Sherman Crab T147955 “Avalon” Overloon. Regiment? Damage?

Alex van de Wetering Sherman Crab T147955 “Avalon”... 13-09-20, 00:03

Alex van de Wetering Here is a part of the article... 13-09-20, 00:05

Alex van de Wetering Target practice or battle... 13-09-20, 00:07

Alex van de Wetering Personally I think all damage... 13-09-20, 00:07

Alex van de Wetering Attached are some pictures of... 13-09-20, 00:13

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Hanno Spoelstra Excellent research, Alex! ... 13-09-20, 12:46

Hanno Spoelstra Westminster Dragoons 14-09-20, 00:10

David Dunlop Good Morning Hanno and Alex.... 14-09-20, 04:50

Hanno Spoelstra Panzerfaust vs King Tiger 14-09-20, 09:48

Hanno Spoelstra Allied Trials to Counteract... 14-09-20, 09:54

Jakko Westerbeke Small correction, to try and... 14-09-20, 10:57

David Herbert It seems to me that the large... 14-09-20, 12:18

Hanno Spoelstra What about a Skink?!? 14-09-20, 12:44

Alex van de Wetering Thanks Hanno (and Rik!), even... 14-09-20, 15:43

David Dunlop Alex. Following is a copy... 14-09-20, 17:35

Hanno Spoelstra Hi David D., When I read... 14-09-20, 18:59

Alex van de Wetering I agree; I think before being... 14-09-20, 23:11

Alex van de Wetering I can confirm that it... 14-09-20, 23:25

Alex van de Wetering Attached are some close-ups... 14-09-20, 23:43

Alex van de Wetering And some pictures of the... 15-09-20, 00:08

Jakko Westerbeke I hope you don’t mind me... 15-09-20, 10:50

Alex van de Wetering Well, I would have preferred... 15-09-20, 12:37

Jakko Westerbeke Sorry about that :(... 15-09-20, 19:41

David Dunlop Thanks for the photo, Jakko.... 15-09-20, 19:52

Alex van de Wetering David, I am afraid it was the... 15-09-20, 22:42

Jakko Westerbeke The chain case fits behind... 16-09-20, 10:41

David Herbert Regarding the bow machine... 16-09-20, 13:24

David Dunlop 1st Lothians and Border Horse 16-09-20, 17:09

Jakko Westerbeke The Crab preserved at... 16-09-20, 19:43

MicS At least two details point to... 05-10-20, 23:23

Alex van de Wetering Michel, I was hoping you... 06-10-20, 22:11

Alex van de Wetering Even though I haven't read... 06-10-20, 22:20

Maurice Donckers As a sidenote I have Sherman... 07-10-20, 09:11

MicS Many thanks to Alex for... 07-10-20, 14:27

MicS As a complement to the above,... 07-10-20, 14:33

kevinT Hi Michel, Thanks for... 07-10-20, 23:29

MicS T212594 indeed appears on... 08-10-20, 14:21

Alex van de Wetering I agree....plenty of Crab... 08-10-20, 14:39

Maurice Donckers At home I have a book with 2... 08-10-20, 15:09

MicS This is IWM B10820, showing... 08-10-20, 18:13

Alex van de Wetering My previous comment on the... 10-10-20, 16:53

kevinT Hi Alex T212594 I am not... 10-10-20, 20:49

MicS Lt Hall's Troop in Tilburg 12-10-20, 21:50

Maurice Donckers here is another one , maybe... 13-10-20, 15:08

Maurice Donckers The above M4A4 must have been... 13-10-20, 15:13

MicS It must be a remanufactured... 13-10-20, 23:55

Jakko Westerbeke The additional armour plates... 14-10-20, 11:25

Maurice Donckers Yes Yakko , you are right if... 14-10-20, 12:01

MicS Agreed, but to me the... 14-10-20, 15:26

Jakko Westerbeke Looking more closely at the... 14-10-20, 19:51

Alex van de Wetering Terrific picture Maurice! Any... 14-10-20, 23:48

MicS Supposed to be Kampen NL in... 15-10-20, 19:43

MicS Another remanufactured... 17-10-20, 23:59

Alex van de Wetering Thanks for the confirmation... 14-10-20, 23:37

MicS It's actually SPITFIRE IV,... 07-10-20, 14:58

Hanno Spoelstra Sherman T-211819 "Spitfire... 07-10-20, 17:38

Alex van de Wetering Michel, Terrific to see... 07-10-20, 20:48

David Herbert The extra aerial mount on the... 07-10-20, 22:29

kevinT Hi Alex, Thanks to you an... 07-10-20, 23:35

Colin Alford Michel, Excellent work! ... 08-10-20, 04:52

Maurice Donckers Wow that Image from Spitfire... 08-10-20, 09:55

MicS Hello Maurice, Great to... 08-10-20, 16:52

Maurice Donckers Michel , no traces on turret... 08-10-20, 17:33

Maurice Donckers Michel , no traces on turret... 08-10-20, 19:08

Maurice Donckers Another thing about Avalon ... 08-10-20, 20:14

Alex van de Wetering Maurice, they are indeed... 09-10-20, 00:07

Jakko Westerbeke Wouldn’t there be more space... 08-10-20, 10:41

Hanno Spoelstra That link to photobucket may... 16-09-20, 10:28

David Dunlop I wonder how well the lower... 15-09-20, 12:37

Alex van de Wetering David, when I was in the tank... 15-09-20, 12:58

David Dunlop Me again, Alex. Your worst... 15-09-20, 17:12

David Herbert The damaged hull brace... 15-09-20, 17:33

David Herbert I have just cross posted with... 15-09-20, 17:52

Alex van de Wetering :D don't worry...I enjoy this... 15-09-20, 17:55

David Dunlop Alternative Information... 15-09-20, 18:34

David Dunlop David H. Thanks for the... 15-09-20, 18:41

Hanno Spoelstra This may be of help: ... 15-09-20, 00:30

Alex van de Wetering Thanks Hanno; I visit the... 15-09-20, 00:53

Maurice Donckers this flail could be Avalon ,... 22-10-20, 11:30

MicS Maurice, It cannot be... 22-10-20, 12:06

Maurice Donckers Yes I see , no weld remains... 22-10-20, 14:37

Alex van de Wetering Also; it has the Whyman lane... 24-10-20, 16:10

Alex van de Wetering Some more IWM pictures. BU... 24-10-20, 22:06

Alex van de Wetering B 12028 Here is another... 24-10-20, 22:21

MicS This storage configuration is... 25-10-20, 21:57

MicS Yes, from the turret number... 25-10-20, 22:13

Alex van de Wetering Good point Michel! I couldn't... 28-10-20, 23:09

Alex van de Wetering I am still trying to find a... 28-10-20, 23:50

David Herbert Alex is quite right here but... 29-10-20, 00:27

Alex van de Wetering David, I am talking about... 29-10-20, 00:43

David Herbert Sorry Alex, I realized my... 29-10-20, 00:55

Alex van de Wetering David, No worries; my... 29-10-20, 13:21

Chris Suslowicz I don't see the third aerial... 29-10-20, 15:43

Maurice Donckers Chris , can you explain then... 29-10-20, 16:00

Chris Suslowicz Command tanks could have 2 x... 29-10-20, 20:33

Alex van de Wetering Chris, check the last picture... 30-10-20, 14:35

Chris Suslowicz OK, the Avalon picture shows... 30-10-20, 20:03

Alex van de Wetering Today was the 76th... 30-11-20, 23:20

Alex van de Wetering The Broekhuizen castle was... 30-11-20, 23:38

Alex van de Wetering The first picture shows the... 30-11-20, 23:46

Alex van de Wetering After visiting Broekhuizen, I... 30-11-20, 23:56

Hanno Spoelstra Great photos Alex, and thank... 01-12-20, 10:18

Tony Smith Excellent and timely thread!... 01-12-20, 13:09

David Dunlop Alex. There are some... 01-12-20, 20:38

David Herbert Someone's home..... David 01-12-20, 21:10

Alex van de Wetering A couple of observations. ... 29-10-20, 00:28

MicS This one is from 22 DGNS and... 26-12-20, 06:29

Hanno Spoelstra Picture of Avalon made by a... 11-04-21, 22:35

Hanno Spoelstra Could this book have more... 19-07-21, 12:49

Hanno Spoelstra A recent photo of Avalon,... 26-07-23, 18:29

Hanno Spoelstra Westminster Dragoons? 01-12-23, 14:40

Hanno Spoelstra You mean this? That's... 14-09-20, 23:04

Hanno Spoelstra Westminster Dragoons history... 17-12-20, 14:00

Alex van de Wetering Thanks for the replies... 19-12-20, 13:59

Alex van de Wetering I found a new (to me) website... 19-12-20, 14:23

David Dunlop A very interesting tool,... 19-12-20, 14:53

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