Placebo Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Reading about this tank recently, and i am gutted that it did not make it into the vehicles module. It was only in Normandy in small numbers ~120 but they would have seen a lot of combat as they were so popular for assaults and tank killer duties. Any chance of a vehicle module upgrade to add this in????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieme(ITA) Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Not sure it was in Normandy. Which unit was equipped with those 120 tanks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 As I remember the Sherman Jumbo didn't become available until Oct '44. Theye were mentioned as being included in the upcoming Bulge Game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 I will have to recheck my sources, but it said later in the normandy campaign they came about from engineers welding extra plates onto a standard sherman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'd like to see them as well… smouldering on my electronic battlefield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Perhaps these were only "field modifed Shermans" as wikipedia states: "In June–July 1944, the Army accepted a limited run of 254 M4A3E2 Jumbo Shermans, which had very thick armor for the front plate, sloped somewhat more steeply to eliminate the forward hull entryway bulges on the upper portion of the original glacis plate, and the 75 mm gun in a new, heavier T23-style turret, in order to assault fortifications." So they would not have been in theatre until later, but as the vehicle pack includes German modified French vehicles then I guess US field modified shermans are still in scope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jack Ripper Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I too would like to either see the Jumbo, or a field modified uparmored Sherman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The one time I bought a Jumbo in BO it was destroyed on the second or third turn by a hit from a Panzerschreck in a critical area of the frontal armor, on the turret IIRC. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I recall Sherman Jumbo was in CMBN! - in an early Beta. But the reality of introduction dates clobbered us over the head and it got pulled. Some vehicles like Nashorn and M18 TD had to wait til September to be introduced, Jumbo and M4A3E8 Sherman had to wait beyond that. Field uparmored Sherman is later still. A few isolated cases in late 44 (mostly sandbags and concrete) but the field maintenance assembly line for doubled armor didn't crank up in earnest until February 45, I think 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 The Jumbo certainly was in CMBO. In the main I think that we have to avoid comparing Allied uparmoured tanks with German modifications of French vehicles, and expecting BFC to provide us with all the vehicles we wish we could have straight away. The Germans had four years to adapt French vehicles, and therefore, they were available in fairly large numbers, and in a wide variety by June '44. With both the US and Britain changes had to be made pretty quickly, and sometimes in an ad-hoc way as they went. I think that CMBO reflected that situation pretty well. And I see no reason to doubt that future upgrades, modules etc will do likewise. Fighting in the autumn, winter of '44 and the spring of '45 will be a lot of fun, and I'm sure BFC will do a great job for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 I recall Sherman Jumbo was in CMBN! - in an early Beta. But the reality of introduction dates clobbered us over the head and it got pulled. So near and yet so far 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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