Comments on: Armoured train in Sarajevo http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:49:09 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kees den Breejen http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Kees den Breejen Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:42:33 +0000 http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2007/10/01/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/#comment-6 Hi Andrew, your tank is definitely a US M3 light tank, known as the Stuart or Honey by the British. Hi Andrew, your tank is definitely a US M3 light tank, known as the Stuart or Honey by the British.

]]> By: Andrew Grantham http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Andrew Grantham Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:18:26 +0000 http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2007/10/01/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/#comment-5 [...] Unfortunately the book doesn’t mention the armoured train in Sarajevo. [...] [...] Unfortunately the book doesn’t mention the armoured train in Sarajevo. [...]

]]> By: Natasa M. http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Natasa M. Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:10:37 +0000 http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2007/10/01/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/#comment-4 Interesantno. Pozdrav. Interesantno. Pozdrav.

]]> By: Andrew Grantham http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Andrew Grantham Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:22:52 +0000 http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2007/10/01/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/#comment-3 This looks rather like the train in question. "<a href="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/croatia/croatia.html" rel="nofollow">There was at least one armored train</a> [in Croatia] which mounted French Somua S35 turrets" says a website on pre-1946 <a href="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/" rel="nofollow">Tanks</a>, with a <a href="http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/croatia/CRT.jpg" rel="nofollow">photo</a> This looks rather like the train in question. “There was at least one armored train [in Croatia] which mounted French Somua S35 turrets” says a website on pre-1946 Tanks, with a photo

]]> By: Andrew Grantham http://www.andrewgrantham.co.uk/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Andrew Grantham Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:11:16 +0000 http://ccgi.ajg41.plus.com/2007/10/01/armoured-train-in-sarajevo/#comment-2 Gordon Mackinlay provides some more details on the <a href="http://www.railwaygun.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Railway gun mailing list</a>. The Museum was called (in a English approximation) "The Red Star Partisan Remembrance against the War of Fascist Imperialism". <q>In regard to the M3 Stuart variant, the British 8th Army trained and equipped from its stocks, a Red Partisan Brigade in Italy in 1944. A variety of equipment used on operations and in training, M3, M5, early model M4 Shermans, Crusaders, AEC armoured cars, White Scout Cars, Universal Carriers, plus a variety of artillery (25 pounders, 6 pounder Anti-tank and 40mm Bofors and 20mm Polsten AA guns), plus quite large amounts of wheeled transport and engineer plant plus Bailey Bridging (in very large amounts).</q> Gordon Mackinlay provides some more details on the Railway gun mailing list.

The Museum was called (in a English approximation) “The Red Star Partisan Remembrance against the War of Fascist Imperialism”.
In regard to the M3 Stuart variant, the British 8th Army trained and equipped from its stocks, a Red Partisan Brigade in Italy in 1944. A variety of equipment used on operations and in training, M3, M5, early model M4 Shermans, Crusaders, AEC armoured cars, White Scout Cars, Universal Carriers, plus a variety of artillery (25 pounders, 6 pounder Anti-tank and 40mm Bofors and 20mm Polsten AA guns), plus quite large amounts of wheeled transport and engineer plant plus Bailey Bridging (in very large amounts).

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