Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the Sherman IC Firefly - the most successful British modification to the U.S. Sherman tank, widely used by British, Commonwealth, Polish and Czechoslovakian forces during World War Two. Includes 158 full color photos of the Firefly IC and R975 engine preserved at the South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg; 89 b/w period photos showing several camouflage and marking options in British, Canadian, Polish, New Zealand, Czechoslovakian and South African service; 6pp 1/35th & 1/48th scale drawings of Firefly IC and Hybrid IC, 32 tone drawings reprinted from various technical manuals.