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association.... it states "With the infantry riding on the back decks of twelve Shermans, Amy's squadron moved off at best speed along the exposed, winding road down to the Moro, but two of the tanks failed to make a sharp bend in the road and rolled over a ten-metre cliff. Once in the valley, they came under heavy artillery and mortar fire, forcing the infantry to dismount and continue on foot. Negotiating the steep far bank of the river, they continued along the switchback road and climbed up to the village, only to have the lead tank disabled by a mine. Amy then led his remaining tanks off the road and continued through a muddy olive grove, until, with only four tanks still running, he managed to penetrate into the outskirts of San Leonardo. A much depleted Seaforth company, down to 39 men, arrived and cleared the enemy from the town."

There is also a shot from a bit further back than the one you showed that shows the bottom Sherman also..... Let me know if you want a copy of it...

Bob

 

[sacktime]

moon puppy wrote:

Gotta wonder what in the world happened there.

Maybe they saw Laura's "88" and hit reverse just a little to hard.

Gary B)

true so true i would hit reverse and run like hell if i was looking down an 88