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Packaging: 20 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 9.6"x15"x3.1"
1/35 Sherman M4A3 76(w) - Battle of the Bulge
This kit represents a tank that was instrumental in this Battle. See below
for all of the great details and extra parts;
About the M4 Sherman:
The M4 Medium Tank tank was the main tank designed and built by the US for use
in World War II. In the UK lend-lease M4s were dubbed M4 General Sherman after
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, continuing a practice of naming American
tanks after famous Generals. The name is often shortened to M4 Sherman or simply
Sherman, and quickly became popular in the US as well. M4 tanks made in Canada
upto 1943 were given the name Grizzly. In the USSR it was nicknamed 'Emcha'.
It was comparatively fast and maneuverable, reliable, and easy to produce and
service and served with the US, British (including Commonwealth), USSR, French,
and other allied forces. The Sherman was not just one tank but a whole series
that did differ significantly in across models depending on intended role and
traits, including the heavily armored and gunned "Sherman Jumbo" to
the amphibious DD Tanks. After the war, Shermans ended up in other countries'
arsenals, and upgraded versions saw combat in a number of smaller wars in the
lat 20th century.
About the Battle of the Bulge:
In mid-December 1944, Hitler launched an offensive against the Allies with over
twenty divisions in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg. This surprise
German attack amounted to a desperate last gamble by Hitler, and came to be
known as the Battle of the Bulge. An important American tank that countered
and helped straighten out the threatening German "bulge" was the American
Sherman M4A3 (76mm).
