Argyll Roger - a true enigma?

[kevinT]

Although I cannot add anymore to these post one thing that does strike me as odd is the placement of the name itself.

Names are generally on the transmission, turret, front of driver gunner / driver housing or on or above the forward applique armour patch. It seems very far back to me.
Just an observation.

Cheers
Kevin

[Alex van de Wetering]

The Airborne museum recently published an old picture of the Sherman in their news section, which shows the tank on display at the Doorwerth castle.


source: www.airbornemuseum.nl

Sadly the picture is slightly damaged on top of the Tank's name..... "ARG...GER". It does look like the tank hasn't been repainted in the picture yet....you still see remains of the US stencil "ANTI FREEZE....) close to the Census number.

I agree that it is not very likely that it was a Vc converted back to a V....Yes, you could replace the gun with a 75mm (one of us has even done this recently ), but what about the radio box at the rear of the turret and the square hatch? Fit a different turret would solve this, but than you still have the extra armor in front of the bow .30 position and the travel support for the gun.....and different hull interior layout. A number of Shermans on display in Belgium are actuallu Vc's made to look like American M4A4's, but in all cases evidence remains of their true identity....

Alex

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[tankbarrell]

Nice picture. I agree, that tank has never been a VC. BTW the anti-freeze stencil is a British add on.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

All,

Thanks for your input. There is no doubt this Sherman V was never converted into a Firefly, and therefore could not have been "Argyle", which was a Sherman VC Firefly of the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) it currently depicts.

I am hoping one day someone will recognise the meaning of "Argyll Roger" so we can trace it back to a unit which used this Sherman. Kevin's remark about the placement of the name may help in identifying certain regiments which adopted this practice?

Thanks,
Hanno