Forthcoming Allied TANKS! (2 Viewers)

[6th Wisconsin]

May decide to get that new Figarti Sherman with dozer attachment. It is just that my wife may not like the price tag!!

 

[Rob]

I wonder if Brian may give us a time scale for the appearance of its first Allied Armour?.

Rob

 

[johngambale]

Brian! We need GERMAN DAK/Europe, Marder II/III, WESPE (Wasp)--SDKFZ-232 8-Wheel Armored Car with Radio Antennae, PUMA Sdkfz-234-Armored car, ? -------- BRitish----M-3 HONEY(LIGHT) tANK---AEC MKI/II "DAIMLER "Armored car-----M-4A1-SHERMAN TankN.Africa Colors----M-7-PRIEST S.P.--N.Africa Colors----M-3 GRANT Tank,N.Africa Colors----MKI/II/II MATILDA Tank,N.africa Colors! CIAO!

 

[wayne556517]

.A captured Panther.................
sorry rob will leave the thread alone.

 

[Rob]

.A captured Panther.................
sorry rob will leave the thread alone.

No probs Wayne.

Have you seen the clip of film showing a Panther undergoing tests,in the background they are also testing what looks like a captured Grant?.

Rob

 

[wayne556517]

No probs Wayne.

Have you seen the clip of film showing a Panther undergoing tests,in the background they are also testing what looks like a captured Grant?.

Rob

No mate i havne't

 

[Rob]

Wayne,if you get a chance check out the dvd's of the tv series 'Tanks' and 'Battlefields',they have some great footage in there.

Rob

 

[binder001]

No probs Wayne. Have you seen the clip of film showing a Panther undergoing tests,in the background they are also testing what looks like a captured Grant?. Rob

I don't know about a Grant but there are photos and maybe movies of an M4A1 being tested at Kummersdorf, Germany in 1943. In some of the photos is a Panther D, a new tank at the time. The M4A1 was nicknamed "War Daddy II" and was captured from the US 1st Armored Division in Tunisia by 1/sPzAbt 501 on 2/22/43. The story goes that the green American crew abandoned their tank as the Tigers approached and the Sherman was captured in perfect working order. The tank was shipped to Germany, still in full US markings and was tested at the Wehrmacht proving ground. At the time the Germans were more impressed with the M4A1 than most post-war history writers.

Gary B.

 

[Rob]

Just checked it out,its the Kursk episode of 'Battlefields' ,it contains Black and White film of a Tiger 1 and a Panther going up a steep embankment and passing a Grant Tank in the middle.

Rob

 

[HAWKEYE]

I have heard that an m8 mortor carriage was in the works along with a m3 honey

 

[6th Wisconsin]

OK, Brian. I retract my vote for a Sherman, since I just bought a couple. Russian armor would be terrific!!

 

[kx1a]

I have heard that an m8 mortor carriage was in the works along with a m3 honey

Man I hope you're right about the M8 HMC
Bill

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Man I hope you're right about the M8 HMC
Bill

I don't think anyone has done an M8.?

Terry

 

[binder001]

I don't think anyone has done an M8.?
Terry

Quite right - the M8 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage (I have heard it called a "Scott" by British modelers, who seem to love names, but it never had one in US service) has been done in a mediocre quality kit in 1/35th by Tamiya and is to be done by AFV Club "sometime" in the future. Other than a resin kit in 1/35th the M8 hasn't been done in large scale.

The M8 served in the Assault Gun Platoon of tank battalions until replaced by the 105mm Shermans, also in the Assault Gun Platoon of armored infantry battalions and in "E" Troop of Mechanized Cavalry Squadrons. They were also used by the French (whose armor units were generally organized along American lines).

Gary B.