Swedish Sherman tanks

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

One Firefly was preserved in the Swedish Tank Museum, it is unsure if it is the same example depicted in this photo.
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It might well be: this tank has appliqué armour without rounded corners (oddly enough), which the vehicle in the Axvall museum has as well. Of course, it could be that both VCs supplied had this feature.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

It might well be: this tank has appliqué armour without rounded corners (oddly enough), which the vehicle in the Axvall museum has as well. Of course, it could be that both VCs supplied had this feature.

We do know for sure the surviving Firefly was used as the S-tank test bed shown above.

Pierre-Olivier Buan is studying the photos he took to compare with the period photo in post #6.

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[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

It might well be: this tank has appliqué armour without rounded corners (oddly enough), which the vehicle in the Axvall museum has as well. Of course, it could be that both VCs supplied had this feature.

If memory serves, when I was reading the rivet counting websites to learn about Bomb, I recall a comment that although the 17-Pdr fit inside the Sherman turret in principle, in practice there were some components that did not have sufficient clearance. Notably with the gunner's right hand controls, and especially on the early cast turrets which had more angled fronts. The interim solution was to remove part of the casting, and add the applique to the exterior. The steady state solution would have been to redesign the front right corner of the turret. Was there a standardized "kit" for the applique patch, or something more ad hoc?

http://the.shadock.free.fr//sherman_...ank/index.html