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Let’s hope so
Dark Alley Dan
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Note please that we've rolled up over twenty thousand posts in this thread. Here's Joe's first post:
Joe's gone west since back in 2012. I appreciate you lads helping to keep this rolling.
Joe's gone west since back in 2012. I appreciate you lads helping to keep this rolling.
Dark Alley Dan
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It got better.
The ###ton was a Montreal Locomotive Works production that mated a 25 pr. gun to a Ram (and later Grizzly) tank chassis.
It worked very well indeed, and served as the core of Canadian mobile arty for some time.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/###ton_25-Pounder_Self-Propelled_Gun_Howitzer.jpg
MLW built about 2100 of them. The British owned and operated most of them into the 1950's. Portugal finally parked theirs in the 1980s.
That appears to be a different gun on the same old carriage/recoil assembly. Ideas?
The ###ton was a Montreal Locomotive Works production that mated a 25 pr. gun to a Ram (and later Grizzly) tank chassis.
It worked very well indeed, and served as the core of Canadian mobile arty for some time.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/###ton_25-Pounder_Self-Propelled_Gun_Howitzer.jpg
MLW built about 2100 of them. The British owned and operated most of them into the 1950's. Portugal finally parked theirs in the 1980s.
That appears to be a different gun on the same old carriage/recoil assembly. Ideas?
Dark Alley Dan
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Must take some training to get a horse comfortable with running down a set of stairs. I know any number of bipeds who can't be trusted to do that without breaking something.
Here's a tired old girl headed off to work:
China, apparently.
Here's a tired old girl headed off to work:
China, apparently.
Must take some training to get a horse comfortable with running down a set of stairs. I know any number of bipeds who can't be trusted to do that without breaking something.
Here's a tired old girl headed off to work:
China, apparently.
Improvised rocket firing tubes? 15th Air Force post-Chennault's "Flying Tigers"?
Speaking of Canadian made chassis.
APC Grizzly Kangaroo.
Portugal received about 40 of these APCs in 1957 along with 50 Grizzly combat cars (Sherman M4A1 manufactured in Canada). Only half dozen have become operational for training.
APC Grizzly Kangaroo.
Portugal received about 40 of these APCs in 1957 along with 50 Grizzly combat cars (Sherman M4A1 manufactured in Canada). Only half dozen have become operational for training.
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Speaking of Canadian made chassis.
APC Grizzly Kangaroo.
Portugal received about 40 of these APCs in 1957 along with 50 Grizzly combat cars (Sherman M4A1 manufactured in Canada). Only half dozen have become operational for training.
How old are these pics? Those are definitely Cdn made "Grizzlies"/M4A1 Shermans. You can see the unique Cdn pattern tracks and sprockets. The RCAC Museum in Borden had a Grizzly Firefly conversion on display many moons ago. if those tanks still exist in Portugal they would be a very rare beast.
With today prices on vehicles..I'd pay $54,000 for this.
$54 grand for a Ferret is pretty steep, but Shermans (many of which are Canadian Grizzlies recovered from Portugal) run a quarter million. German tanks are in the millions.
