Could someone explain how effective the wood-plank armor would be? Anyway, another Allied offering, but alas, not something wholly new like a Crusader.
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=3178
On my osprey published Sherman Medium Tank 42-45 by Steve Zaloga, there was a picture of the “widow maker” (with a big “COMET 38” on the side" which was a M4A3 with the wood plank armor and the wire grid hatch cover at iwo jima. The exact text for the armor was “spaced out wooden side armor”, which led me to think it might serve the same purpose as those shuzens on the panzer iv and the bed spring armors on the T34, to prematurely detonate shaped charges.
…and to prevent magnetic mines from sticking in the first place…
The allies’ response to Field Applied Zim, right Manny? [:-^]
Ah yes, but was it applied in the field?[:-^]
The Japanese used sachel charges. The wood was an attempt to give some sort of distance between the blast and the armor surface, sort of along the lines of zimmerit. There are photos of a Sherman with all sorts of nails along its surface to prevent the suicide bombers from jumping on the tank.
ouuuch, it’d suck to be that guy who charged. he totally drew the short straw.
In “Medal of Honour- Rising Sun” the Japanese come running up to your Stuart in the Phillipines with a satchel charge on the end of a long pole, with the idea being the charge would detonate against the hull without killing the person at the other end of the pole. Dont know if this was based on fact or not ?
wish I could ask my Grandmother-in-law for you wirraway but she is in Manila currently. She has scars from shrapnel from a Japanese fighter shot down by an American fighter during the battle for Manila… she was 17 or so.
She also commented on how surprised the Filipinos were with how the army “built a new bridge across the river very fast”… the pontoon bridges because the Japanese had blown all the other bridges.
she recognized my M1 Garand, M1 Carbine and M1903 when I showed them to her last year!
…and barbed wire…they did use poles w/ shaped charges at the end of them, but I don’t believe the intent was for the person to survive, just gave them better “reach” to the tank…and yes, these were field-applied planks…
You have an M1903?
Now all that needs to be done in styrene of the M4 are the direct vision slot initial production variants with M3 suspension and some DD’s.
You mean they all haven’t been done yet? [:-,]
[V] No… unless you count the old Monogram Hedge Hog and Screamin Meemie kits… but those were 1/32… Yes there are still more Sherman variants left unkitted in 1/35 plastic.
how many people would we need for a sherman gb that each person did a different version (no repeats) that covered the entire series?
Quite a few: you have five major variants, plus changes in many of hull, transmission, armament, bogies, ammo stowage, add on armor, turrets, etc. Not counting mods like Crab, DD, etc.
yes, remington manufacture. It’s either more accurate or just easier to aquire a good sight picture than the other rifles.
I’d be interested in a Sherman build but my kit is 1/3 done. LOL
Do I hear the early rumblings of yet another group build?
If I do, then I call the Dragon Firefly V!! [;)]
I call M4A3E2 76mm![swg]
enjoy the jumbo, I’ll do the standard M4A3(76)W
judges ruling? is a partially built model ok? I’ll stop work on it right now and wait for the build before I continue work if so.
aaaaand, are you doing only one of each type?