Next Armor N.Africa should be........ (1 Viewer)

[johngambale]

MKIII CRUSADER TANK--- --M-3 GRANT TANK (Must Have)-----SEXTON M-7 Self Propelled ( Must Have )------HUMBER MKII/III--/AEC DAIMLER Armored Car----SHERMAN ( M4-Rounded Hull w/Sideskirts (Desert Colors); And Andy don't forget the Trucks BEDFORD QL-and Fordson WOT3/4 ton Utility Truck? Thankyou, CIAO!

 

[panda1gen]

I would still love a Rolls Royce Armoured car from the 'cherry pickers' on the wire in 1940.......

But we perhaps need a much maligned brit sherman to do battle in Tunisia?

 

[maddadicus]

I would still love a Rolls Royce Armoured car from the 'cherry pickers' on the wire in 1940.......

But we perhaps need a much maligned brit sherman to do battle in Tunisia?

For a K/C Royce, I might even kiss Andy's feet....Michael

 

[jazzeum]

For a K/C Royce, I might even kiss Andy's feet....Michael

Uh, oh, now we'll never get it

 

[Harrytheheid]

Uh, oh, now we'll never get it

 

[binder001]

MKIII CRUSADER TANK--- --M-3 GRANT TANK (Must Have)-----SEXTON M-7 Self Propelled ( Must Have )------HUMBER MKII/III--/AEC DAIMLER Armored Car----SHERMAN ( M4-Rounded Hull w/Sideskirts (Desert Colors); And Andy don't forget the Trucks BEDFORD QL-and Fordson WOT3/4 ton Utility Truck? Thankyou, CIAO!

OK, John we have been over this before!! If you're going to continue the lists, at least get the terminology right; NO SEXTONS EVER, EVER operated in North Africa. The Sexton was a British 25-pounder on a Canadian Ram chassis - they weren't even built until after the campaign in North Africa ended! To somebody who knows the difference it is like seeing you ask for an Afrika Korps King Tiger. Read a few books on the equipment that actually operated in North Africa.

By the way, the Shermans you want are the M4A1 (British Sherman II) and the M4A2 (British Sherman III). Both served in the 8th Army, the Sherman II being much more common.

Gary

 

[steel wheels]

The M4A1 desert sherman is a must. Monty needs some more armor.

 

[Rob]

OK, John we have been over this before!! If you're going to continue the lists, at least get the terminology right; NO SEXTONS EVER, EVER operated in North Africa. The Sexton was a British 25-pounder on a Canadian Ram chassis - they weren't even built until after the campaign in North Africa ended! To somebody who knows the difference it is like seeing you ask for an Afrika Korps King Tiger. Read a few books on the equipment that actually operated in North Africa.

By the way, the Shermans you want are the M4A1 (British Sherman II) and the M4A2 (British Sherman III). Both served in the 8th Army, the Sherman II being much more common.

Gary

Gary Can i ask what were the big differences between the M4A1 and M4A2?.

Rob

 

[nmrocks]

Didn't we build a whole section just for Johns "suggestions"?Why are suggestions regularly being posted here?
Ray

 

[Warrior]

Good question, the answer escapes me to be blunt..........

 

[OzDigger]

Didn't we build a whole section just for Johns "suggestions"?Why are suggestions regularly being posted here?
Ray

I agree, this sort of stuff should be in the suggestion section.

 

[Harrytheheid]

OK, John we have been over this before!! If you're going to continue the lists, at least get the terminology right; NO SEXTONS EVER, EVER operated in North Africa. The Sexton was a British 25-pounder on a Canadian Ram chassis - they weren't even built until after the campaign in North Africa ended! To somebody who knows the difference it is like seeing you ask for an Afrika Korps King Tiger. Read a few books on the equipment that actually operated in North Africa.

By the way, the Shermans you want are the M4A1 (British Sherman II) and the M4A2 (British Sherman III). Both served in the 8th Army, the Sherman II being much more common.

Gary

To somebody who knows the difference it is like seeing you ask for an Afrika Korps King Tiger.


Och, the entertainment never ceases. Far better than the telly.
And although I agree that this stuff really ought to be in the Suggestions section, I have to admit that I'm just as guilty (hmmm....on occasion ) of posting rubbish here, there and everywhere, instead of in the Miscellaneous section.
Cheers
H

 

[binder001]

Gary Can i ask what were the big differences between the M4A1 and M4A2?. Rob

Rob,

The M4A1 had the cast upper hull, giving it rounded corners with sort of a "turtle" look. It was powered by the 9-cylinder radial aircraft-type engine.
At Alamein the Sherman II was the most common Sherman in the Eighth Army.

The M4A2 had the welded upper hull, giving it sharp corners and an angular look. It was powered by two GM 6-cyl. diesel engines through a common transfer case. The M4A2, in its sub variants, was the only model the Russians wanted because they were the only power to make extensive use of diesel tanks. The British, Free French, and USMC also used quite a few M4A2s.


Gary