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Published: 2007-09-15 15:35:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 5213; Favourites: 143; Downloads: 0
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This is a nice example of a late production M4 Sherman tank. It has the newer suspension and wider tracks and the larger 76mm gun with muzzle brake. My significant other's late father was a gunner in a Sherman with the 4th Armored Division in Europe in WW2.Related content
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I haven't been there in a long time. This Sherman was parked at the entrance. One of these days. I'd go but every time it comes around, it's always so goddamned hot that weekend and I don't get along with hot weather very well.
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Yeah, i buy things and have to carry them around... haha, can't wait to end up re-enacting.
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This is one of my favorite tanks.
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My significant other's late father was a gunner in the Sherman in the 4th Armored Division during WW 2.
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still, it was way better against the japaness tanks
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True, but the 76mm gun did help.
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My significant other's late father was gunner in a Sherman in the 4th Armored Division during WW 2.
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Cool! in which campaign was he involved?
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Across Europe as part of Patton's 3rd Army. He was in from the breakout in Normandy all the way through to the end, including the relief of Bastogne.
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He had some interesting stories.
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Damn it...i was born in the wrong country and 80 years late... xD
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The Sherman had its flaws. The early ones tended to catch fire rather easily until they changed the ammo storage system. It also was undergunned compared to the German Panthers and Tigers. It was comparable to the Pkfw IV. The 76mm gun helped but it still had trouble with the German tanks.
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Great picture! I love this tank. Wow, you know someone from the 4th AD, that's so awesome! I read the book "He Rode Up Front for Patton" by Albin Irzyk and "Patton's Vanguard" by Don Fox. John S Wood was a fantastic general and the soldiers under him performed brilliantly in combat.
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My significant other's late father was in the 4th AD. I have both of those books. Her father's tank commander, Lt. Bashum is mentioned in the Irzyk book a couple of times. Once when he tells about the tanks crossing a damaged bridge and the first one (Bashum's) getting across safely and then the bridge collapsing under the next tank. He also mentions about Lt. Bashum being wounded and evacuated to a hospital. Karen's mom has the Division history that was published just after the war and given to every member of the 4th AD. It's pretty cool and has period photos and a (for the time) pretty complete history of the division's actions during the war.
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