Holy Roller track type

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Me to Dan Braun:

Dan

I have been participating in a discussion on Maple Leaf Up forum with a fellow familiar with the 1H Holy Roller. It started with a question about track link types. He posted this photo -

http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_m...mbat/m4a2.html

The caption mentions Holy Roller had older style M3 tank style bogey assemblies for much of its operational service.

I challenged him that Holy Roller and Bomb are one registration number apart, and respectively made in Sept and November 1942. I suggested an M3 bogey on a mid-production M4A2 ought to be an anomaly; afterall, the plant was making 400-500 tanks a month at that time. Then the fellow found this photo because it also shows M4A2 Shermans with M3 bogies.

https://recherche-collection-search....Number=3226727

He wonders if in fact these aren't SFR tanks - the call signs, the squadron markings and the location. The photo metadata is 9 Jul 44, NW of Caen near Gruchy. Could these be SFR tanks?

Terry

From Dan Braun:

"Thanks for the info. I will take a look at the photos and see what I can make out, and then get back to you

As for an index, it would have meant having to cut about 10 pages of the text because I was living with a limit of 800 pages.

Daniel"

(In my opinion a book without an index is holding back half the influential horsepower it could have.)