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Soldiers of the 1st Armored Division U.S. pass downed and burnt tank M4 'Sherman' in the area of Anzio.
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Soldiers of the 1st Armored Division U.S. pass downed and burnt tank M4 'Sherman' in the area of Anzio.
Already started the salvage process. Motor might be gone and the TC's machine gun is missing.
I was thinking marked off a mine area. Ruptured hull over the area where the mine hit, rolled track forward, too. Discolored turret- burned after blast? Would help explain the empty bay. Hope the crew got out first.
I am just wondering what the G I (who's head you can just see) is saying to his mate the last G I "Hey Joe, didn't you say you would be safer in a tank......"
Couple of open hatches may indicate escape hopefully but could also be like this retrieval from a brewed up M-4 as indicated in this video. (be warned it is graphic)
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&r...44224172,d.dGc
I suspect a catastrophic explosion in the M4. The right side is welded armor and the top lifted like that would be a HUGE explosion. The side bulged out would also...I wouldn't expect the crew made it out.
Jim would the Teller mine do that sort of catastrophic damage to an M-4
That poor Ford GPW looks beat up :(
That's what they were for. Read this...Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Anti-tank mines with this type of fuze were capable of inflicting much more damage to armored vehicles.[2] This was demonstrated numerous times in the Normandy Campaign. On June 8th, 1944, a Sherman tank was accompanying the 1st Ranger Battalion in an attack on the Maisy battery. It ran over a Tellermine and was blown to pieces, with a total crew loss. Sergeant John Robert "Bob" Slaughter describes the scene: "The explosive energy from that hidden teller mine sent the 32-ton Sherman tank into the ditch on its side. This scene echoed the bloody, grotesque carnage of D-Day. One minute they were healthy young men, and the next minute they were bloody arms and legs wrapped around bloody torsos. We found body parts and shoes with the feet still stuck in them twenty-five yards away."
Nasty...
And that pointedly, is what an AT mine is for. Imagine stacking several for better effect?Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
My grandfather Traul was a Sherman Tank commander from 41 to 45. He joined Dec. 8th 1941. He was 28 years old at the time and he received the nickname of "Gramps" from his first crew. His first crew ran over a land mine in North Africa. He was sitting up with his head out of the turrent. He was blown out of the tank and survived. No one else did. His second crew made it out but had four more tanks either disabled or damaged to the extent they were turned in for another. Some time in 1945 he was moved to a tank destroyer unit. He like the speed of the TD but said he always felt a little naked with no armor. Thanks for the pictures I look forward to them.
A very gruesome task to say the least