Sherman Firefly Most Underrated Tank Of The War

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by FV623
Allied command was well aware and had various camo schemes to attempt to disguise the long 17pdr barrel, plus the idea of a short dummy barrel on the turret rear with the real one being less obvious depressed over the engine deck; all very well but the gun is then never pointing anywhere near the desired direction.

Richard is a man of wide reading so there´s no insight or corrections to add, really.
"Camouflage of 17-pr Gun Mounted in Sherman Tank" might be of interest and is readily available contrary to other sources on the subject.

And yes, I agree with Jon: the Firefly could very well be the most underrated tank of the war. For eaxmple, the late-war Sherman with the American 76mm gun was equal to the much higher acclaimed T34/85, better in fact with well-trained crews as it proved during the Korean War.

H.