Sexton WD Census No

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Colin Alford

The first 31 Ram I were assigned WD numbers out of sequence compared to the Shop number. Attached is an image from “Tanks Cruiser Ram I and Ram II, Instruction Book, May 1942” which shows the correct WD/Shop number relationship for the first 31 Ram I tanks.

Hello Colin, thanks for those sharing those files, very interesting. I had read about the first batch of Rams being out of sequence, I gather this was likely due to starting up problems on the assembly line in the early days of organising mass production of cruiser tanks.

Originally Posted by Colin Alford

The second image was captured from one of the CMHQ files. It is an extract from Dec 1943 planned data, so it includes too many Grizzlies and too few Sextons compared to the quantities that were actually produced.

Nice to see part of the initial plans. Indeed Grizzly production was later curtailed to 188 units and the rest of the production capacity was used for Sexton production.