Re: Conventional DS2?
From: "Cleyne, Daniel" <DCleyne@v...>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 09:44:00 -0500
Subject: Re: Conventional DS2?
>
> And THANK YOU for the Firefly mention! The UK and Canada made good use
of
> what was considered the best Sherman variant. I heard that politics
stopped
> the US from adopting the Sherman.
The Firefly didn't have a HE round and was thus limited severely in its
use
against soft targets and infantry. Perhaps that was one of the reasons
the
Americans didn't want it.
Dan