Surplus Shermans - the Vickers "Shervick" tractor
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:45 am
After WWII, a considerable number of "British" Shermans, particularly M4A2s, were converted by Vickers into the Vickers Shervick "tractor" for the ill-fated "Groundnut Scheme" - a scheme funded by the Attlee government to cultivate peanuts in Africa.
The conversion involved shortening the whole body of the vehicle (turretless) from three bogies on a side to two , and the creation of a whole new rear-engined crawler-tractor body on top.
However - I have only ONE bad picture of this "wonderful" vehicle....and unforunately it's from BENEATH as it's being loaded or unloaded from a ship by crane. Does anyone have a better pic they can post???
The conversion involved shortening the whole body of the vehicle (turretless) from three bogies on a side to two , and the creation of a whole new rear-engined crawler-tractor body on top.
However - I have only ONE bad picture of this "wonderful" vehicle....and unforunately it's from BENEATH as it's being loaded or unloaded from a ship by crane. Does anyone have a better pic they can post???