14-169 Garand Picture of the Day - Peleliu

[Mark in Rochester]

Near the edge of a clearing, a Marine rifleman fires a rifle grenade with good effect into an enemy position up ahead into the northern, difficult portion of Peleliu.
Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 96106

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[browningautorifle]

I was just on Peleliu at orange beach on Google Earth. Then came down close to try to put the then and now pics together to see how far they had to run across the airfield...in that heat, with minimum water. And maximum incoming...

[CINDERS]

Well the bottom pic looks like two lefties how unusual, the island campaigns were just plain horrid all round hard to name the worst of them Tarawa and IWO gads goes on my nephew who is a Federal Police SGT did a tour in the Solomon's he reckons the UBX ordinance chaps have another 25 years up there getting rid of all the stuff left over from WWII.

The Crocodile was the name for the Churchill flame throwing tank what did they call the Shermans so fitted up.

[Mark in Rochester]

Well the bottom pic looks like two lefties how unusual, the island campaigns were just plain horrid all round hard to name the worst of them Tarawa and IWO gads goes on my nephew who is a Federal Police SGT did a tour in the Solomon's he reckons the UBX ordinance chaps have another 25 years up there getting rid of all the stuff left over from WWII.

The Crocodile was the name for the Churchill flame throwing tank what did they call the Shermans so fitted up.

Medium Tank M4 (General Sherman)


M4A3R3 Zippo: Sherman tank used during the Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)


M4 Crocodile: four M4 tanks converted by British for US 2nd Armored Division in NW Europe with the same armored fuel trailer as used on Churchill but the fuel line went over the hull.


Sherman Badger: Canada's replacement of its Ram Badger, the Sherman Badger was a turretless M4A2 HVSS Sherman with Wasp IIC flamethrower in place of hull machine gun, developed sometime from 1945 to 1949. The 150 gallons at 250 psi was effective to 125 yards, with elevation of +30 to -10 degrees and traverse of 30 degrees left and 23 degrees right. This inspired the US T68.[5]
Sherman Adder: A conversion kit to equip Sherman tanks, used in India on Sherman III and Sherman V