Canadian War Museum's M4A4 "Forceful III"

[David Herbert]

Hi Patrick,
The radio shelf and 19 set installation is nominally exactly the same on any 19 set equipped Sherman that has a 'low bustle' turret (like a M4A4) except a 17pdr equipped Firefly of course. This includes the Canadian Grizzly. The turret setup in a Ram II is very similar but not identical.

When I say 'nominally' it is because there are random differences from one vehicle to another but not following from deliberate design changes but from the whims of the guy installing it or the crew using it. This gives you some latitude which might be handy !

Hope this helps, David

[jdmcm]

I got this diagram from Michel Perrier last week when I bought my 19 set for my Sherman...maybe this will help...sure is a lot different mounting than the US radio set

sherman 19.jpg

[jdmcm]

Sherman firefly (photo courtesy of www.theshermantank.com)

VC-WirelessBustle-2.jpg

Standard 75mm turret (photo courtesy of www.theshermantank.com)

wireless.jpg

[tankbarrell]

That installation diagram is a 76mm and a little different to a Sherman V. The last photo is mine.

[jdmcm]

Ahhhh! So is that the same installation in yours that Patrick is after? And how do you keep it so damn clean in there? As an aside, was the filming of Fury tough on it?

John

[tankbarrell]

Yes, I'll take some pics for Patrick. It has never been that clean inside since I took that picture and yes, Fury was a little tough, though apart from a noisy starter Bendix, she sailed through all the filming.

[jdmcm]

Very nice...again off topic but do you have any pictures from the production?