![]() The Tamiya Sherman in Commonwealth service would be Sherman IBY, the Y for the HVSS suspension. An M4 Composite Sherman was designated Hybrid I or Hybrid IC if fitted with the 17pdr gun. For example: A Sherman I was a an M4 with the 75mm gun. ![]() designators were used by the Commonwealth tanks and that letter was tacked on behind the roman numeral. The M4A1(76)W in addition to being used by the Polish was also used by the South Africans, French and British and would have been designated as a Sherman IIA with the Commonwealth. Source: U.K.Sherman IV, M4A3 (few, if any, issued to Commonwealth troops)Īdditionally (tho Swath might correct me here.?) the additional 'A' in the designation corresponded to the US 76mm version (I think? - only issued to the Pole's in the ETO atleast), B was the 105mm version and C was the 17 Pounder version. New packaging for 2012, no ties or screws, double blister construction. Constructed of both die cast metal and plastic. Sherman Firefly as seen in Normandy in 1944. ![]() The Forces of Valor® replica is of a U.K. It soon became highly valued as the only British tank capable of defeating the Panther and Tiger tanks it faced in Normandy at standard combat ranges. Originally conceived as a stopgap until future British tank designs came into service, the Sherman Firefly became the most common tank with the 17 pounder in WWII. The Sherman Firefly was a WWII British variant of the American Sherman tank, fitted with the powerful British 17 pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon. SHERMAN FIREFLY Normandy 1944 – Forces of Valor 80064/span>. A kit of the brand Forces of Valor the kit : U.K.
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