"British Sherman V" Topic

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Warcolours Painting Studio	14 Jun 2018 6:30 a.m. PST
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Joes Shop	14 Jun 2018 10:43 a.m. PST
Very Nice Work – Good Tonal Mix!
Warspite1	14 Jun 2018 3:19 p.m. PST
Reviewing Pathé newsreels on YouTube recently I noticed that some British Shermans were sporting a crude squarish patch on their sides in several shots. It took me a while to work out that this was where the previous white 5-pointed star had been crudely painted out following landing in Normandy. The shade of green did not match and it might not even have been green (this was black and white film). It might have been khaki or earth-brown. It would appear that many crews got rid of the side white stars very quickly to aid camouflage but they left the top deck ones in place (see above) to prevent friendlies from bombing them. In my own late father's Royal Artillery unit, the M-10 crews claimed that the white stars were as good as aiming marks for the Germans. They were forbidden to paint them out so they managed to throw or smear mud over them as much as possible. Barry
Grumpsh	27 Jun 2018 10:01 a.m. PST
Really a damned if you do damned if you don't. Friendly fire from other armor, anti tank guns, infantry with bazookas or even artillery vs the chance that a German gunner was going to take the time to try and aim at the star. But that's not what's going through your mind when you are sitting inside the tank.