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| Subject: | Re: 75mm M4A2 |  |
| Date: | Dec 17, 2006 |
| From: | Gerald Owens | |
The spotlight on the turret top was a standard issue item, but was usually stowed inside the tank and the mounting capped unless it was needed. Night combat operations were relatively rare for tanks, and nobody wanted to be the first one to turn on a light on a battlefield, so it rarely appears in photos.
The suffix on Sherman subtypes refers to the engine package (except for the M4A1, which had a cast hull, but the same engine as the M4), rather than successive production models--most were in production concurrently. The M4A2 had pair of diesel bus engines, and can be distinguished by the narrow engine grill on the top deck, the steep upper tail plate, and the dual mufflers and exhausts on the lower tail plate. These diesels were not wanted by the US Army, and were allocated to the US Marines and Lend Lease users. The Soviet Union got about 8,000, split about evenly between 75 and 76 mm models.The M4A3 has a wider intake grill on top, a flared out upper tail plate and a large diffuser grill under the hull overhang for the exhaust. |
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 | DML Red Army Sherman question.. - Tom Aronsen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . 75mm M4A2 - roy chow - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - rob galassi - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - Rob Ervin - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - Tom Aronsen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - Tom Aronsen - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - rob galassi - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - Roy Chow - Dec 15, 2006 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: 75mm M4A2 - Gerald Owens - Dec 17, 2006 |
| . . . Re: DML Red Army Sherman question.. - Bryan Starkey - Dec 16, 2006 |
| . . . . . . Re: DML Red Army Sherman question.. - Roy Chow - Dec 16, 2006 |
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