TheDarkKnight314：Addition of a not very well-known con to the tank

2015-01-11T22:49:24Z

Addition of a not very well-known con to the tank

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Sherman Firefly screenshot.jpg
Sherman Firefly screenshot (2).jpg
Sherman Firefly screenshot (3).jpg

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*Highest standard and premium round penetration among all tier 6 medium tanks
*Fairly good accuracy and good aim time
*Hull and turret have welded patches of appliqué armor
*Top 17 pounder has high ROF
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*Mediocre signal range
*Low gun depression
*Inferior mobility compared to the contemporary [[M4A3E8 Sherman]]
*2nd lowest speed compared to other tier 6 Medium tanks(after the Jumbo) [36kph]
*Tall target with weak overall armor
*Driver gets knocked out always on frontal hits
*Very notice lee side cut-outs are clear give aways of the ammo boxes
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As Britain struggled to develop tanks capable of equaling the superior German panzers, the decision was made to convert existing stocks of M4 Sherman tanks into a more powerful variant. In late August 1943, the British began developing a variant of the Sherman mounting the 17 pounder anti-tank gun. The so-called Sherman Firefly featured a long-barreled 17-pdr gun that was much more effective than the original 75 mm gun, capable of penetrating a Tiger I's frontal armour at a distance of 1,000 metres using regular ammunition. In order to successfully mount the 17-pdr gun into the turret, various modifications had to be made, such as replacing gun mantlet, moving wireless set to armoured box at rear of turret, installing loaders hatch on turret roof and welding left side pistol port shut.

The first several months worth of Fireflies were adapted from M4A4 tanks, designated Sherman V by the British, but soon the viability of other models was explored. By May 1944, the M4 variant, or Sherman I, was being converted in modest numbers. The Sherman VC and IC variants were easily distinguished by their lower hulls; the VC having a riveted lower glacis with a curved shape while the IC has a welded and angled lower glacis. The IC Hybrid can be distinguished by its upper cast hull, giving it a distinctive curved look. Tanks rearmed with the 17-pdr gun were given the suffix C, with the resulting units being designated Sherman VC, IC and IC Hybrid. Of the 600 Fireflies in service by D-Day, the vast majority were VCs, but they were eventually outnumbered two-to-one by Sherman ICs. A total of 2,139 Firefly tanks were built by February 1945.

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Sherman Firefly.jpg{{!}}Sherman IC Hybrid in Normandy during Operation Overlord
Sherman Firefly (2).jpg{{!}}Abandoned Sherman VC being inspected by German crews following the Battle of Villers-Bocage in June 1944
Sherman Firefly (3).jpg{{!}}Sherman Firefly of the Irish Guards during Operation Market Garden on 17 September 1944
Sherman Firefly (4).png{{!}}Sherman IC (foreground) & IC Hybrids of the Polish 2nd Armoured Division in Italy at the end of the war. The camouflage on the gun barrel was to disguise its length
Sherman Firefly (5).jpg{{!}}Sherman IC Hybrid of 11th Armoured Division advancing towards Gemert in Holland on 26 September 1944
Sherman Firefly (6).jpg{{!}}Sherman VC of 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division on Gold Beach on 7 June 1944
Sherman Firefly (7).jpg{{!}}Sherman IC Hybrid in Namur, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge
Sherman Firefly (8).jpg{{!}}Sherman IC Hybrid of the 2nd Irish Guards in Northwestern Europe on 31 August 1944

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TheDarkKnight314：Addition of a not very well-known con to the tank