Sherman Mk.V "Tulip"
1st Armoured Battalion, Coldstream Guards, Guards Armoured Division
Germnay 1945
(Dragon Models 60308)
- Weight: 30 tons
- Dimensions: 19'2" x 8'7" x 9'
- Crew: 5
- Power Plant: Chrysler WC Multibank, 400 hp
- Armor: 63 mm
- Speed: 25 mph
- Armament: 1-75mm, 2 MG
- Notes: M4A4 Sherman Mk.V "Tulip" with twin launchers for 60lb aircraft rockets. Modified in the field by the Guards Armoured Division in late 1944. The rocket launchers were taken from Typhoon fighters, and "Tulips" were used in the Rhine crossings against targets like roadblocks and buildings.
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