SHERMAN
II early DV Hull 1942 (UK, WW2)
The
sherman II is the English denomination of the sherman M4A1, with a few
modifications such as sandshields, a turret storage locker and a second
radio antenna. First put into combat in October 1942 by the British VIIIth
Army at the battle of El-Alamein in Egypt on October 23, 1942.
Production
of the M4A1, with its molded shell and Continental R-975 Whirlwind star
engine, began in February 1942 at the Lima Locomotive Works on the
assembly line dedicated to Lend-Lease with the British, then, from March
onwards, at Pressed Steel Car Company13. The first M4A1 rolled off the
Pacific Car and Foundry Company line in May, and production ceased at the
end of 1943, with a total of 6,281 M4A1s produced with the 75 mm gun14.
Early
M4A1s also had the M3 pattern bogies.
Armament
early prod:
M3
75 mm gun
1 Browning Machine Gun 7.62mm in turret
1 Front Browning Machine Gun 7.62mm
1 Browning M2 12.7 mm turret-mounted machine gun (optional)
Options:2
cupola : one closed, one open
2
hatches left and right for open cupola
2
hull hatches open and close
2
antenna
2
turret browning
8
optional front stowages
The model is in 1/56
scale (28mm).
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