ALPHA wrote:43rdRecceReg wrote:
..and one variation I'd not noticed in this very pic- one I posted a little earlier, in fact (but less detailed),
is that they've not been too careful parking the tanks, judging by the damage to the brace of M22s I've just noticed in the foreground 
This suggests to me a parking area full of rejects, or sadly neglected equipment. Pity. However, building a Firefly from an M4A3 base, or even from the M4AI 'Grizzly' setup..as referenced by the laudable General himself,
seems to be valid: the tank equivalent of "funny cars', maybe.

or the Lone Ranger with a Buntline special, instead of the 45 peacemaker..
What it looks like to me 43 is the drivers of the big brother Composite Fireflies went joy riding in those two M22s...and crashed them together
both fenders on the opposing sides of both are pretty seriously damaged...probably to the point where they couldn't put them back in the right spot
And yes...I would Dare say....when it comes to Shermans...You just never know what you might find
ALPHA
Not joyriding tank jocks, General..but a failed experiment in controlling early RC full size tanks...or, a couple of inebriated, purple-heart wearing tankers on R & R, decided to arrange a dodgem session in the park. In any event, the thread has come to the point where
any iteration of the Sherman- it seems- can be converted into a Firefly. Thus, I'd like a Sherman fitted with that huge M22 undercarriage, (a la 'Funny Car' hotrod..massive sprockets at the back, tiny at the front), 17-pounder barrel, and painted pink with purple stripes..It would also need a massive exhaust system to announce its presence, along with the multi-horn (playing 'Dixie') from an intercity train...
But it would start out like this:
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"- Mark Twain.