Picture of the day.

[Wurger]

The war roads are never perfect.

 

[michaelmaltby]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[Wurger]

Soviets near Viena 1945...

the pic source: the Internet.

 

[michaelmaltby]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[michaelmaltby]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[Elvis]

World's most famous picture of an M551 Sheridan tank...

Pic courtesy of Wikipedia.

 

[Wurger]

A knocked out T-34/76 , 1941/42

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[michaelmaltby]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[v2]

...

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: the Internet.

 

[Elvis]

Wurger,

What is that?

 

[Elvis]

Pic courtesy of Wikipedia...

…from June 6th, 1944.
Sharp eyes will note that is not an M4, but an M10.
Interestingly, the pic credits it to The British (they're coming! they're coming! ).
That means the gun shown is more likely a 17 pounder, rather than a 3" Naval Gun.


Elvis

 

[Glider]

That isn't a 17pd. A 17pd had a much longer thinner barrel.

 

[Wurger]

Wurger,

What is that?

That's a soviet T-35 tank designed in 30' and introduced in 1933.

the pic source; Czołg T-35 | Histografy

 

[michaelmaltby]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[Wurger]

A T-35 soviet heavy tank model 1938 captured in 1941 ...

the pic source: Bundesarchiv.

 

[special ed]

It looks like the tanks we used to draw as kids, with three turrets.

 

[Elvis]

That isn't a 17pd. A 17pd had a much longer thinner barrel.

...but wasn't that the change the British made to the M10, when lent them some?

 

[Glider]

...but wasn't that the change the British made to the M10, when lent them some?

Not all the time. I thought that all were converted but clearly some were used in the original form because that is definitely not a 17pd.

 

[Elvis]

Not all the time. I thought that all were converted but clearly some were used in the original form because that is definitely not a 17pd.

Well, here's a Sherman Firefly...

(pic courtesy of Christopher Chant's website)

...hard to tell with the muzzle brake attached, but its definitely a longer barrel.
You seem pretty sure, so I will agree on the basis that I just don't know enough about the two guns to make a better judgement call.
The former pic shows a 3" M7 and NOT a 17 pounder.


Elvis