Shouldn’t Italian Sherman V and Sherman VC have R975 Continental engine instead of A57 multibank?
As for example Storia Militare tells that Italian M4A4 Shermans were gradually retrofitted with more reliable R975 engines.
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Ig it’s not strictly wrong, since it’s stated to be a gradual process, meaning that there were examples being used in their original configuration for a time. Regardless, I’d be down for any domestically preformed modification to differentiate the Italian Shermans.
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Yeah, I also think this way)
At least one, if not more Italian M4 (105) Shermans were retrofitted with 75mm cannons. I am not sure what the turret drive situation is like however. Either way, I think there was a lot of workshop fiddling happening behind the scenes many take for granted that can help in making the Italian tree more unique.
So it’s kinda like the early Israeli Shermans? They were bought from Italian scrapyards, so it checks out.
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Yes, I also didn’t think about the stabilizer, so that’s another potentially (lacking) component. I only know of this one so far, but there’s bound to be others.
Sherman at Cassino - Tracked vehicles - HMVF - Historic Military Vehicles Forum
There is also this one, although people say inscription can be wrong and it uses M4 hull, not M4A4.
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Monuments and museum stuff could be non-functional though, just for exposition purposes.
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Regardless, at a BR of 4.7 or 5.0 it should be suitable to replace one of the copy paste Italian fireflies.