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Osprey - Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II

£12.99 GBP
David Fletcher examines the swimming Shermans, and their successes and tragic failures on the beaches of Normandy.

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By David Fletcher MBE

David Fletcher examines the swimming Shermans, and their successes and tragic failures on the beaches of Normandy.

The Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) tank was a brilliant innovation; the design and development of a tank that could float and even 'swim' in water was controversial. Each tank was enveloped in a waterproofed canvas screen, launched at sea from landing craft and then 'swam' to shore, where the screens were deflated, allowing the tanks to operate as fighting vehicles. This book discusses the Sherman DD's many variants, including the prototype Valentine DD tank, including the challenge of crossing the River Rhine.

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A good introduction to the DD Sherman

It is indeed a good intro, but the modeller would need to do more research. I started by reading a surprising coverage of Valentine DDs, but got to the M4 variants in the end. I would like to have seen images of how the M4A1, the M4A2 and the M4A4 differed in their fitting out to support the screens (and differ they did). There is however a very nice colour artwork of a Sherman III with its screen up. What you would expect from Osprey, a good introduction to the topic

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I.M.
Hobarts Funnies. Duplex Drive Swimmers.

A beautifully illustrated book with superb narrative, authoritatively written.
DD tanks of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards and the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry were marshalled and embarked from our beach here at Lepe, all headed for Gold Beach.

This is a must-read and for our D-Day Lepe Heritage Group, a must-have for our information archive.

Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II - The Tank Museum
Macmillan/ Osprey Publishing

Osprey - Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II

£12.99 GBP
By David Fletcher MBE

David Fletcher examines the swimming Shermans, and their successes and tragic failures on the beaches of Normandy.

The Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) tank was a brilliant innovation; the design and development of a tank that could float and even 'swim' in water was controversial. Each tank was enveloped in a waterproofed canvas screen, launched at sea from landing craft and then 'swam' to shore, where the screens were deflated, allowing the tanks to operate as fighting vehicles. This book discusses the Sherman DD's many variants, including the prototype Valentine DD tank, including the challenge of crossing the River Rhine.

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