It is no coincidence that this Sherman ARV is just a dismantled flamethrower Sherman T68, satisfied in Korea or Vietnam? And it's not done Sherman M4A2. The similarity here is a & # 382; too big.
Sh.ARV is from Lend Lease - 135-MILITARIA slide Sh.T68 - Sherman-History of the American Central Tank-Presidio-Press
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In the description the machine is listed as a tractor delivered in the summer of 1945 in several pieces and used as a shunting machine for moving trains. The tests in Korea are nonsense, the description shows that the tests took place in December 1953 (in fact they were from 18 November to 11 December), i.e. several months after the end of the Korean War. Two prototypes were built, converted from machines with the numbers "USA 3082940" and "USA 3083021".
Source : Sherman A History of the American Medium Tank by R.P. Hunnicutt, published by Presidio Press
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Somehow I miss the point of the claim that the first picture should be a Sherman in the salvage version - the vehicle lacks everything that could identify it as an "ARV", I mean the beams, the folding crane, pulleys and hoists, ropes, anchors ... The "playpen" around the hull reminds me more of a vehicle modified for driving tests, but take it as a guess. Otherwise, the question must be asked: Was the Sherman Flamethrower T68 tested or used in Korea or Vietnam to consider that it was captured and delivered (for testing) to the USSR?
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According to the above mentioned source, there were only two prototypes inspired by allegedly Canadian Badger machines of similar concept. After the turret was removed, the resulting hole was covered with ordinary steel (in the original "soft steel") The flame thrower was a Canadian Iroquis type for trials, designated E 33 and mounted in place of the hull machine gun. The machine in the photo from the Polish publication is probably a tractor (prime mover) and not an ARV. The fence could also be an aftermarket upgrade added from the time the machine was in service with the railroad (according to the caption, the last ones were retired in 1996 )
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Gentlemen, the photo of the "Sherman with railings" is a Soviet postwar "domorobo". I believe that this conversion was first written about by Maksim Kolomiyets and Ilya Moschanskiy.
I attach a photo from their book, with Russian and English captions.
Source: Maksim Kolomiyets, Il'ya Moschanskiy: Tanki Ljend-liza, ed. Eksprint, Moscow 2000, ISBN not available.
Foto ze strany 53.
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So it's clear where the Polish publication gets its source from, since Mr Kolomijec is a very reliable source there is probably no need to look for complicated constructions of where it came from in Russia. Thanks Jirka, I knew I saw this photo somewhere and I couldn't figure out where
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