Portuguese Shermans
Hello,
Here’s a small clip of the Lisbon’s Regimento Cavalaria 7, 1961.
One of the strongest Portuguese armoured Regiments and 1 of the 3 regiments that initially defended the government during the 25 of April revolution in 1974.
Really neat footage!
I visited Lisbon in winter last year and paid a visit to the Jerónimos Monastery where this was filmed. Crazy to see how little it’s changed. Also caught a glimpse of the outside of the Museu do Combatente (including the memorial wall and tomb), but was not fortunate enough to visit the inside. Just a great city overall, honestly
stronk tonk
a bit of the Portuguese army tank history:
Vickers 6-ton/Mark E
Valentine
M3 and M5 Stuart
Sherman and Grizzly
Cromwell and Centaur
M24
M47
M48A5
M60A3 TTS
Leopard 2A6
to complement they used a bunch of different types of armored cars, many of them from the French Panhard company
Technically those are Grizzly’s (Canadian-built M4A1s). You can tell because of the all-metal CDP tracks and the Canadian drive sprocket.
Very interesting find Rita!
stronk