[url=http://www.100thww2.org/support/781m4.htmlТук можеш да видиш много за М4А3[/url]

Както можеш да видиш оръдието на Пантерата макар и същия калибър е много по-мощно. Имало е и специални муниции с които е стреляло със скорост на снаряда от над 1100 м./сек.

Another variant of the Sherman serving with the 781st was the M4A3E8, or “Easy Eight.” This version also carried the 3-inch, or 76mm gun, which fired its 15.4 pound armor piercing projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2,600 feet per second (or almost 27% faster than the 75mm gun M3 equipping many of the M4A3s in the battalion!). When equipped with this weapon, Shermans were more than a match for the German Panzer IV or any other German armored vehicle equipped with the standard German caliber-length 46 or 48 main gun. (such as the Hetzer tank destroyers employed by the 17th SS-Panzer Grenadier Division around Rimling, or Sturmgeschьtz III or IV assault guns employed by elements of German XC Corps around Lemberg during Operation NORDWIND.) Even with this 76mm main gun, however, crews of the 781st who were fortunate enough to be so equipped were outgunned by the 21st Panzer Division’s Panther tanks supporting the 17th SS at Rimling, which mounted a 75mm gun with a much higher muzzle velocity (3,066 feet per second). They were grotesquely outgunned by the behemoth 128mm guns mounted on the “Hunting Tiger”(Jagdtiger) tank destroyers from the German 653rd Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, some of which were also attached to the 17th SS during Operation NORDWIND. Aside from its improved main gun, the only other significant difference of this variant of the Sherman is reduced ammo storage; due to the larger bulk of the 76mm projectile, it could only carry 71 rounds.

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Редактирано от Пивo на 30.08.02 16:10.