Greets Gents!

Rob Ervin's new Ram OP tank has me thinking of making one into a late, or early for that matter, Badger. The Badgers used turret-less Tanks and Rams for the conversion. I don't, however seem to have any info on them in my stash! Bummer!

I was thinking of getting on of the Resicast Univ. carrier sets for the WASP 2C (I think thats what they used..) and installing it into the Sherman interior using a converted TWS early set. The Ram was RHD, so the set-up and interior would have been different.

Does anyone have pix on this conversion, if not could you point me into the right direction for ref. mat.?

Chris

Try asking the question on the Maple Leaf Up site.

Cheers
Kevin

Chris

I think this maybe what your looking for.

Jim

That's a great site! Thanks for the info guys!

Chris

It's a great site, but it doesn't have anything on the Badger.

If you want some Badger info, you could buy my Ram books from Service Publications as there are a couple of nice badger photos in there, including the famous overhead shot in Holland in the spring of 1945. :-)

The Badger used the same flamethrower as the Wasp IIC, but it was mounted upside down as the "chin" on the Wasp's flame gun interferred with the hull underneath the Ram MG mount.

There was usually a plate covering the open turret ring hole with a Ram auxilliary turret mounted in it to provide the commander some protection while directing the flame and to have an MG in the vehicle to protect it from Panzerfaust teams nearby.

The two large fuel tanks from the wasp were mounted in the hull on either side of the drive shaft tunnel, but at least one had racks for additional fuel located on top of the Wasp tanks.

The Badgers were generally not made from Rams as late as the OP, so some slight backdating is needed. Most obvious would usually be swapping the Formations Sherman suspenstion with the Lee type. Check a photo to be sure.

Badgers were held by the various infantry regiments, so they ended up with various regimental tac signs.

HTH

Paul Roberts

Tanks Mucho Paul, You're a good egg!

I would be interested in purchasing whatever you have on the Badgers.... Can you contact me at my work e-mail address?

[email protected]

Chris

Hi Chris ..I was talking with Rob by e-mail the other day and asked him about other kits based on the Ram and he mentioned he might just do a badger .No promises were made but..so why not just hold on to that idea and see what happens ..
I was begging for a Sexton and a Kangaroo but he didn't bite..lol :-)

Rick

Will contact you at work as well, but to let others know, I don't sell the books, I am but the lowly author. The books are available from Service Publications for the princely sum of Cdn$9.99 each. They are in the "Weapons of War" series. There are my two Ram books plus the book on the Canadian Kangaroos, which has good Ram photos, but not as much on the Badger as Badgers were not Kangaroos and the books are too small to drift much off topic. :-)

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This might sound like tooting one's own horn, but this series is really useful for anyone with an interest in Canadian equipment. The subjects run from the common, like Shermans in Canadian service, to the really esoteric, like the Canadian armoured train or the 1935 pattern armoured cars. For a Canadian tenner a piece, you can't go wrong even if you only use 1 photo.

Paul