I'm on the stage of painting the tank crew figure for my Jumbo sherman...but first, could somebody please show me sites as my reference,...colored pictures of WWII tank crew uniforms....really appreciate it....

Hi Ariel,
Thess sites may be of some help:

http://www.usarmymodels.com/uniformsandequipment.html

http://atthefront.com/us_uni_M43Field_Uniform.htm

Cheers

jjumbo

Thanks....john very much....but if you have the specific tank crew uniform....much appreciate it....

Hi Ariel,
Unlike the Germans who designed a uniform for their Panzer crews, American tank crews wore basically the same uniform as the U.S. Army infantry and air crews.
There were specific items of clothing designed for tank crews to wear, bibbed tanker pants, work coveralls, windbreaker jackets, balaclava hoods and other assorted bits and pieces of equipment.
This site may help you:

http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/World_War_II_Uniforms_and_Camouflage.html

Cheers

jjumbo

Gday Ariel
Considering the M4A3E2s entry into the war, (after the breakout, approaching the Siegfried line) you would expect your crew to have cold weather clothing, unless you are planning a VE kind of display?
There would be the winter tankers helmet (really a wool lined cap with ear and neck flaps) sometimes worn under a M1 helmet (sniper protection) still some Rawlings football type helmets, winter tankers jacket definitely, the winter coveralls (bibbed as mentioned) either worn over or under the jacket, under this could be the HBT coveralls, which were a more lightweight one piece work uniform (quite common in Normandy during the warmer months) or the service uniform of woollen pants etc. M41 Parsons jackets were seen but not as common, and lets face it in the colder months they would have been slapping on whatever they could muster. Scarves also tied around the neck under an upturned collar, woollen jeep caps under helmets, the combinations are plentiful. For footwear, there would be limited gaiters in use with rough out boots etc. but more two buckle gaiters. Then there were overshoes, which had the metal bands tightened over the fronts (As per the DML figure kit of 101AB in Bastogne) these were large as they literally were worn 'over' your boots. Also the lace-up shoepacs, of which the lower half is rubber (later canvas, then rubber again) These two became plentiful after the Ardennes Offensive from say late January onwards. You could do a google image search with a few of these key words, or even do a complete peruse of say atthefront as per the earlier link. They may cover most of what has been mentioned, and maybe some others not?

Hope this helps
Brad