Tag: sherman

• Sherman VC Firefly

  Type: Medium Tank/Cruiser Tank Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 2 Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium The Firefly was a British conversion of the American M4 medium tank, re-armed with the powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun. In this case the base vehicle was an M4A4 which was powered by a Chrysler A57 30-cylinder multibank engine. The size…

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  9. Jun 2022

  Cruiser Tank, Medium Tank, United Kingdom, World War 2

  17-pounder, armoured vehicle, firefly, history, m4a4, Medium Tank, sherman, sherman vc, tank, World War 2

• M4A3E2 Sherman „Jumbo“

  Type: Assault Tank/Heavy Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium The M4A3E2 was designed as an assault tank – basically a heavily armoured infantry support vehicle for breaching fortifications such as the Siegfried Line. Since development of the T14 assault tank had been cancelled and the M26 heavy tank would not…

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  24. May 2022

  Assault Tank, Heavy Tank, USA, World War 2

  ardennes, armoured vehicle, Assault Tank, bastogne, battle of the bulge, cobra king, ford gaa, Heavy Tank, jumbo, m4a3e2, sherman, World War 2

• M4 Sherman “Ginsling”

  Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Wibrin, Belgium The sleeping giant At the beginning of World War 2 the US Armys’ tank force was virtually nonexistent. Even Poland possessed more tanks when they were attacked by Nazi Germany in September 1939. The Great Depression and long years of isolationism had drastically…

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  19. May 2022

  Medium Tank, USA, World War 2

  ardennes, armored vehicle, armoured vehicle, battle of the bulge, history, m4 sherman, Medium Tank, second world war, sherman, sherman tank, tank, tank monument, tanks, us army, Wibrin, World War 2