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Yet another Sherman outside a museum.
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~13aceofspades13 Jul 1, 2010
this Sherman appears to have the more powerful gun.
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~SuzumeGhost13 Oct 30, 2010
its the Sherman FIREFLY...British had to figure out how to outgun or match up the German Tiger tank...hence the Sherman firefly

tiger tanks fire a 80mm round...so the allies mounted up a anti-tank gun to the Sherman..
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~pete-c-89 Jul 1, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Oh yeah, true! I can't admit knowing much about the different Sherman variants, but that week in France I saw countless Shermans, all of them slightly different in different places.

Like this one: [link] is quite different at the front, and has hard rubber tracks (right?). I'll have to look into Sherman history a bit, they're among the most iconic tanks there are.
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~13aceofspades13 Jul 2, 2010
there are so many different variants of Sherman, with so many different applications, the original gun for the Sherman was much shorter, and did not have that muzzle on the barrel that this tank has.

i dont know all the variants either, but i know they built a few shermans with thicker armor, or in this case, a slightly more powerful gun.
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~SuzumeGhost13 Nov 20, 2010
its the Sherman FIREFLY...British had to figure out how to outgun or match up the German Tiger tank...hence the Sherman firefly

tiger tanks fire a 80mm round...so the allies mounted up a anti-tank gun to the Sherman..
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~13aceofspades13 Nov 23, 2010
wait, didnt the tiger have a 88mm cannon....

the M-26 Super Pershing is my favorite... it was a pershing tank, with added frontal armor, and a more powerful 90mm gun. the M-26 Was the answer to the tiger, it had just as powerful a gun as the tiger, but better frontal armor, it was just as thick with greater slope...

the super persing was the american opponent of the King tiger, with thicker armor up frunt with a additional armor plate, with improved slope, the longer 90mm gun allowed probably a higher muzzle velocity, but with only two built it made no impact.
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~SuzumeGhost13 Nov 24, 2010
I stand corrected :D

according to the books that I read...Pershing is way more expensive than the Sherman...so..nuff said..
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*Rob-Cavanna Jun 30, 2010
perfect shot!
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~pete-c-89 Jul 1, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Hah, thanks! I wasn't even going to upload this one since it didn't look too special to me (which is why it's in the 'scraps' folder, but I suppose i'll change that), but i'm surprised people seem to like it, it's one of my most favourited photos :confused:
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*Rob-Cavanna Jul 1, 2010
It's got a good angle and good composition. Not directly 'in your face' but still imposing. Also very crisp and clear.
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