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Back from the dead- Paraguay's Shermans
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:05 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
Interesting little article on the use of tanks that were effectively obsolete in 1943, being re-employed in 2016. 'Old soldiers never die...', goes the saying; but then nor do zombies and, it seems, the M4 Sherman
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-bu ... 2016-14768
Re: Back from the dead- Paraguay's Shermans
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:30 pm
by jackalope
Target practice! I can't imagine what any of those relics would be good for now days. Maybe against troops on cars and lite trucks but 75mm short barrel won't take the paint off a modern tank.
Re: Back from the dead- Paraguay's Shermans
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 6:58 am
by fury
I do love the Sherman tanks but nowadays they would be blown off the face of the earth with the tanks of today. But saying all that its nice to see some of them back in action.
Re: Back from the dead- Paraguay's Shermans
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:25 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
The article I cited leads to this one in Jane's:
http://www.janes.com/article/56911/para ... in-service...
Here we see a Sherman of 1980s vintage in fetching grey livery:
- The Tommy cooker Peashooter rises from the grave
and it's certainly an improvement on the one seen all too often in the early 1940s:
- Shouldn't have eaten those beans for breakfast..!
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