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Armor/AFV: Allied - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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M4A2 4th Marine Tank Battalion, Saipan
Bernd_S
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Posted: Friday, December 26, 2008 - 04:44 PM UTC
Hello Friends,
have this Sherman finished.









Thanks for looking

Bernd
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Posted: Friday, December 26, 2008 - 05:00 PM UTC
Great work, nice weathering effect, was this your inspiration?

Chas
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Posted: Friday, December 26, 2008 - 05:06 PM UTC

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Great work, nice weathering effect, was this your inspiration?

Chas


yes.... and this




Bernd
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Posted: Friday, December 26, 2008 - 09:55 PM UTC
Hi Bernard,

Great work, Sherman looks very good indeed. very impressive work.

Looks to be a lot of potential in the PTO and it's good to see more people taking an interest in that area of operations.

Al
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 01:16 AM UTC
great shermie youve got like a production line going havnt you ?

the weathering looks great i especially love the camo on the turret

toyz4boyz
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 06:51 AM UTC
Excellent work. The camo and weathering look great !!

A question for all of you experts:

I am intrigued by the extensive use of supplementary spaced armour on the hull front & sides of this Sherman. I don't recall seeing photo evidence of this sort of armour being used on Shermans in Europe, yet the penetrating power of the Japanese guns was inferior to the German weapons.

I confess to lacking knowledge of Pacific Theatre armour, beyond the fact that the Sherman & Stuart outclassed the Japanese Tanks by a fair margin..

What is the explanation? Did the Japanese make use of hollow-charge magnetic mines? Did they possess a dangerous anti-tank gun?

Thanks for your help!
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 02:53 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Excellent work. The camo and weathering look great !!

A question for all of you experts:

I am intrigued by the extensive use of supplementary spaced armour on the hull front & sides of this Sherman. I don't recall seeing photo evidence of this sort of armour being used on Shermans in Europe, yet the penetrating power of the Japanese guns was inferior to the German weapons.

I confess to lacking knowledge of Pacific Theatre armour, beyond the fact that the Sherman & Stuart outclassed the Japanese Tanks by a fair margin..

What is the explanation? Did the Japanese make use of hollow-charge magnetic mines? Did they possess a dangerous anti-tank gun?

Thanks for your help!

The Japanese had hollow charge magnetic mines as well as lunge mines (an impact fused mine on a pole, which the foot soldier used to "harpoon" a tank. The wooden side armor (sometimes backed by poured concrete) provided standoff as well as a non-magnetic surface. The Japanese also used satchel charges which could be placed on a tank's hatch, which led some Marine units to apply standoff screens to drivers' hatches as well. Japanese soldiers had been conditioned to accept suicidal tactics.
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