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Special Thanks to Gary Barling, member C#0014, of Petawawa and IPMS Ottawa for gathering this material for the webpage
OK, assuming I have all
the kits and conversions (well most of them and the TW 105 turret sure looks
nice) how do I go about building a Canadian 105 armed Sherman? Were these
based on M4A2's? Which Hull mods? Did they carry the degree markings like the
Centaur when deployed in Europe? Anybody got any pictures?
Gord
WhiskeyJack Decals
47
degree hull M4s and no (I think)...
November 1 2002
As far as I know, and if I am wrong no
doubt one (or more) of the Canadians on the DG will tell me, the Canadian 105mm
Shermans were all M4s, with late welded (47 degree) hulls and VVSS.
I cannot recall seeing much in the way of photos of them but it seems extremely unlikely
that they would carry the traverse markings seen on RMASG Centaurs and control
Shermans, as the latter were specifically for sea borne use and reflected the
pre-war practice of painting such markings on the gun turrets on warships. They
were unnecessary for land use but painting them out once ashore was doubtless a
low priority.
Robert Lockie
Canadian Sherman 105
November 1 2002
I am not sure that the Cdn 105's were
from the same stocks. No doubt they would be earlier models and I am not sure
about the 47 degree hull
Gord Parker
Canadian Sherman 105s
November 1 2002
My understanding is that,
when the Canadians were interested in getting more 75mm Shermans, they were out
of production, and so opted to get 105mm Shermans on the late (47 degree hull)
M4 chassis, since we were interested in HE firepower instead of the higher AP
power of the 76mm versions. The 47 degree M4 hull is, indeed, correct.
Armoured Brigade Models makes a really nice full conversion for this, which I
believe Andrew Dextras built up for a Military Modelling article a few years
ago.
Hope this helps,
Scott Taylor
IPMS London
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