Sherbrooke Fusiliers Tank BOMB

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I wanted to report back that Bomb is now located at 315 William Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec. The plinth at Champs de Mars park is empty and the plaques reinstalled with the tank.

The CO of 202 Workshops was invited to speak about the job. He introduced two Master Warrant Officers and a Corporal who actually did the work. When I asked, "Who paid?" they all laughed. Apparently so many well-meaning but too highly placed people got in on the project that they made financing the equipment time and supplies late. Although the transmission turned freely and she rolled on the tracks when loaded on the flatbed the first time, the tracks are now locked. Making sure there were no undrained hydrocarbons was a big issue for any display project to proceed. (One MWO told me they are cycling the tanks at Longue Pointe Garrison through the shops, and a Centurion was found to be fully topped up. Good, but bad.)

In four years, the Sherbrooke Hussars will be 150 years old - or claim precedant back that far.

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I just finished updating the Sherbrooke Hussars page on Wikipedia with details from this thread on names and identification.

[Mike Durand]

I have done a lot of searching on BOMB and have come to the conclusion that it is a Sherman 111 or M4A2 not a M4A4 as is noted in many places. The census number T152656 was assigned to an M4A2. This info was found in two places. A clear pic of the rear of the tank would confirm this for sure. The M4A2 and the M4A4 are quite different.
If this has already been confirmed please let me know
Thanks
Mike Durand

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Mike,

"Bomb" is a Sherman III (or M4A2). The main differentiator between the M4A4 and the rest of the Sherman tanks is the spacing between the bogies - see the attached picture.

HTH,
Hanno

[Mike Durand]

I want to do a model of BOMB and the Wiki's I had read(and other places) identified her as an M4A4. I knew right away from the wheel spacing that it was't an A4 but what mark was it. They are all so similar from the front and there wasn't a clear pic of the rear. Somewhere I have a list,from Barry Beldam I believe, of what type Sherman was issued to each regiment. Looking for that listing I came across another list of WD numbers and what vehicle a block of numbers belonged to. So that was one source of my search. I then came across a list of Sherman survivors and found BOMB listed as a M4A2. That along with the wheel spacing finally convinced me.
I will be using the Dragon 1/72 scale kit to do my model.

Thanks again
Mike

[maple_leaf_eh]

Good detective work.

[Gordon Kibble]

What were the other differentiators between the two? Was the mantled one of them?

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Mike,

"Bomb" is a Sherman III (or M4A2). The main differentiator between the M4A4 and the rest of the Sherman tanks is the spacing between the bogies - see the attached picture.

HTH,
Hanno

[John McGillivray]

Originally Posted by Gordon Kibble

What were the other differentiators between the two? Was the mantled one of them?

The differences between the M4A2 and the M4A4 are much larger than that.

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

http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_m...m4a4/m4a4.html