German Sherman
 

Canadians Private A.W. Thornton and Captain D. French examining 'Sherman' tank reconditioned by the Wehrmacht, Armsfoot, Netherlands, 10 May 1945.
Photo credit Archives Canada

Captured Vehicles
 

Check out the captured Airbrone Jeep in the right hand corner, it even has a Wehrmacht WH plate. Seven months after Arnhem and still running.

The middle one is still alive ,but it still needs assembly again.

Ed, Airborne or British Jeep?

it is probably one of the jeeps left at Arnhem.

Left at Arnhem
 

Didn't I say that in my post...?

I know this has been discussed before without a conclusive answer, but maybe Maurice, maybe you know(?)

If I remember correctly the Firefly in question has a PAK 40 muzzle brake fitted. As the 75mm PAK round is slighty narrower than a 17pdr round, one has to wonder if they modified the PAK muzzle to make it accept the larger rounds....or that the gun was not "active" any more??

Alex

The muzzle brake from the pan 40 is welded onto the end bit from the 17 pr muzzle brake , including 4 strips welded lengthwise over the 2 , the diameter from the pak40 muzzle brake is bigger then the diameter of the barrel , but if it ever fired ? The is damage on the differential housing , gun shield and half way on the barrel , so there must have been an impact on extra tracks welded to the front , and then damaged the other parts as well.

Thanks Maurice; clear story on the muzzle brake.

I know some more pics of the same sherman have been published in issue number 1 of the Panzerwrecks book. I don't have the book myself, but I wonder if any of the damage can be seen in the pics. It all sounds like the tank was hit before being captured by the Germans (?)

Edit: the pics from the Panzerwrecks book have been published here:
http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/us.../firefly-2.htm
http://beutepanzer.ru/Beutepanzer/us.../firefly-3.htm



Alex