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Hiawatha Pete

(1,812 posts) Sun May 12, 2024, 06:03 PM May 12

Radio Control Sherman Firefly 1c - Canadian Grenadier Guards, Normandy 1944 (Build & operation video)

My latest project:
A radio-control Sherman Firefly 1c of the Canadian Grenadier Guards in 1/16 scale
- as it might have appeared during Operation Totalize - Normandy 1944.
Showcasing the steps I took to convert a Heng Long US Sherman into a Canadian Sherman Firefly 1c with the long-barreled 17pounder gun & a kitbashed approximation of the British-design All-Round-Vision hatch.
Also showcases the function & operation of the tank.

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Radio Control Sherman Firefly 1c - Canadian Grenadier Guards, Normandy 1944 (Build & operation video) (Original Post) Hiawatha Pete May 12 OP

This is a really cool rendition. A lot of fan boys are critical of Sherman's, which is a really good tank. captain queeg May 12 #1

Thanks for the compliment & for checking out my post! Hiawatha Pete May 12 #2

I read of a Russian tank ace who would only fight in lend-lease Shermans captain queeg May 12 #5

Thanks for your very cool presentation, my dear Hiawatha Pete! CaliforniaPeggy May 12 #3

Thanks for the compliment California Peggy! Hiawatha Pete May 12 #4

captain queeg

(10,398 posts)

1. This is a really cool rendition. A lot of fan boys are critical of Sherman's, which is a really good tank.

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 06:20 PM

May 12

Reliable, easy to fix so high availability. Good in many ways except for tank to tank battle where it was generally adequate aside from fighting the big German cats. I watched a YouTube video with a German tanker who bragged about how their tanks were better. Then he gave a sad smile and added “of course theirs always started”” which highlighted the American advantage.

Hiawatha Pete

(1,812 posts)

2. Thanks for the compliment & for checking out my post!

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #1)

Sun May 12, 2024, 07:18 PM

May 12

I might add that while the M4 Sherman is criticized for its 51mm frontal armor, that armor is sloped and still more than the Russian T34's 47mm, of which the M4 'easy eights' were able to hold their own against in Korea...

While in WW2 a single 17 pounder firefly of the Canadian 1st Hussars knocked out out 5 Panthers in about 5 minutes:

https://www.facebook.com/FirstHussarsMuseum/posts/pfbid027r7i8bm9zAyMbEgg3TMoQ3k78Wm283xWJjMbmZsh5T6fN6xNCvPBJErzkBGV9vVul

captain queeg

(10,398 posts)

5. I read of a Russian tank ace who would only fight in lend-lease Shermans

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Reply #2)

Sun May 12, 2024, 09:01 PM

May 12

His thinking was due to his first encounter when in command of a Sherman. He had a round pass thru such that he could see daylight. He was convinced the American armor was somehow designed to not set off the bursting charge. That doesn’t really sound very likely to me but he believed it to be so.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,945 posts)

3. Thanks for your very cool presentation, my dear Hiawatha Pete!

Reply to Hiawatha Pete (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2024, 08:13 PM

May 12

You do wonderful, detailed work. A bit of WWII history for us history buffs!

Hiawatha Pete

(1,812 posts)

4. Thanks for the compliment California Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #3)

Sun May 12, 2024, 08:31 PM

May 12

And for checking out my video! Always good to converse with other history buffs.

Cheers & Best Regards,

Pete

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