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To: LS

“120mm guns were introduced that made the Sherman the equal of a Tiger 1.”

The Brits up-gunned their Shermans with 76.2mm guns to create the “Firefly” which with better ammo could take out a Tiger II at 1000+ yards.

There were SPGs and Tank Destroyer variants with 90mm, 105mm and 155mm guns, but no WWII production Sherman ever had a 120mm gun to my knowledge and brief internet search. What various armies around the world did with Shermans after the war I cannot be held responsible for.

If you can point me to some info I have missed I will stand corrected.


78 posted on 12/28/2015 2:24:24 PM PST by PLMerite (The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: PLMerite

Dooh. I misremembered the legend on a slide I have in class. Yes, 90 mm. Do you know what year those came in?


81 posted on 12/28/2015 2:36:41 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: PLMerite; LS
but no WWII production Sherman ever had a 120mm gun to my knowledge and brief internet search. What various armies around the world did with Shermans after the war I cannot be held responsible for

The Israelis got up to 105mm in the 60s, and that's probably the limit of what was possible

94 posted on 12/28/2015 6:18:46 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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