There is Sherman tank in India which stand out then the rest of the Sherman tanks globally, This tank saw active combat with a unique modification that so rare that only existed in India only, Its situated at nagpur at Ajni Square.
Its unfortunate that this example is not celebrated as a unicorn but worst its being called wrongly a captured Pakistani tank.
Their are evidence, It follows as :
1. The most notable feature of this tank is its main gun which is a soviet DT-56T 76mm which is taken from Russian PT-76, The PT-76 is not operated by Pakistan Army nor they received any amount from china nor they have captured enough Indian PT-76s to do the required modification, Its also make no sense that Pakistani Army would recommend such modification because their 76mm long barrel was more or equal to Soviet DT-56T.
2. The other most important clue is the vehicle itself, The vehicle is distinctly a
British Sherman V tank which only India operated, PA on other hand use M4A1E4 from Americans, Their are some differences which separate British Sherman from American are :
A. Turret has commander hatch with
all-round vision cupola found in British Sherman only.
B.
Reinforced ribs on the idler wheel found specifically on British Sherman only.
C. Though this not one of the strong points but Indian sherman mostly used T-49 tracks where PA sherman used T-48 tracks ..
Its evident that nor the gun mounted on the tank and the vehicle is operated by Pakistan Army ..
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I hope that this unicorn of tanks gets its proper identification and preserved accordingly ..
