DD381(SE)
King & Country
This all-metal Sherman belongs to the U.S. Army’s 6th Armored Division which landed on ‘Utah Beach’ on 18 July,1944 and immediately went into action in the Cotentin Peninsula before moving on to liberate Brest and the Brittany Peninsula.
LIMITED EDITION OF 200.
Every one of these M4 Shermans comes in its own handsome, full-colour presentation box together with a numbered certificate.
The American designed and built M4 Sherman was the most ubiquitous tank of the Second World War, as far as the Western Allies were concerned. Entering service in 1942, it was used extensively by the U.S. Military and virtually all of their allies primarily Britain and its Empire as well as Soviet Russia.
With a crew of five it initially mounted a 75mm gun and three machine guns. Later Shermans were up gunned to 76mm cannon with some mounting the 105mm howitzer.
Automotively it was very reliable and capable of a top speed of 24mph (38kph). One of its chief drawbacks however was its tendency to catch fire after it was hit, mainly due to a large proportion of its main gun ammunition being stored inside the turret.