![]() However, they had rejected previous plans for such a vehicle, and time was short. In early 1944, the United States Army decided that they needed an up-armored version of a medium tank for an assault role for the upcoming operations in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO). In US service the "A" has nothing to do with the gun, it just denotes the different engines.Forces of Valor FOV912136A US M4A3E2 Sherman Jumbo Assault Tank with VVSS Suspension - "Cobra King", C Company, 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division, Bastogne, Belgium, December 26th, 1944 (1:32 Scale) "The only way you can win a war is to attack and keep on attacking, and after you have done that, keep attacking some more." The Tamiya Sherman in Commonwealth service would be Sherman IBY, the Y for the HVSS suspension. An M4 Composite Sherman was designated Hybrid I or Hybrid IC if fitted with the 17pdr gun. For example: A Sherman I was a an M4 with the 75mm gun. ![]() designators were used by the Commonwealth tanks and that letter was tacked on behind the roman numeral. The M4A1(76)W in addition to being used by the Polish was also used by the South Africans, French and British and would have been designated as a Sherman IIA with the Commonwealth. Sherman IV, M4A3 (few, if any, issued to Commonwealth troops)Īdditionally (tho Swath might correct me here.?) the additional 'A' in the designation corresponded to the US 76mm version (I think? - only issued to the Pole's in the ETO atleast), B was the 105mm version and C was the 17 Pounder version.
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