tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post2585844970207974362..comments2024-03-28T07:19:39.795-03:00Comments on Panzerserra Bunker- Military Scale Models in 1/35 scale: M4A3E8 (75)W-HVSS Sherman - a rare tank... - case reportPanzerserrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-33891494971826241332023-09-20T07:25:34.699-03:002023-09-20T07:25:34.699-03:00Indeed, Anonimous...but the yankees didn't lik...Indeed, Anonimous...but the yankees didn't like the 17 pdr. Don't ask me why... Maybe a little jealous??!!! Hugs!!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-58685848516990739662023-09-19T09:57:10.211-03:002023-09-19T09:57:10.211-03:00There were 7/8 sherman fireflies on the M4A3E8 cha...There were 7/8 sherman fireflies on the M4A3E8 chassis for the US ArmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-16187693799202852532023-03-29T07:20:37.671-03:002023-03-29T07:20:37.671-03:00Hi, Frank... Indeed... The Sherman versions are am...Hi, Frank... Indeed... The Sherman versions are amazing...and about this awesome tank, we can say:"Never say never...never say always!!" Hugs!!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-35247456265166787592023-03-28T21:17:32.479-03:002023-03-28T21:17:32.479-03:00frank moore// notes on revell's m4 composite h...frank moore// notes on revell's m4 composite hull sherman. i was greatly surprised to learn that revell's m4 composite hull hvss sherman did exist! approximatly 1500 were produced.very few made it to the eto, since it was late in the war.i have found just one photo of this version. oddly enough. it was a m4 composite hull sherman/hvss armed with a 105mm howitzer. go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-27121210706640376522022-05-07T10:14:56.650-03:002022-05-07T10:14:56.650-03:00Hi, Lubbock...indeed...the old M4 Sherman "Bl...Hi, Lubbock...indeed...the old M4 Sherman "Black Magic" wasn't so wrong after all. The biggest problem was the scale... something like 1/45 or 1/40... This kit from Revel was my first militaria kit, when I was 13 years old...half a century ago!! ! Thank you so much for the encouragement and for stopping by...come back again...it's your house!!!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-13869299247121057622022-05-06T18:12:10.206-03:002022-05-06T18:12:10.206-03:00Hey! You could have just used the old Revell kit &...Hey! You could have just used the old Revell kit 'Black Magic'! Hah! Now there's a blast from the past. I always thought that Revell had just not did their research when they had the 75mm Sherman on HVSS suspension. Never knew it existed or experienced combat until I saw this page! Thank you for the great research!Lubbocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-16727076000418813792018-12-23T15:38:19.122-02:002018-12-23T15:38:19.122-02:00About accuracy of the 75mm gun in the HVSS suspens...About accuracy of the 75mm gun in the HVSS suspension, this detail is very important.... In the books I researched about this particular model, no mention is made of this increase in stability, but its arguments are perfectly logical. Many thanks, Cliff !! <br /> About the P-47 bomber fighters with incendiary bombs, it really is an impressive story. Thank you for your contribution. And about the staggered layout of the bunkers, this always sought, but not always achieved. Unfortunately, my research material does not meet your request... Maps and diagrams of fortifications are not my specialty ... A big hug, my friend... It is always a pleasure to have your historical inclusions !!!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-86252752338526904522018-12-18T17:08:02.865-02:002018-12-18T17:08:02.865-02:00Thanks Panzerman. Here is an unrelated question, c...Thanks Panzerman. Here is an unrelated question, caused by seeing the word "Thunderbolt" in relation to the plane, not the tank. I have recently read a book about German experiences in Normandy, written originally in 1954 by a German propaganda field correspondent who had interview the same men much earlier before the invasion. One mentioned falling back from the beach fortifications to another set of concrete bunkers which were the second line of defense. The veteran said that the bunker filled up with men and just about the time that the first Allied tanks came into view, a line of Thunderbolts (flying tank, as they were often called) attacked the bunker one at a time, dropping a bomb that would bounce on the ground and explode against the bunker. The bombs must have been filled with phosphorus and napalm ( mixed together in each bomb) which lit up and seeped into every crevasse and gun opening, so that the men at the gun positions died first and then, a millisecond later, other men began to be overwhelmed by the fire, often burning from the inside out... hence, napalm and phosphorus or perhaps just phosphorus. The veteran said that this completely demoralized the survivors, although some managed to get out into the ruins and fire panzerfausts at the Shermans. Another veteran who had been in the military police was sent to a crossroads behind the front in order to stop the units retreating in a rout. He was trying to wave them back but they would not respond so me moved forward to physically stop them, but he saw a Thunderbolt coming at them and he jumped into a roadside ditch and tried to get the 100's of retreating men to do the same thing. When he saw the Thunderbolt release a bomb, he ducked down and heard a massive explosion which took his breath away. When he raised up to ground level, there was not one man visible because all of them had been blown to bits.<br />Well, this is not about the Thunderbolts but about the bunkers which existed behind the beach lines where the Germans were hit with the phosphorus. I know that the Germans prepared defenses in lines, so this would have been the second line of defense. What I want to know is if you might know of any photos or good maps which show that second line of defense. All the defenses that I have seen photos or maps of are along the beach, plus some Torbuks that were in fields seemingly alone, situated in open fields. That story from the first veteran reads like there were some large bunkers close enough to be able to protect each other with interlocking fields of fire. So you know anything about these?JCliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162520133593219891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-18996248903613657882018-12-18T16:48:08.215-02:002018-12-18T16:48:08.215-02:00I wonder if the overall 75 gun became more accurat...I wonder if the overall 75 gun became more accurate with the new suspension? When the British put U.S. 75s in the Churchill 4 (did they call it the Churchill 5 after they made enough of them?) in Italy they found that with a more stable platform provided by the Churchill, the 75 was capable of more accuracy and was a lot more lethal at a longer range. The Easy 8 suspension widened the Sherman's ground profile, so it would make sense if the new suspension would have given the Americans the same experience as the British had.JCliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162520133593219891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-70009654876548579082018-05-06T07:39:17.931-03:002018-05-06T07:39:17.931-03:00Hi, Cliff... Amazing!! Exactly ... the combinati...Hi, Cliff... Amazing!! Exactly ... the combination of forces was one of the great experiments that worked well in WWII. Thanks for your care and contribuition, my friend. The Bunkers is ours!!!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-51750852887899484352018-05-04T22:54:55.838-03:002018-05-04T22:54:55.838-03:00Aside from the suspension, did you know it has bee...Aside from the suspension, did you know it has been proved that a Canadian Sherman with a 75 mm gun in ambush position and not a Sherman Firefly with a 17 inch gun or a Typhoon firing rockets killed Michael Whitmann and his crew in their Tiber E, and that Tiger B, 332 which is now at Fort Benning Georgia was abandoned because an American Sherman firing a phosphorus shell at it? The small tank, M24 Chaffee, with a 76 mm gun also killed a Tiger B with a phosphorus shell. So, apart from getting into a regular tank duel, under gunned American tanks could kill the big German cats for sure. But the easiest way for an American tank to kill a Tiger was for it to call down Thunderbolts which had some amazingly lethal ways of killing concrete bunkers and Tigers, would, upon call, fall upon the German tanks and destroy them just as well as a Tiger could kill anything in its path. "Combined Arms" was the way the Americans came to fight the war and everything I have read from German veterans who survived the war and had fought against the Russians as well, came to fear war that the Americans laid down on them more than the Russians, and were therefore much more likely to surrender to Americans.JCliffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07162520133593219891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-40897425395974795172017-10-21T21:19:28.721-02:002017-10-21T21:19:28.721-02:00@Unknow: Never hear about composites with HVSS sus...@Unknow: Never hear about composites with HVSS suspension. In WWII, I belive.... Pos-WWII anything is possible, but in WWII...nop...I never see...Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-13552113415668586252017-09-28T08:00:00.192-03:002017-09-28T08:00:00.192-03:00was the m4 composite hull sherman ever produced wi...was the m4 composite hull sherman ever produced with the hvss suspension? i have an article from afv g2 magazine that claims it was so fitted. however, no sources were quoted, and no photos were included. revell's m4 sherman has hvss. were did revell get its information? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020627181749173420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-13845389808372227032015-10-13T07:02:12.514-03:002015-10-13T07:02:12.514-03:00Thanks, Bibi...thanks for the tip !!Thanks, Bibi...thanks for the tip !!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-15122467913224552152015-10-12T13:51:35.505-03:002015-10-12T13:51:35.505-03:00Hello, you have done a little mistake. The lifting...Hello, you have done a little mistake. The lifting rings on the front glacis are located "inboard" like on early glacis (http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/manufacturer/m4a375w/m4a375w_1.jpg), they should be located near the edge on the glacis like here http://the.shadock.free.fr/sherman_minutia/manufacturer/m4a375w/m4a375w_3.jpg. Anyway nice model !!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960832676566109597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-31490210551478539312014-02-27T10:55:37.902-03:002014-02-27T10:55:37.902-03:00Gracias, Jose !!!
Muchas gracias por las palabras...Gracias, Jose !!!<br /><br />Muchas gracias por las palabras y el estímulo ...Un abrazo grande y la casa es tuya ...Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-25361067314244584612014-02-27T07:31:02.634-03:002014-02-27T07:31:02.634-03:00Documentación, trabajo y resultados, todo de prime...Documentación, trabajo y resultados, todo de primera. Fantástico Marcos!!!!!!<br /><br />NeulingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902581231967072791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-29588889193805089962013-12-20T09:32:21.567-02:002013-12-20T09:32:21.567-02:00Merci, Alain...It's an oddball , indeed !!!
m...Merci, Alain...It's an oddball , indeed !!!<br /><br />merry X'mas !!!Panzerserrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144228632342836364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200512429329886031.post-52379292113284762972013-12-20T07:00:01.446-02:002013-12-20T07:00:01.446-02:00Waouw ! I never seen this variant before and howev...Waouw ! I never seen this variant before and however I'm a Sherman'fan.<br />It's a real pleasure to read your very detailed post. Many thanks.Alain Drèzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447172855687964422noreply@blogger.com