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Let me know your thoughts... From the information I have, this tank at the excellent Museum of Polish Military Technology is a Canadian-produced, licensed version of the American M4A1 Sherman medium tank. Produced by Montreal Locomotive Works starting in October 1943, production ceased after only 188 units were built because U.S. Sherman production was deemed sufficient.

The Grizzly featured cast hulls similar to the M4A1, but utilized a 17-tooth drive sprocket to turn "Canadian Dry Pin" (CDP) all-metal tracks, unlike the 13-tooth sprockets used on U.S. models. Any more info or photos would be welcome, thanks!

Bumped into this in the middle of Tirana a while back!

A full historical recreation built at the Stalin Line in Minsk (approx 20 years ago) in line with the original WWII era drawings. The train consists of a PT-33 armored car with a 107-mm gun, a PR-35 armoured locomotive, a PL-42 armoured car with two 76-mm guns, and an open platform with a 37-mm anti-aircraft gun.

So following on from my previous post, here are the two T-34 tanks in the main indoor building at Stalin Line. T-34/76 is a fully restored machine built at Ural UZTM between late 1942 and March '44. The T-34/57 on the right is their fully running replica, made at their own workshop, and constructed on an ATS-59G chassis and wheels. You can clearly see the difference between the cast turret and the replica version from welded sheet.

An interesting poster I photographed at the Stalin Line last week on the construction of their T-34

In Minsk

In a rainy Minsk...

At the Stalin Line in Minsk

Self propelled howitzer at the Stalin Line museum in Minsk.

Found at the rather excellent Museum of Polish Military Technology. There's nothing like a nice 50 gallon per hour fuel burn for the largest single engine biplane!

My visit to Poland and Belarus last week turned into a bit of an unexpected tank fest, visiting the Museum of Polish Military Technology and The Stalin Line - both really excellent! Here's a T-10 with a T-72A in the background, and a massive poster in the background from what I presume is the museum's main sponsor...

Well, it's a sort of flight sim at the moment - I built it to fly my drone by dismantling the DJI controller and replacing the potentiometers. You can watch the whole video on YT @THFlightSim - I'm going to adapt for PC gaming flight sim when it get the chance so it's sort of work in progress...

An SU-100, T-44, T-34 85, and an ISU-152 spotted at Brest Hero Fortress, Belarus

At the brilliant Museum of Polish Military Technology in Warsaw - really well worth a visit if you're anywhere within about 500 miles!

... In my War Thunder tank