Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Picture of the day. (13 Viewers)
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michaelmaltby
Colonel
michaelmaltby
Colonel
fubar57
General
I've seen "Hurricane" marked on the side of a tank before but I think it was a different photo and setting
fubar57
General
A few days after D-Day, loading onto an LST..........
fubar57
General
At the 1:30 mark is our tank
M4 Sherman "Hurricane" (Nº3033967), 'H' Company, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd U.S. Armored Division, having a Continental R-975-C4 engine change at a repair depot near the front lines, Le Teilleul, Normandy.
16th August 1944.
During 'Operation Cobra', a Ward LaFrance / Kenworth Heavy Wrecker M1 / M1A1 pulls the radial engine from a 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank.
(During the preparation for "Cobra" in late July '44 prominent markings disappeared with the introduction of black or red brown as a second camouflage color after the earlier overpainting of the big white stars. Interesting is the fact that the nicknames on the tanks weren't overpainted, e.g.: Hurricane, because they often began with the coy. letter.)
M4 Sherman "Hurricane" (Nº3033967), 'H' Company, 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd U.S. Armored Division, having a Continental R-975-C4 engine change at a repair depot near the front lines, Le Teilleul, Normandy.
16th August 1944.
During 'Operation Cobra', a Ward LaFrance / Kenworth Heavy Wrecker M1 / M1A1 pulls the radial engine from a 2nd Armored Division M4 Sherman tank.
(During the preparation for "Cobra" in late July '44 prominent markings disappeared with the introduction of black or red brown as a second camouflage color after the earlier overpainting of the big white stars. Interesting is the fact that the nicknames on the tanks weren't overpainted, e.g.: Hurricane, because they often began with the coy. letter.)
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
You have a scary memory my friends!
fubar57
General
The sad thing is my memory was rememoring a picture in the Pacific in a more palm treey, sandy environment and I came up with the above instead.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Hey when your short of lube for hinges you use what you have.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Tirpitz ... Norway
