Sherman Easy 8?

[AngryBeaver]

Now that we have Normandy and the Americans etc. I'd love to see the Sherman E8 with its 75mm gun as a collector tank!  I would love to throw cash at the game to have it, even as a gun mod for the Sherman already in game.

 

They have a thousand variants of the 109 so why not 2 variants of the Sherman?  Would you through cash at the Easy 8?

[Bonnot]

3 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

Would you through cash at the Easy 8?

No need to cash : just paint White Star on Red, change tankers  overalls and helmet  and  OPEN  the SECOND  FRONT  ......

[LukeFF]

6 hours ago, Bonnot said:

No need to cash : just paint White Star on Red, change tankers  overalls and helmet  and  OPEN  the SECOND  FRONT  ......

 

Erm...no, just no. The Sherman we have was a Lend-Lease model; the only US forces to use it were the Marines.

[Bonnot]

OK for this detailed model, but :

when you open the map Normandy with Tanks symbol,  what do you see ?   German tanks and opposite ....KV, T34, JS etc....and red star Sherman/ Churchill !

I'm maybe wrong , but I think a lend-lease Sherman -even not 100% correct- in Normandy is much more legitimate than any T xxx (or maybe captured in German colours ? ) .

A Sherman 90% accurate give me 100% satisfaction, a KV  100%  inappropriate as nothing to do here .....or put a Sheridan, a Merkava, a Leclerc !

To be honest, the map should have a warning  " Air combat only - Not appropriate for TC users "

[moustache]

11 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

Sherman E8 with its 75mm gun

isn't a 76mm?

[AngryBeaver]

Yes!  My bad.. its a 76.2mm

[Leady_Brickov]

No it's designation was 76mm but it was a 75mm gun ?. It was designated 76mm to prevent logistical confusion over ammo. The US was using 3 different 75mm guns by 1944. The original standard 75mm on the Sherman, the 3 inch on the M10 and the '76mm' long guns that equipped later M4A1s through to the Easy 8s. It might have become a bit awkward if units received the wrong 75mm ammo, as all these rounds were chambered differently. 

 

Personally I feel that the M4A1 is a better choice than the E8, there would also be an option to offer either 75 or 76mm turrets if the hull interior isn't significantly different. Also I love the look of the cast hull ?

[BlitzPig_EL]

Our army initially left all the 76mm Shermans in England during the invasion because the brass were afraid of ammunition mix ups.  In hindsight a foolish move.

 

Still, I think we should have both the Easy 8 and the Firefly in the sim.

 

Also both of the recent armored cars should be player controlled.

[AngryBeaver]

IMHO We need the Easy 8 or firefly to counter the Tiger and panther..     It would give the allies something to use against them.

[Bonnot]

On 1/10/2023 at 9:05 PM, BlitzPig_EL said:

Still, I think we should have both the Easy 8 and the Firefly in the sim.

 

Also both of the recent armored cars should be player controlled.

......A  DREAM  TOO  FAR !

They are not OstFront enough ......

[DD_Friar]

As a quick "give the people what they want" win (and revenue generator) could they not knock up a Sherman with a bigger barrel (leave internal graphics) and add new gunnery parameters for different shell velocities, must be worth a small chunk of change of anyone's money?

[MajorMagee]

Getting a T-34 85 and/or JS-2 for Bagration is much more likely.

[CountZero]

0 of easy 8 shermans or even T-34 85 and/or JS-2 were on only map for tanks that this game have.

Tank participating in BoP historicly was condition that was given when asked why they selected crappy churchill to be as only allied collector tank... so why would they all of suden change that. 

Smart decision would be give allied side proper tank to fight Tigers in BoP or even insted Churchill, like BoS as first game DLC had Fw-190A3 that didnt show up historicly in that battle but they still had it because they had to balance sides, but for tanks they opted for historicly corect , and succesfuly ended TC future.

[Bonnot]

1 hour ago, CountZero said:

crappy churchill to be as only allied collector tank...

 

......but on the other end of Europa and with a red Star only  ☹️

[Frinik22]

They could bend history a little and introduce the SU-85 and the KV-85 to balance things out. Both appeared a bit after Kursk but no more than 3 months after the end of Zitadelle.

[LukeFF]

Aint' happening

[Yogiflight]

On 1/13/2023 at 2:18 PM, CountZero said:

like BoS as first game DLC had Fw-190A3 that didnt show up historicly in that battle but they still had it because they had to balance sides

I don't think it was for balancing, but because it was the first game of this series and it would have been hard to understand if they left out an iconic aircraft like the FW 190. And, yes, it was not at Stalingrad, but it was in service at the time of BOS, not some months later.

In my opinion a 'Clash for Kalach' or some other tank battle at the time of Stalingrad would have been a better choice, but from the selling stand point Kursk makes certainly more sense. If there just was a TC 2 with later war Allied tanks to counter Tiger, Ferdinand and Panther.

But I don't see that coming.

[AngryBeaver]

We have Normandy and western Europe maps, the P-51 and spit 14. Easy 8 and firefly shouldn't be an issue as US and Canadians use then after Normandy.

[ACG_Saintt]

On 1/14/2023 at 11:58 AM, LukeFF said:

Aint' happening

Love your frankness. ?