Canadian tank names

[Stew Robertson]

You should be sure of your facts Chris

[chris vickery]

Care to enlighten me on this Stew? Take it off forum if necessary, just going by the history as related to me by a guy who was there at the time as you were

[kevinT]

Hi Chris,

I have been trying to establish if T271450 was issued to 5 CAB HQ only. If not FURY could have been "previously owned". But no joy so far.
Know anything?

Cheers

Kevin

[Robert Bergeron]

Could Hollywood have stolen the ''Fury '' nickname from us to make a film ?

[Julian Weber]

From the info that I have it appears that LdSH was the only Regiment in 5CAD to be issued Firefly tanks in Italy. Also I think that only one Regiment in 1CAB received them. It may have being the Ontario Regiment (11CAR) because it is the senior regiment of the Brigade. I know that the Three Rivers Regiment did not have Fireflies in Italy.

Can Anybody confirm this? If it is not the 11th, do you know if there were any Fireflies issued to the 1CAB at all in Italy?

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by Julian Weber

Can Anybody confirm this? If it is not the 11th, do you know if there were any Fireflies issued to the 1CAB at all in Italy?

Updated information. It was the Calgary Regiment , and not the Ontario Regiment which were issued with Firefly tanks in Italy. The Ontario Regiment only received the 17 pdr Shermans after their move to NWE in March 1945. Note that all Canadian Armoured Regiments in Italy did receive six 105mm Sherman IBs in the fall of 1944.
http://contentdm.ucalgary.ca/cdm/com...n/cmh/id/21185

[Julian Weber]

Thank you, John. Where do you have that info from about the Calgary regiment receiving Fireflies in Italy? Is it in the book you linked? If yes which page?

Julian