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Celebrating WWII's greatest tank and related designs. Please excuse my fixation on the Endkampf period. Don't hesitate to ask questions or correct me.
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I'll just note that, unless clearly stated otherwise, whenever you see "early" or "final" or other such adjectives, we're talking about the changes within an exact variant, not its place in the Sherman family tree. By all means an initial prod. 76 tank is overall a late Sherman.
Extremely rare (beyond French use and C. Abrams' Thunderbolt VI tank) initial production M4A3 (76)W VVSS Shermans, with the smooth-barreled M1A1 gun and unusual XLR turret casting*. L: possibly 712TB, Metzervisse (Lorraine), November 7th 1944. R: 7AD?, Beeck (Ndrh-Wfl), 29/11/44.
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A camouflaged Sherman VC Firefly of an unidentified, likely Canadian unit on the move in Normandy, #OTD in 1944. The riveted T62 tracks, common on M4A4s from which Fireflies of this type were converted, are clearly visible. Library and Archives Canada
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The commander's MG has been changed to a .30 cal M1919A4. From:.
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16mm colour film shot by Polish Army Film Unit cameraman Corporal Jerzy Januszajtis records tank manoeuvres during training (Scotland or Yorkshire). Members of 10th Armoured Rifles (?) also present.
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RT @shermanfannr1: An M7 Priest of the 11th HAC Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery during the battle of Sicily, mid-July 1943. Since it seems….
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Thanks to @hw97karbine for the suggestion. Source (multiple scenes):.Music: Link Wray - Rumble, 1962.
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The battle of Guam in the Marianas began #OTD in 1944. A USMC M4A2 (Fisher production) fitted with an M1 dozer arrives at the Asan beach in the central-western part of the island, likely in the first day of the operation. She has in-theater made wading gear and unique camouflage.
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Compiled from IWM.
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Footage of Operation Counterthrust in progress, following soldiers on the ground, 1951.
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