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Work in Progress by Art
Flores
Notes:
The American M4 medium
tank proved to be not only the most important US tank used during the
war, but also the best and most numerous tank in British service. As
was the practice of the time, the British named the M4 after an
American general, in this case Civil War general William Tecumseh
Sherman, famous for the quotation 'War is Hell'. The Americans adopted
the name. M3 Sherman MkI's were first used at El Alamein in October
1942 and the British introduced most of the US versions as they became
available: the Sherman II (M4A1), Sherman III (M4A2), Sherman IV (M4A3)
and the Sherman V (M4A4). Out on the battlefield, generally two to
three Shermans were lost for every Panther or Tiger destroyed, but
whereas German industry could not make up their losses by mid-1944, the
US and British production lines were delivering a seemingly endless
supply of Shermans and other tanks. Production of all Sherman tanks
reached 55,000 by the end of the war.
The British army
purchased large numbers of M4s or took them over as part of the
Lend-Lease programme. To the British the M4 was the General Sherman (or
simply Sherman)
The first Shermans went
into action with the British at El Alamein in October, 1942. Thereafter
the Sherman was the most numerous tank in British army service for the
rest of World War II.
Below
are work-in-progress pictures. Click to enlarge, look for more soon!
There has always been a lot of debate whether ot not the tanks were
'pink' and if so what shade.
That said, it was a lot of fun to do, and makes a nice change from OD.
The colors here represent a
M4A1 Sherman Mk II (DV) of C Sqn, 3rd Hussars, 9th Armoured Brigade at
El Alamein October 1942.
NOTE: the "71" and Rhino insignia is not 3rd Hussars, these will
go on the next skin in my series.
Rather, the Horse and "40" insignia is 3rd Hussars (according to my
sources) see below.
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