Ordnance vs AGF: Pershing Part 2

Anlushac11, on Jun 04 2014 - 06:34, said: On the 100 or so 17lbr equipped Shermans built for US Army.   I have read that some of the US Firefly's were shipped to Italy and were actually received by the 555th tank Battalion, 5th US Army. The US Commander wanted nothing to do with the 17lbrs and ordered the vehicles turned over to nearby Brit units.   At least 20 were found in a tank park in UK awaiting pickup by UK forces at wars end.   So it seems while some US forces received Firefly's they were never used in combat.