The Sherman Tank what an amazing vehicle!!

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  1. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Anyone know if any of these engines still exist?

    Caterpillar diesel radial. I think I read somewhere that Buda built some radial diesels for Shermans too.

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  2. Ewen Scott

    Ewen Scott Well-Known Member

    Not the Sherman.

    But Buda built the Guiberson T-1020 diesel engine that went into 1496 M3 & M3A1 Diesel Stuart II/IV light tank.
     
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  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  4. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    Don't know if this one has been posted before, but it sure is cool.

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    I know it's not a Sherman, but it sure is cool too.

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    A-58, Nov 2, 2020
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  5. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Captured gear including those two, here, Bobby:
    German Firefly - Captured Vehicles in Enemy Service
    Think the Firefly is identified, but haven't re-read. The Stug is in Italy if memory serves.
     
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  6. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    This puts things into perspective a bit.

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    A-58, Nov 16, 2020
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  7. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian Patron

    It was NOT a low profile tank :)
     
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  8. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    Comparative Heights (authority is B.T. White, Tanks and Other AFVs of WWII, 1983 US edition)

    M4 Sherman: 9 ft

    Pz Kw VI Tiger I: 9 ft 5 in
    Pz Kw VI Tiger II: 10 ft 2 in
    Pz Kw V Panther: 9 ft 10 in
    Pz Kw IVH: 8 ft 10 in
    Pz Kw IIIL-M: 8 ft 3 in

    M26 Pershing: 9 ft 3 in
    M3 Lee: 10 ft

    T34/76: 8 ft
    T34/85: 7 ft 10 in
    KV: 10 ft 8 in
    JS II: 8 ft 11 in

    Comet: 8 ft 9 in
    Challenger: 8 ft 9 in
    Cromwell: 8 ft 2 in
    Crusader III: 7 ft 4 in
    Churchill III-VII: 9 ft
    Ram: 8 ft 9 in

    Chamberlain and Ellis, British and American Tanks of WWII, tend to give greater heights. Neither they nor White explain their measuring criteria. At any rate, from this it appears to me that the Sherman was not an exceptionally tall vehicle. As a group, late war German tanks tended to be the tallest while British cruisers were among the lowest.
     
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  9. m kenny

    m kenny Senior Member

    T34/85 lower than a T34/76?
     
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  10. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    It was not a high profile tank, either.

    Might as well do this again.
    Been a while:
    tank size comparison chart.jpg

    The 'too tall' argument's been done to death.
    And given perhaps its busiest hour in Normandy, might a somewhat higher viewpoint be seen as an advantage?
    The squat Stugs & Jagdpanzers were lurking low in defence. The M4s were attacking over thick terrain.
     
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  11. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    They all might look very similar in height from 100 yards away.
     
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  12. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian Patron

    I didn't say it was TOO tall!
     
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  13. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    I think that it was just the right height....
     
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  14. TTH

    TTH Senior Member

    Well, that's what White has.
     
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  15. Listy

    Listy Well-Known Member

    Yes the T-34 makes my tank designer scream. Look at that restricted turret ring width, look at how much wasted space there is.
     
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  16. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian Patron

    Side note: the Ram was successfully made shorter than the Lee and was still shorter than the Sherman when that tank went into production but here's the secret catch: the turret interior at least was cramped, because of the smaller turret ring. I think the "fightability" of the Sherman was better. So in that sense - yes, the right size!
     
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  17. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

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  18. A-58

    A-58 Not so senior Member

    Yugoslavian SO-122 - Sherman with Soviet 122-mm gun A-19. According to an Artwork of Armies post on Facebook anyway.

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    A-58, Nov 23, 2020
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  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    I like it.

    Found this:

     
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  20. Little Friend

    Little Friend Senior Member

    I took this outside the D-Day Museum at Southsea, Hampshire. 2014.

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