So am I to understand that the tank Pitt and his crew were in, was the Firefly ( with the 17 pounder cannon), that the Brits used? or was the American version 76mm available in WW2? I thought that was a development post war and saw first time combat use in Korea...
not much of a Tank Scholar, but via this thread and the movie, I've been reading on Wikipedia a fair amount this week... was going to stop into Barnes and Nobles this weekend and see if I can locate a tech book on them...
Yep Pete got it right its the 76mm gun, M4 Easey 8.
A few 17 lbers Shermans were trailed at Aberdeen IIRC but the decision was made to stick with the 76mm.
US Army Ord. screwed up in their testing making the assumption that German armor plate was essentially the same as US had in the Sherman.
Not so much...the German plate was tougher and the the 76mm had a lot less success against it in theater than Ike was briefed they should have.
Needless to say Ike was pissed!
