Re: Sherman Ic

[Mark W. Tonner]

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

Hanno;

It looks like it belongs to the 1st Czech Independent Armoured Brigade (1st Czech Armd Regt - '51' serial on the AoS marking). The Formation sign of the Czech Armd Bde was a blue shield, with a red cross and white lion (see attached black & white image).

Cheers