Sherman Firefly Most Underrated Tank Of The War

[Crewman]

Hello Wolfkin!

Originally posted by Wolfkin
Sherman Firefly Most Underrated Tank Of The War

I would not say…
Of course, to some extent maybe this is public relations problem, the Firefly is not 506th PIR Band of Brothers with its own historiography and filmography but on the other hand it would be hard to find bad opinion about the Fireflies.

Originally posted by Wolfkin
So, I wonder why this vehicle is not mentioned too much? Is it because it was only used by Canadian, British and Polish forces? Is it because, in the same way that the Canadian Forces are largely unrecognized in some respects, that vehicles used by the Canadians could very well receive the same lack of attention?

I think that this opinion may be much closer of reality. The market of militaria, books, magazines, movies etc is dominated by the US Army and its history and the Firefly belongs to other story.

Originally posted by John McGillivray
It was the British, Canadians and Poles who engaged and defeated the bulk of the German Armour in Normandy. Fortunately they were the best equipped to deal with it..

I agree with John. The Polish tankers preferred the Cromwells than Shermans but I have never met bad Polish opinion about the Fireflies. If memory serves only one Polish veteran wrote sarcastic comment towards the Firefly but in such cases I tell: "My dear, take/buy/make/capture/organize yourself better tank for your personal fights or write Memorandum to Government for better tanks for your unit". I do not like the comments separated from industrial and battlefield reality and circumstances.

Best regards

C.