Oh! Almost forgot. Since I was passing, I took these pics for our resident military history buffs.
The disaster of Exercise Tiger at Slapton Sands on the Devon coast, was utterly tragic, but this tank was recovered and stands as a memorial to the lives lost. Salute o7
@stueytheround @Render @FrankCannon I am familiar with the Slapton Sands debacle.
@JolieSaboteuse I presumed you would know about it.
@stueytheround An absolute shitshow. @Render @FrankCannon
@stueytheround @Render @FrankCannon Weirdly hybrid Sherman in tnat pic, too. M4A1 76W turret with a cast hull, which was not a British thing.
@JolieSaboteuse @stueytheround @FrankCannon
I've long had questions about that particular tank.
The DD tank frames for the flotation screen are missing. As are the props. Long submergence in salt water could explain the missing screens, but not the missing props.
It is a stock M4 75mm Sherman and its recovery location confirms that it belonged to 70th Tank Battalion (2 DD companies, 1 standard M4 company).
I suspect that Sherman came off of one of the sunken LST's.
@Render
Story goes it was accidentally discovered by a fisherman getting it caught in nets. Recovery may not have been very professional leading to extra damage? @JolieSaboteuse @FrankCannon
@stueytheround @Render @FrankCannon Now I begin to understand where it came from.