Re: Sherman Ic

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Chris Johnson
It's the one photo of a Firefly in Cdn service with a one piece tranny cover and this makes me think it's a Sherman Ic.

Chris, that´s correct. Many if not most Sherman IC Fireflies were fitted with one piece transmission assemblies. Most have direct vision slots welded over with appliqué armour. The Sherman Is used to built Fireflies were among the last Shermans with 75-mm guns delivered to the British, most of which were early examples. These were rebuilt in the US after having been used for training extensively.

Attached goes another picture of a Sherman IC. Can anyone identify the unit it belongs to? I think it's Czech.

H.