fort garry horse sherman types

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Originally Posted by wim sikkelbein

I've been browsing trough my hometown's digital photo archive and found some interesting photo's
my question is:
what type of sherman tank did the fort garry horse use in holland? and in what configuration? mainly sherman V's or otherwise?

what i've pieced together:
sherman I and IC
sherman III
sherman V and VC
and ram ammunition carrier
ram ambulance

Wim

I've been through my collection of photo's, and noted the following types of Sherman turn up in them during the Liberation of Groningen 13-17 April 1945:
M-4 Sherman IC Firefly at least 5
M-4A2 Sherman III 75 at least 3
M-4A4 Sherman V 75 at least 5
Found 1 photo of M-5A1 Stuart VI
And some photo's of 1 Kangaroo al the same one with 1 CACR markings
On a lot of Photo's it's hard to tell what type it is, because many are coverred in "Chickenwire & Ammobox Lining" or "Horsehair Matting"?
But it seems the 75's are a mix of Sherman III & V, while the Fireflies i've seen are Sherman IC.
I couldn't indentify one as Sherman IC Hybrid, but could well be used the before mentioned makes it hard to indentify them.
According to the records all are B Squadron, and the photo's that show their markings sure have the B Sq. Square.

Hope this adds to your info.

Cheers Ronald