The British 75 mm problem

Yeah - firing US standard 75mm with a slightly modified 3" AA gun cartridge - apparently the cartridge was just necked down from 76.2mm (ie 3") to 75mm for the projectiles and the breech was modified (for the necking down I guess).

The 77mm HV in the Comet was then this gun firing 17 pdr projectiles, which were 76.2mm of course. So the cartridge didn’t need necking down any more and it used standard 3" AA gun breech mechanism

i may have been getting the A2 confused as the one we used the least

I swear I’m dyslexic sometimes. Read his comment very wrong.

No it got accepted

3 years we’ll get it

M4A2 hvss used by canadian after WWII for training purpose, then used by the reserve.
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Some shameless self-promotion:

M4A2E8: Out of the 76mm Sherman, the UK could get its the best and the worst. Best as in it’ll fit nicely in the 5.3 line-up(which, if you have premiums and events, is one of the best line-ups), worse as in it’s both foreign operated(unlike the A1 76s they could get) and C&P(unlike others), a setup hated by many UK players. It also didn’t see combat and just stayed at home, unlike its brother.

M4A3E8: This one has my favour, but wouldn’t have a line-up. It saw combat and was modified, even if most are minor in WT terms, bar the 200+ shells it could bring. Making it a bit better pick in most people’s eyes, but still not great.

Note: Yes, those are the names Canada called them by, no, I don’t know why.

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Or just British Sherman IIA’s (M4A1 76mm).

i’d rather to see a 5.3 M4A2 (76) with a lineup than a 5.0 M4A1(76) without a lineup personally,

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I want the Sherman II DD.

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Grizzly I too

We have a TT Ram, which frankly I thought near impossible. Perhaps a Grizzly I in the future?

With fuzed M61 APC!

Hmm. Tank, Cruiser, Grizzly. Might only give it inert only M61. It’s got cruiser in the name. :P

The cleaner look of the barrel on the M4A1 76 is better for me and a slight increase to 5.3 because of Brit players is likely

If we get our Sherman IIA in one day in future.

Maybe M4A1 76(W) [USA] remains 5.0/5.0/5.0
while Sherman IIA [UK] maintains 5.3/5.3/5.3

Maybe because of one of two.

Potent 1 - Typical Gaijin Logic
Because M4A1 76(W) isn’t Sherman IIA.
Just how F-86A-5 [8.0/US] isn’t CL-13 Mk.4[8.3/ITA]

Potent 2 - Some silly extra ammunition.
Because we got the M93 shot (APCR) somehow, which we didn’t ask.
Just how our Sherman II maintains a higher BR(3.7) than the M4A1(3.3) because of the T45 APCR shot.

And the only time you would use T45 is when you are trying to still enjoy British APHE at a much higher BR

No you see? It has an American gun that fires American ammunition!
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You mean a British tank firing damage-less solid shot…?

As someone that has been fighting this issue for years, number 3 is objectively not true for the US tree.

What ammunition issues have you identified on the US side?

I don’t know. I have reports over 8 years now that were “FWD as a suggestion” and still not implemented. I’ll report back after 10 years and let you know. :D

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