Let’s Talk About The Other Things That Killed Shermans, Mines and AT guns, The True Hidden Menace. Mines, What can we say about mines, no one likes them, but they still do a job that has to be done. We only going to cover anti-tank mines, since Anti-personnel mines do not harm tanks. The Riegel … Continue reading #21 Tanks Were Knocked Out Far More Often By Mines And AT Guns. The Sherman Was No Different Here. →
Did American Tank Design Stand Up? It Did Just Fine. The Sherman compared well to the other tanks in its weight class. It even fared well against vehicles much larger when you take in the whole picture. The US spent a lot of money lavishly equipping these tanks, even the lend-lease tanks shipped with submachine … Continue reading #20 How The Sherman Compared To Its Contemporaries: Well, it did very well! →
The Sherman Motors: Why So Many, And Why The Weird Ones? The Sherman had four different motors that made it into production tanks. The R975 radial, The GM 6046 ‘twin’ diesel, the A57 multibank, and the Ford GAA V8. There was also a Caterpillar motor they were trying out I cover in the Shermans of … Continue reading #16 The Sherman’s Motors: Four Motors Made It Into Production. →
The Sherman’s Armor: Not As Bad As People Like To Say It Was. The M4 had well-balanced armor in the same class as the other medium tanks of the war. We have covered ‘welded’ and ‘cast’ hulls, but even the ‘welded’ tanks used many cast parts welded to form the plates. In either case, all … Continue reading #12 The Sherman’s Armor: It Was Better Than The German Armor Of Comparable Weight. →
The Sherman Variants: So Many Shermans, so Confusing! Updated 02/21 First off, Americans referred to the Sherman as the M4, or M4 Medium, or Medium, the Sherman name was not commonly used until post-WWII. The British came up with the name for the M4 and referred to it with their own designation system that is … Continue reading #3 The Sherman Variants: The Design Matures →
Basic Sherman History: The combat RV, AKA the M3 Lee. The Tank that just gets no respect To really know why the Sherman was designed the way it was, you have to know about the M3 Lee. The M3 was the predecessor of the M4. It was based on M2 medium, the US Army’s only … Continue reading #2 Basic Sherman History: The Rodney Dangerfield of tanks, The M3 Lee. →
The Chrysler A57 Page The Chrysler A57 Multibank: The Motor Chrysler Came Up With To Power Tanks, It Was Crazy, And It Worked! The Chrysler A57 multibankType: 30-cylinder, 4 -cycle, multibank Cooling system: Liquid Ignition: BatteryDisplacement: 1253 Cubic Inches (20.5 liters) Bore and stroke: 4.37×4.5 inches Compression Ratio: 6.2:1Net Horsepower: 370 Gross Horsepower: 425Net Torque: 1020 ft-lbs Gross Torque: 1060 ft-lbsWeight: 5400 lbs. dry Fuel: 80 … Continue reading The Chrysler A57 Page →
Thoughts on War Thunder and World of Tanks MK II In the beginning: WOT was clearly better, but WT has grown into a better game. I’ll start by saying; I have not played a game of World of Tanks in months. At one point it was my main game. Sure, I didn’t play much when … Continue reading Post #71, War Thunder PART II: A more fair review after an extended time playing the game. →
Post #70: Report on the New Weapons Board I downloaded this PDF, Report on The New Weapons Board 1944, someplace, but since I don’t remember where I hosted it too. The report documents the feedback the troops gave to the board on the various weapons they demonstrated. The report was put together in early 44 to document … Continue reading Post #70: Report on the New Weapons Board →
M36: The M10 With A Much Better Gun The M36 was another tank destroyer based on the Sherman chassis, basically an M10A1 with a new turret mounting a bigger gun. These tanks mounted the 90mm M3 gun. In some cases, the M36s turret was fitted to otherwise stock M4A3 hulls due to a shortage of … Continue reading The M36 90mm GMC: A very good TD. →
M10 GMC: Good, but not Great, It got the Job Done The M10 was a tank destroyer mounting a 3-inch anti-tank gun and was known as the M10 3 inch Gun Motor Carriage during the war, or M10 GMC. It used the M4A2 chassis with the GM 6046 to power it, with a new lighter upper … Continue reading The M10 GMC: The first good American TD →
Post # 68 The Chieftain’s Hatch does the M4A1, we review it: A great Hatch! The video comes in two parts. The subject of the video is Black Magic, a small hatch, late production M4A1 if the turret came on it, though the turret or gun mount could be from other tanks. When it comes … Continue reading Post # 68 The Chieftain’s Hatch does the M4A1, we review it. →
Sherman Tank and Sherman Tank related Links: Because the Index is too long! Sherman Links: Or closely related to the Sherman. Sherman minutia site: You can spend days on this site learning interesting things about the Sherman. If you read through much of this site you will know how much I like the Sherman Minutia site because … Continue reading The Links Page: An easier to find place for Links. →
The Escape Hatch, Interior Lighting, Exterior lighting and Auxiliary Generator: Why? Because People Want to Know About Sherman Interior Lighting The Escape Hatch: If You Can’t Get Out the Top Get Out the Bottom All Sherman tank production models and most of the TDs and ARVs based on the Sherman had an escape hatch right … Continue reading #54 The Escape Hatch, Interior Lighting, Exterior lighting and Auxiliary Generator: They had to go somewhere. →
Bibliography and sources: So here are all my sources So yes, I know the site would be better with a list of sources, and this is going to be that post for now. I will also, as I review and rewrite all the articles over time, add them to each post. A bit about the site, … Continue reading #53 Bibliography and sources: Yeah I Know Sources on Each Post Would be Nice, I’m Working on it →
