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Offline AAolds

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« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2007, 09:53:13 AM »
For the record, it was my Uncle.   He said some had flamethrowers that were attached in the field.  Can I or anyone else be 100% sure of the accuracy of his claim?  Probably not, but ill take his word for it.
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« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2007, 11:23:32 AM »
Uncle, Grandfather, or Military Channel?  
from the Firefly thread in Aircraft and Vehicles Forum
 
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203145
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Combat Footage on the Military Channel about Iwo Jima. I think it was the show Battlefront. I could be wrong, as could the rest of ya.


now you say
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For the record, it was my Uncle. He said some had flamethrowers that were attached in the field. Can I or anyone else be 100% sure of the accuracy of his claim? Probably not, but ill take his word for it.


The Sherman FireFly did not come equiped with a Flamethrower.  

Not all Shermans are the same...
as Akak posted in the other thread
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M4A3R3 - Sherman tank used during Operation Overlord (1944) and in 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.


British Army had FireFlys.   So far I have not found any confirmed American Fireflys,  alot of us looked.  

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201419&highlight=firefly

There was supposed to have been 80 Fireflys converted over to US 3rd Army but documentation suggests that it never happened.   What unit was your Uncle attached to?
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« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2007, 11:36:17 AM »
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Uncle, Grandfather, or Military Channel?  
from the Firefly thread in Aircraft and Vehicles Forum
 
http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203145


now you say


The Sherman FireFly did not come equiped with a Flamethrower.  

Not all Shermans are the same...
as Akak posted in the other thread


British Army had FireFlys.   So far I have not found any confirmed American Fireflys,  alot of us looked.  

http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201419&highlight=firefly

There was supposed to have been 80 Fireflys converted over to US 3rd Army but documentation suggests that it never happened.   What unit was your Uncle attached to?


I just talked with my uncle or my previous posts would have mentioned it.  Get over yourselves.  Im not sitting here claiming to be an expert on the subject.  Anyone here a WWII tank expert?  I know im not.  Due to the childish badgering and insults on chan 200, this will be my last post on this matter.  My uncle is very old now and does not like being bothered with knit picking over the war.  Ill take his word for it, especially since he does not take well to being questioned.  Continue to argue amongst yourselves.
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« Reply #18 on: April 13, 2007, 11:46:27 AM »
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For the record, it was my Uncle.   He said some had flamethrowers that were attached in the field.  Can I or anyone else be 100% sure of the accuracy of his claim?  Probably not, but ill take his word for it.


Your uncle is correct that some Sherman variants did come equiped with a flame thrower. The Firefly was not one of them.

Just a suggestion here, but you have access on these forums to people that have been researching and studying WWII for 20, 30, 40 years. Some even longer than that. Instead of coming on here and saying, "I'm right and all of you are wrong because my uncle told me so, and I saw it on TV" you might want to do some independant research on your own.

Many people have posted links to the correct information. You have provided NO proof to back up your claim. Hmmmm who would I listen too??

I'll take the word of a person who provides specific data that supports a claim concerning information regarding a plane, tank, ship, or anything else for that matter, over some kid who's only referance is, "I saw it on TV, and my uncle told me."

The simple truth of the matter is this. You DO NOT know what you are talking about and no one is going to take anything you say seriously until you demonstrate some maturity and a willingness to investigate and learn about whatever topic you want to discuss.
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« Reply #19 on: April 13, 2007, 12:09:34 PM »
Been several postings about Sherman and flamethrower.

I have to ask:

What, in THIS GAME, are you going to use a FLAMETHROWER on?  Running troops at nearly point blank range?  You want to replace the coax or main gun for THAT ability?

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« Reply #20 on: April 13, 2007, 12:32:24 PM »
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Your uncle is correct that some Sherman variants did come equiped with a flame thrower. The Firefly was not one of them.

Just a suggestion here, but you have access on these forums to people that have been researching and studying WWII for 20, 30, 40 years. Some even longer than that. Instead of coming on here and saying, "I'm right and all of you are wrong because my uncle told me so, and I saw it on TV" you might want to do some independant research on your own.

Many people have posted links to the correct information. You have provided NO proof to back up your claim. Hmmmm who would I listen too??

I'll take the word of a person who provides specific data that supports a claim concerning information regarding a plane, tank, ship, or anything else for that matter, over some kid who's only referance is, "I saw it on TV, and my uncle told me."

The simple truth of the matter is this. You DO NOT know what you are talking about and no one is going to take anything you say seriously until you demonstrate some maturity and a willingness to investigate and learn about whatever topic you want to discuss.



Thank you.
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« Reply #21 on: April 13, 2007, 12:49:14 PM »
Reposted from another thread:

After bugging my Uncle more about the matter (cost me a 6 pack, well worth the cost), he  confirmed that his tank was not a "firefly".   I had heard him wrong, his tank did have a flamethrower as he was on Iwo Jima and he said that it sure did make the fire fly on the Japanese.

I WAS WRONG.  Now go back to having fun or I'll be wrong about something else.
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« Reply #22 on: April 13, 2007, 01:24:44 PM »
What unit was your uncle in?
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« Reply #23 on: April 13, 2007, 01:28:38 PM »
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Been several postings about Sherman and flamethrower.

I have to ask:

What, in THIS GAME, are you going to use a FLAMETHROWER on?  




We could use them to roast the sheep and have BBQs on the beach.  We could even get some surf boards now that we have a beach and Charlie doesn't surf.


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« Reply #24 on: April 13, 2007, 02:07:38 PM »
You either surf or you fight.



Napalm, son. Nothing in the world smells like that.
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Offline frank3

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« Reply #25 on: April 15, 2007, 03:11:48 PM »
'I love the smell of napalm in the morning' :D
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« Reply #26 on: April 15, 2007, 04:35:36 PM »
ummm.... an ax on the back! What could I uses that for? :rofl :noid
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« Reply #27 on: April 15, 2007, 05:59:41 PM »
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Originally posted by tedrbr
Been several postings about Sherman and flamethrower.

I have to ask:

What, in THIS GAME, are you going to use a FLAMETHROWER on?  Running troops at nearly point blank range?  You want to replace the coax or main gun for THAT ability?



u could always torch a town....or roast lost sheep :aok  lol
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« Reply #28 on: April 16, 2007, 11:21:01 AM »
Hehe poor sheep (perhaps that's why they "dissappeared")

Nice avatar there Flame Boy :)
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« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2007, 08:21:09 PM »
:rofl :rofl
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