Re: Sherman Ic

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Chris Johnson
In looking at the FGH Sherman Ic image in this thread, would I be correct in thinking that the turret is a low bustle example? I see what I think is the loader's hatch stop mounted on the turret roof, which wouldn't appear on a high bustle turret fitted with the oval loader's hatch.

Can anyone take a guess as to whether the bogey trucks have raised return roller arms? I think they are from what I can see but ...

Chris, the Sherman IC most likely had a low bustle turret, as it's quite an early Sherman (note the direct vision slots). Unless the return roller arms were badly damaged and had to be replaced upon remanufacturing by raised return roller arms, they would be of the straight type for the same reason.

H.