Holland liberated
- 31-03-45 Varsseveld. A Sherman Firefly tank in the streets of
Varsseveld. This was the British response to the German Tiger and
PANTHER tanks. It was re-gunned with a 17lb (76mm) gun, this was a rare vehicle and the crews did not survive very long, the Germans got wise and when
they saw one they all focused their fire on it and the majority were
destroyed. The British countered this by fitting sleeves that looked like
stovepipes over the smaller gunned Shermans, but these developed bends when
they were fired a lot.
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