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Medium Tank M4A1 Sherman usf

Production: 1942-1944
Number Built: 55,000 (all variants)
Crew: 5
Weight: 33.5 t
Engine Output: 350 hp
Speed on Roads: 40 km/h
Armament: 76.2 mm M1 L/52.8 gun
12.7 mm machine gun
2x7.62 mm machine guns

The Sherman is one of the most produced tanks in the world!




(12.7 mm machine gun)

Development of the Sherman started in 1940 in response to the German Panzers 3 and 4 that were serving in France. The Sherman's armour and armament were to equalise it with the German tanks. And when it first encountered the German tanks in North Africa in 1942/43, the match indeed was about even. But when it was employed in Europe by 1944, its gun had already become outdated as the German tanks' armour had been increased in the meantime. But new guns and improved ammunition ammunition (I'm thinking of COH2 armour piercing rounds :-)) enabled the Sherman to again compete with the German tanks - including the Panther and the Tiger.





The Sherman was the first series produced tank featuring a single-axis stabilised gun. This enabled it, to a certain degree, to fire on the move. This was a capability that other tanks did not have; all tanks of WW2, without exception, had to stop to deliver precision fire.
COH2 is not being very realistic at this point, although i completely understand why.


(Giggled a little seeing this.)

Its characteristic design had technical reasons: The first Sherman tanks had been equipped with aircraft engines that were very high. At the same time, a certain width could not be exceeded to allow the tank to be transported by rail and, especially by sea.

The model you can see here is a combination of the hull of a M4A1 and the turret of the "Easy Eight".

Jagdpanzer 5 "Jagdpanther" axis

Production 1944-1945
Number Built: 384
Crew: 5
Weight: 45.5 t
Engine Ouput: 700 hp
Speed on Roads: 46 km/h (quite a number for a beast like this!)
Armament: 88 mm PaK 43/3 L/71 gun
7.92 mm machine gun

The Jagdpanther is regarded as one of the most efficient tank destroyers of World War 2!



The Wehrmacht wanted to incorporate its effective 88 mm antitank gun in a casemate tank destroyer. The decision was made to use the chassis of the Panther for this, which is where the name Jagdpanther was derived from. Compared to the original Panther tank, which was equipped with a 75 mm gun, the firepower was once more conciderably increased.

The Panther's hull had already been exceptionally large and high. Now, aditionally equipped with a large gun, it made the Jagdpanther an extremely large vehicle. And since tank destroyers were often used in defence operations where they had to use any cover offered by the terrain, their size often was a problem.


(Not gonna penetrate this time, mate)



But the Jagdpanther's design had other advantages to compensate for this weakness: First of all, it had excellent armour. Moreover, its armour was sloped in a way which made it extremely hard to penetrate. Its gun was very accurate and powerful, the engine and transmission provided outstanding off-road mobility. That is why, despite its large silhouette, the Jagdpanther continues to be considered as one of the best designed tank destroyers ever.





But as with many late German armoured vehicles: The overall number of manufactured vehicles was far too small to have any lasting impact on the outcome of the war.

Looks like I just found a new favourite thread.
For the love of God Lümmel, never stop posting more pictures here

As you can see in the first post, my "reservoir" will soon lack new content.
When i get the chance to visit another german history museum, there will be new stuff to come.
Glad you like it!

This is Awesome! Any chance we could get one on the KT or Strumtiger?

There you go ;-) King Tiger is coming soon.

Wow awesome thread.
I thought the London Imperial War Museum had lots of stuff but this certainly blows it away.
Will have to try and get down to this one.

Definitly worth a visit!

38-cm-Sturmmörser Tiger "Sturmtiger" axis

Production: 1944-1945
Number Built: 18
Crew: 5
Weight: 65 t
Engine Output: 650 hp
Speed on Roads: 40 km/h
Armament: 380 mm RW 61 L/5.4 rocket launcher
7.92 mm machine gun

The Sturmtiger was a heavy assault gun vehicle intended for urban warfare.







The Sturmtiger was based on damaged Tiger models that were reused for this purpose. The turret and upper part of the hull were replaced by a fixed superstructure with 150 mm front armour. This design allowed the vehicle to be fitted with a Raketenwerfer 61 rocket launcher, which had a range of up to 5,700 metres. This was a variant of the Wurfgerät 38 cm, a depth charge launcher from the Kriegmarine, which had been modified for the Army. The weapon's original had been to sink submarines.

The official designation "assault mortar" (Sturmmörser) was chosen because of the weapon's resemblance to the very heavy mortars of World War 1, even though their technical priciple had been completely different.







The rockets were hugely destructive but at the time sxtremely heavy which made the weapon very slow to employ. The noticeable holes around the barrel (see previous pictures) vented the gases of a fired rocket in order to prevent the barrel from bursting. The rockets were used to destroy buildings and fortifications.

The Sturmtiger was employed for the first time in 1944 during the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. More than 200,000 civilians were killed in that operation.

Panzerkampfwagen 5 "Panther" axis

Production: 1943-1945
Number Built: Approx. 2,290
Crew: 5
Weight: 45.5 t
Engine Output: 700 hp
Speed on Roads: 46 km/h
Armament: 75 mm KwK 42 L/70 gun
2x7.92 mm machine guns

The Panther is regarded as one of the best tanks of World War 2.





One of the tanks developed by the German Reich in response to the moder Soviet T-34 was the Panther. It combined high firepower, excellent mobility and effective protection in a well thought-out design.

Having been rushed out of the factories and directly into combat, the Panther initially had to cope with severe tehcnical deficiencies. But all of these were eventually corrected. The Ausführung A (variant A) on the pictures was technically mature.







The Panther was intended to replace the Panzer 4 as the new standard tank. This goal, however, was never achieved since the industry was not able to meet the demand. Still, the total number of approx. 6,000 produced tanks makes quite a high number by German standards.

The Panther in the pictures is a Befehlswagen (yes, the OKW Command Panther really existed!). It is characterised by better radio equipment, making it suited for the command of larger units. Features to recognise this variant include the star antenna at the rear and the missing machine gun port next to the gun barrel.