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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #60 on: July 03, 2011, 04:17:50 PM »
Scrapped or sold to nations around the world like the Russians did with theirs. Many Israeli tanks are based on the M4 Sherman I believe.
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #61 on: July 03, 2011, 06:03:50 PM »
Scrapped or sold to nations around the world like the Russians did with theirs. Many Israeli tanks are based on the M4 Sherman I believe.
Who would buy the M4s unless they were for free. Also Wikipedia says that they were used for farming. :o yep farming.

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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #62 on: July 03, 2011, 07:40:12 PM »
Scrapped or sold to nations around the world like the Russians did with theirs. Many Israeli tanks are based on the M4 Sherman I believe.
Who would buy the M4s unless they were for free. Also Wikipedia says that they were used for farming. :o yep farming.
I heared a story where 2 Wespe were used for farming after the war... cause they war free.

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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #63 on: July 03, 2011, 08:50:38 PM »
I thought Shermans were used in Korea? At least some :o

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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #64 on: July 03, 2011, 09:28:23 PM »
that israeli war, 7 day war iirc, was like a WWII tank battle with some modern tanks thrown in

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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #65 on: July 04, 2011, 02:07:53 AM »
I want a Su-85 for free :(
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #66 on: July 04, 2011, 08:00:46 AM »
I want a Su-85 for free :(
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #67 on: July 04, 2011, 08:19:16 AM »
I thought Shermans were used in Korea? At least some :o
Whats strange about that? They were realiable tanks that could be upgunned easiely.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postwar_Sherman_tanks
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #68 on: July 04, 2011, 09:53:48 AM »
105 howitzer?
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #69 on: July 04, 2011, 12:43:27 PM »
Quote from: Wikipedia
Sherman M-4 (Sherman degem Bet prior to 1956) - Israeli designation of any Sherman model armed with the 105 mm howitzer M4.

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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #70 on: July 04, 2011, 03:50:20 PM »
Wikipedia says that they were used in the 1965 Indo-Pak war on both sides. Interestingly, Pakistan never won a war with India.
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #71 on: July 05, 2011, 09:11:35 AM »
If I have a Su-85, I'll drive it, use the gun to ram the door house of a girl and ask her a dinner. I'm sure she won't deny my invitation :D.
Did the US use shermans in vietnam war? I heard some of US inf still use thompson in early part of the war :P
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #72 on: July 05, 2011, 09:36:01 AM »
I dont think they used the sherman in the same way they did in WWII, if it was used at all it was probably a howitzer variant for indirect fire mobile arty, or dozer for construction/demolition.

the patton was the MBT in vietnam. it was a huge leap in survivability at the time.
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #73 on: July 05, 2011, 11:50:27 AM »
If I have a Su-85, I'll drive it, use the gun to ram the door house of a girl and ask her a dinner. I'm sure she won't deny my invitation :D.
Hmm, I remain Skeptical.
Did the US use shermans in vietnam war? I heard some of US inf still use thompson in early part of the war :P
The Thompson was an excellent SMG. It could have been used. Not a chance for the Sherman. The US already had M48 Pattons
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Re: Best Medium Tank of WWII
« Reply #74 on: July 05, 2011, 12:20:04 PM »
I dont think they used the sherman in the same way they did in WWII, if it was used at all it was probably a howitzer variant for indirect fire mobile arty, or dozer for construction/demolition.
Howitzer?

Thats not a howitzer. Thats a modern tank gun. Sherman M-51 proved itself capable of fighting newer, heavier tanks like the Soviet-built T-54/55/T-62 just like PanzerIV proved itself at fighting T-34 after its gun was upgraded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Sherman