[bernie]

the nice thing about the Sherman was it was easy to transport by train and ship,we were able to make more Shermans than all the different tanks and sp guns the Germans built,easy to fix,fast turret traverse speed.
There was the one quote by a german 88mm gun commander who had to protect a pass?? and he said that when the first sherman came they knocked it out and the second and the third etc.When asked why he was a POW he said we had more shermans than he had ammo for his 88.
We did win the war right??

Bernie

[Aircrafty]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

1. I would not trust Wkipedia as a reference for anything. Its written in such general terms, I think this is what the Military channel uses for it shows.
2. Who is Chuck Hawk? Tony's brother??
3. The M4A3E8 76mm was the equal to the T-34/85. And must have done its job holding them back in Korea until the M26s arrived from the US. I forget which, Canada I think even sent their M-10 (17 pounder) Achilles to Korea in the beginning until they could draw from US stocks.

Do you do everything by numbers Shawn

[Aircrafty]

Originally Posted by bernie

the nice thing about the Sherman was it was easy to transport by train and ship,we were able to make more Shermans than all the different tanks and sp guns the Germans built,easy to fix,fast turret traverse speed.
There was the one quote by a german 88mm gun commander who had to protect a pass?? and he said that when the first sherman came they knocked it out and the second and the third etc.When asked why he was a POW he said we had more shermans than he had ammo for his 88.
We did win the war right??

Bernie

That sums up the US armour tactics entirely: "keep throwing Shermans at em till they run out of ammo"

[TopHat]

Originally Posted by Spanner 28

Highly subjective issue and an irrellevant one. I personally think the Shermans deployed in NA , Sicily and Italy looked cooler and I note the germans copied their ambush scheme from the Shermans of the Royal Scots greys!
Cheers
Al

You missed it....

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by Aircrafty

Do you do everything by numbers Shawn

Only so you could keep up with the links you provided, but I did combine the first two into one. Still even you can follow that right?

[TopHat]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

2. Who is Chuck Hawk? Tony's brother??

I think he's Jack Hoff's cousin.....

[Aircrafty]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Only so you could keep up with the links you provided, but I did combine the first two into one. Still even you can follow that right?

Sure did

Btw, Chuck Hawks is not related to Tony Hawk, I guess the different surname would have been a clue to most people....right?

[TopHat]

Originally Posted by Aircrafty

Sure did

Btw, Chuck Hawks is not related to Tony Hawk, I guess the different surname would be a clue to most people....right?

I think he's a bartender or something.....

http://www.chuckhawks.com/bartenders_guide.htm

[Aircrafty]

Originally Posted by TopHat

I think he's a bartender or something.....

http://www.chuckhawks.com/bartenders_guide.htm

Something else I suspect: http://www.chuckhawks.com/index.html

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by Aircrafty

Sure did

Btw, Chuck Hawks is not related to Tony Hawk, I guess the different surname would have been a clue to most people....right?

Yea yea, I posted without my morning cup of coffee. Still the name rings no bells, so he may as well be related to Tony.