One of my favorite tanks in the game is the French SASO (Sherman variant with a good gun) Everything dies from the side Tigers, Panthers, Jumbos, IS's etc so at no point will you want to expose your flanks. The angled frontal armour went from 56 to 47 from vertical. These two tanks featured armour that proved impenetrable when fired at the front, and with guns that could take out the Shermans from farther than the Sherman's effective combat range. Note: Many M4A3E2 Shermans were up-gunned to the 76 mm caliber during the war. This was fixed on later models as well. This way, the M4 can go around and prepare itself for a firing solution on the enemy tank. The Pressed Steel Car Company kicked off production of the first M4 tanks in July 1942. The M4A2 at 3.7 and the disgusting M4A4 (china shouldnt be in the game) are the best all round medium shermans with a good balance of firepower, armor and armament. All trademarks are property of their respective owners in the US and other countries. A gear level of 2 will land you at 9 km/h but allows the stabilizer to do its job. As such, exploiting side armour and general weak points of opposing tanks are still a must. Between July 1942 and January 1944, 6,748 M4s rolled off the line. The increased threat of German tanks in the European theatre also provoked the British to up-gun the M4 Sherman with a more capable gun, resulting in the Firefly. Trade in that top-mounted .50 cal for a top mounted T34 Calliope rocket rack. To go into battle with the turret basket empty of ammo, pack 78, To go into battle with the turret basket and the flanks empty of ammo, pack 31. The need of such tanks returned with the advent of the Korean War in 1950, which had the US military scrounge up whatever tanks they had in their storage to assist the South Koreans and their troops on the ground. This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 22:18. These tanks served in the Middle East conflicts that Israel had to deal with such as the 1956 Suez Crisis, 1967 Six-Day War, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War, where the "Super Shermans" proved itself as adequate against the superior and more modern Soviet tanks. On April 1941, the Armored Force Board chose the simplest of the designs, which was a redesigned M3 hull and chassis with a turret mounting the 75 mm gun designated the T6, completed in September 1941. On top of the commander's cupola is the distinctive .50 cal M2 Browning machine gun that is commonly seen on American vehicles. Paste links to sources and external resources, such as: Reduces the swing of the gun in one plane while moving. In 1943 builders widened the T80 track to 23" and added a ridge down the center. 500 units were also for sale during the 5th Anniversary event. On the very rear, the large engine doors are visible, featuring early door hinges used as early as the M3 medium. In this respect, a hull-down position hides the vulnerable hull. Unlike the M4 Sherman model that has the same gun mount, the right turret side does not have a welded piece of applique armour, allowing for a more sloped contour on the 76 mm turret armour. The iconic American medium tank has a very distinctive silhouette with its high front sloping armour, flat sides, and rounded turret shape. The (76) in the name indicated that the tank was armed with the more powerful 76 mm gun as a counter to the heavier German armour. While not as fast as some of the lighter tanks at the BR, the M4 748 (a)'s upgraded mobility makes it usable as a vehicle to run towards the objective and capture the zone. The M4 Sherman, designated Medium Tank, M4, named after the American Civil-War General William T. Sherman. In addition, shots to the sides will most likely hit fuel tanks or ammunition storage, causing a fire or ammunition detonation and at best, time to reassess the situation. The other variants are slightly harder to deal with. The M4A3(76)W HVSS ran on a gasoline Ford GAA V8 engine, which was the standard engine used in all M4A3 Sherman variants. The Shermans first saw combat in the North African Campaign in the Second Battle of El Alamein on October 1942 in the hands of the British. 75 mm M3 gun is a competent, well-handling gun for a medium tank. Playing as the M4A3 can be tricky since it features armour that can't stop most calibres at its rank such as the German 8.8 cm or the Soviet 85 mm, including the fact that it isn't the fastest tank. The 8072nd Tank Battalion was raised from Shermans from the occupational forces of Japan and were the first to be sent to Korea in July 1950. The M4 748 (a) tank's mobility can be used to travel the distance on the battlefield in a satisfactory fashion. With this great amount of firepower come some downsides however: it is not stabilized which makes target acquisition quite slow and the lack of explosive filler means that you will have to aim each shot to make it count. Description. With the success of this modification, the Israelis chose the 75 mm SA50 gun to be the new armament for the M4 Sherman inventory. Zaloga Steven. Captured M4-748 (a) tanks were used by German troops until the end of the war. Shells are modeled individually and disappear from the rack after having been shot or loaded. This video is intended to assist newer players who are unfamiliar with this vehi. At the beginning of 1944 the frontal plate became one piece, moving the driver and gunner hatches to the top of the hull. While the Sherman was adequate against what little Panzer III and IVs the Germans have left and against infantry and fortifications with the 75 mm gun, the Panthers and Tigers were in much large quantity than expected, and proved better in armour and firepower to the Shermans. Note: This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts. The hull's sloping glacis is at 56 degrees, as usual with the early model of M4 Shermans. Assign the machine gun selection to its own button so it can be fired and aimed independently. This tank is the equivalent to the British Sherman Firefly, trading its top-mounted HMG and additional armour for a better main gun: the SA50 L/57 cannon, which is the same gun as the one featured on the well-known AMX-13, providing an interesting perspective to what's coming next in terms of firepower. This main armament performs a bit better than its British counterpart, the QF 17-pounder, as it has superior penetration rates at all ranges. It has problems vs heavy tanks (KV-1) and the 80mm armour Stugs, also against sloped armour sometimes (T-34). Britt aint good, explosiveless high pen rounds now have low damage. Good handing thanks to HVSS suspension and wide tracks, Single-plane gun stabilizer allows firing on the move (below a certain speed), The M62 shell has explosive filler, which deals good post-penetration damage, Wet ammo storage (indicated by the "W" in its name) greatly reduces the change of ammo rack detonation, Access to APCR round for increased penetration and smoke shells, Top-mounted .50 cal machine gun is useful against aircraft and open-topped or lightly-armoured vehicles, 76 mm gun has trouble frontally penetrating armoured opponents (such as the Tiger II and T-44). If a shot can be made to the M4 Sherman's sides, send it towards the front half of the tank where it would either cripple the crew or ignite one of the ammunition racks strewn all over the internals. However, it was at this stage that the Sherman's shortcoming began to take face in the advent of the newer German tanks, the Tiger Is and Panthers. Additionally, the final drive assembly cover was replaced by a more heavily armored version. Are Sherman 105s actually god? If you're using the 75mm variants, they're useless at long ranges (50m and so on) Just stick around the corner and expect to catch someone. The German forces also captured Allied tanks as well, mostly fielding them in the Panzer forces to supplement the growing attrition of their armoured forces. Either aim here with APCBC or sacrifice damage potential and use the AP round to penetrate the hull. Churchill - The Churchills, with their complex hulls and sturdy turrets, can be quite hard to penetrate at range. thanks for answer The M4 is powered with an engine able to adequate for its weight class. It was introduced in Update 1.75 "La Rsistance". that dude some people hate and some people like, Middle aged, middle class, wish I was middle weight. Between August 1944 and May 1945, 1,217 M4A3E8 (76) Ws were produced. Reduces the swing of the gun in one plane while moving. This configuration also caused the hatch to protrude from the hull's sloping contour, resulting in the interruptions in the slope that compromises the sloped armour's overall effectiveness. It wasn't until the M46 Patton, an upgraded Pershing with improved reliability, that the Shermans were formally replaced in US service. The gun mantlet and turret are reasonably strong, but avoiding shots is still the best strategy. The new suspension system helped defeat the problems the Sherman's original tracks had with sinking in the mud from poor flotation and poor traction on slippery terrain. Again this is sound tactics for almost everything. The M4A3E2 received a new turret. The engine was the same Ford GAA V8 as was standard on the M4A3. Frontal armour is still inadequate, will get frontally penetrated and knocked out by tanks like Achilles, The best M61 shell struggles to penetrate heavy targets like, Trajectory is curved and velocity is low due to its short barrel, thus distant/moving targets are hard to shoot at, Hull traverse is quite slow, making it sluggish in a turn, Roof armour of 19.5 mm thick is vulnerable to airstrikes with AP cannons. Because of the immense weight of the additional armor, extended end connectors were fitted to the tracks, reducing the ground pressure. 20112022 Gaijin Games Kft. The tank's welded hull boosted its ammunition capacity in comparison with cast hulls by expanding its internal armoured capacity. It can break tracks, foul main gun barrels, and disable crew through their vision slots. The M4 Sherman, one of the most common tanks in the Allied forces, was often captured and fielded by the German forces. The Allies continued to use 75 mm Shermans until the Battle of the Bulge in Winter 1944, when the commanders request only 76 mm Shermans to be brought into Europe as the battle showed the intense armour disparity with the German's large numbers of Panthers and Tiger II tanks. Another program in the 1960s attached the larger 105 mm Modle F1 French gun from their AMX-30 into the Sherman. Of course this applies to other tanks too, but the 75mm Shermans seem to have this unique quality of being much better/worse at the extremes than many. Excellent 75 mm gun, arguably better than the legendary 17-pounder due to the penetration and accuracy of the gun, Outstanding penetration on the default APCBC at all ranges, Unlike the Sherman Firefly, the SA50 gets 10 degrees of gun depression. Keep in mind not to linger too long in front of SPAAs as there are two very convenient flat plates in front of the driver and machine gunner which can possibly be penetrated by AA's of the BR. The HVAP rounds give the tank a much greater firepower boost to fight the tanks at its rank. As they are modeled by sets of 3 or 4, shells disappear from the rack only after you've fired all shells in the set. The top rows of all 4 floor racks deplete successively, followed by all bottom rows. On the side hull, one distinctive feature of the M4 Sherman was the added appliqu over the sponson ammunition area. Hull-down positions are especially strong in the M4 Sherman, as it has a good 10 degrees of gun depression. The M4A3(105) is the first Sherman in the American tech tree of War Thunder. Armed with a 75 mm cannon and a sloped front armour, the M4 Sherman gives the balance of firepower and mobility for the US ground tree. I like the mobility of my M4A1. Note that their guns are equally weak against you, so wiggle around to disrupt their aim while you reload, you have a good chance of bouncing some shells. Sometimes, entire tank battalions were made up of this tank. It is so awful, slow, bad guns, bad defensive gun, and awful manouverbility. On a larger battle scale with multiple allies and enemies, work in cohesion with the others behind the front lines as the allies absorb most of the enemy shots, allowing the M4 to line a perfect shot on a spent enemy to land a penetrating shot into the hull and knocking out the crew. Between the M4A3E8 and the T-34-85, they were nearly identical in statistics as both were able to take each other out easily. Im getting my ween kicked in at the moment because I have no clue how to play the Sherman tank. However better the Shermans were to the German tanks at the time, the Allied armoured units still suffered casualties against the German tanks and anti-tank guns, most notably in the Battle of Kasserine Pass. The number one rule of this tank is to never fight alone with it, always be with a teammate and use cover when available since it will give you a great advantage. Luckily, there is a big weak spot. This tactic is even more effective when you are in a hull-down position: unlike Soviet vehicles, this tank has -10 of depression which you can make good use of. Under the E8 program, new suspension was trialled on the Sherman, one was the horizontal-volute suspension system (HVSS) taken from the T20 program. 3 This tactic is very efficient in urban combat, where long range precision shots are not required. Web. While not ideal, they provide the Sherman tank with some measure of protection against aircraft- sometimes enough to dissuade a pilot from making another pass. This interim design put the 75 mm on a lower and limited traverse mount that restricted its firing angle, but it did give the Western Allies a tank with the gun, so it was issued by the thousands until a better design could be produced. The Sherman Tank Site. The 8th rack is large and located at a weak spot: the bottom section of the armour. The StuG's armour profile is also more complex than the Panzer IV, with less flat areas. 20112023 Gaijin Games Kft. This resulted in an increased Allied tank attrition rate of nearly double during the Normandy Campaign than that of the Allies' previous campaigns. The M4 Sherman is a great flanker as it is fast enough to get the jump on the enemy's side. It has the worst armor out of all the shermans, where those cheesy cheeks on the hull make it so that you cant angle and that literally anything can pen you. The StuG III packs the same punch as the Panzer IV line with its long barrel 75 mm gun, whilst losing the turret, which turns out to be both an advantage and a disadvantage. [3] About 50 M-50 were given to Chile in late 1980s, rearmed with an IMI-OTO 60 mm Hyper Velocity Medium Support gun, which they used until 1999 when they replaced them with the Leopard 1 tanks. so ive been playing around the shermans a bit looking forward to get the Pershing and superpershing, but i have yet to figure out how to play the shermans, i always die, idk how to use them, any advises ? Some of the later models (like the (W) variants) store their ammo in the belly. The other option being FPE. By You are using a gun only slightly better then the Sherman, and it has a 50mm hull at a 56 degree slope (very similar to your 45mm at 60 degrees). The turret, constructed the same way with cast steel in all 75 mm M4 medium variants, used an M34A1 gun mount for the 75 mm M3 gun; a change from the M34 gun mount in that the M34A1 used a combination of an M55 telescopic sight and an M4 periscope with an M38 telescopic sight in it. The M4A3 plays more of a support role, use its powerful 76 mm as you assist your teammates during an advance or defense. On tier III Filters and Crew Replenishment are very important, and in tier IV further mobility improvements with the Engine and then Transmission should be prioritized. Nevertheless, the new Sherman, dubbed the M4A3 (76) W HVSS Sherman on papers and shortened as the M4A3E8, was considered the best overall Sherman design with its new upgrades. Use manual transmission, as using "Cruise Control 1" will give you a speed that is 1 km/h above the speed the stabilizer works at. The M4 748 (a) represents a captured M4A2 Sherman in Wehrmacht service and was the first Sherman to be implemented in the game. The US Army, in response, ordered for a tank armed with a 75 mm gun. The additional armor was welded onto the original armor, which brought the total thickness of the frontal armor to 4 in (101 mm) and the upper side thickness to 3 in (76 mm). Armed with a 75 mm cannon and a sloped front armour, the M4 Sherman gives the balance of firepower and mobility for the US ground tree. Shermans proved a strong option with good reliability and manoeuvrability in addition to armament and armour suiting its roll as a medium tank. Here we have the early M4 Sherman in a few games. Cheers fellow soldiers,today I wanted to try something new. As a newly developed Sherman late in the war, the M4A3E8 did not see much use in the European theater until near the end of the war. Hull underside over tracks is 9.5 mm thick. I go over ALL the best ways to kill the M4 Sherman tank, including several ways to one shot it. Penetration wise, the gun is excellent, but being solid shot it suffers in an uptier against the roomeywar-thunder-friendly german tanks at 5.7. They eat any shells I throw at them, from 37s to 75s, they eat them all, no matter how much pen a shell has, or what kind it is, they just do not care, I aim for weak spots, they eat my shells, all I can do is track them, or break their 50 cal, what am I supposed to do, I'm never this bad at a game, maybe I just . In the midst of the battlefield in World War II, wreckage and broken down equipment are often left behind by the army on the field due to either the inability to recover them or they are no longer operable. Their weight grew somewhat, though widening the tracks to 584 mm counteracted that by spreading the weight across a wider surface. Sherman tanks equipped with the horizontal volute suspension system (HVSS) were given the added name "Super" in the designation. The new turret was based on the T23 turret (used on 76 mm gun armed Shermans), but it had the pistol port removed. The new units deploying in Europe afterwards had exclusively 76 mm Shermans and as standardization in the suspension went on, the HVSS became more and more common in the European theater. The suspension was also reported to be a very smooth ride in comparison with the vertical-volute suspension system (VVSS), leading tankers to nickname the tank the "Easy Eight" from the tank's experimental designation M4A3E8, with the E8 corresponding to the usage of the HVSS. The shell should go in easily and knock out most, if not all of the crew. Play Germans, you silly person. Here are some of them: This tank has bad armour for the BR and the tank gives that away very clearly. 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