Posted on 19 December 2017 at 10:09:28 GMT 1) the 105 Shermans in NWE were US and French, not used by the British, only in Italy. 2) Original 3.7" CS howitzer only fired Smoke. 3" fired smoke and HE, although it looks like more smoke was carried than HE. The 95mm on Churchills and Cromwells had a very effective HEAT round, so it does have an AT capacity. Numbers - officially there were 2 per squadron + 2 at RHQ. This gives 8, so 2-3 bases at a base per troop. I'd go with 2. Use - as hinted above they were mainly used for smoke, the HEAT round is for self defence, another oddity is that there were no CS Valentines so in 41-3 Valentine Rgt and Battalions had Matildas as their CS tanks. As to why no 105 Shermans in NWE - I suspect that it was due to logistics - certainly there was a shortatge of 105 ammunition. IanS |